Teams & Riders Transfers and Rumours 2019 > 2020

[Laplaz]

Latest rumours:
Formolo > EF
Trentin > CCC
Kwiatkowski > CCC
S. Bennett > DQS

Source: Beppe Conti (so not too reliable )

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Why would DQS want Sean Bennett?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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Why would DQS want Sean Bennett?

I'm assuming you're kidding, and know it's likely Sam Bennett here.

I've been wondering about this, since Viviani is being courted by other teams.

 

[Koronin]

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Latest rumours:
Formolo > EF
Trentin > CCC
Kwiatkowski > CCC
S. Bennett > DQS

Source: Beppe Conti (so not too reliable )

Kwiatkowski to CCC makes some sense and I think would be a good fit.

 

[Anderis]

Kwiatkowski would be a perfect rider for CCC but I'm not sure if CCC would be a perfect team for Kwiatkowski. I had heard rumours about this move being in consideration even before CCC stepped up to the WT, though so I could see this happen somewhere in the future but I didn't expect he would be willing to terminate his current contract with Ineos which goes through 2020, he seemed happy enough there.

Latest rumours:
Formolo > EF
Trentin > CCC
Kwiatkowski > CCC
S. Bennett > DQS

Source: Beppe Conti (so not too reliable )

LBL could be fun with Formolo and Woods in the same team.

 

[MatParker117]

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Kwiatkowski would be a perfect rider for CCC but I'm not sure if CCC would be a perfect team for Kwiatkowski. I had heard rumours about this move being in consideration even before CCC stepped up to the WT, though so I could see this happen somewhere in the future but I didn't expect he would be willing to terminate his current contract with Ineos which goes through 2020, he seemed happy enough there.

Ineos would likely want several riders in exchange as well.

 

[Anderis]

From CCC? It doesn't seem to me that there are CCC riders Ineos would potentially want that much.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Jonas Rutsch will join EF in 2020.

 

[WKA311]

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Jonas Rutsch will join EF in 2020.

Very well deserved.

 

[42x16ss]

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From CCC? It doesn't seem to me that there are CCC riders Ineos would potentially want that much.

GvA is about the only one I could think of, maybe Bevin as a rouleur

 

[MartinGT]

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Latest rumours:
Formolo > EF
Trentin > CCC
Kwiatkowski > CCC
S. Bennett > DQS

Source: Beppe Conti (so not too reliable )

Would love to see Kwia at CCC

Bennet to DQS is an interesting one and also I think a good fit for him.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Benoot would be close to a deal with ... Sunweb. I seriously hope he picks another team.

 

[Lexman]

Re: Re:

Latest rumours:
Formolo > EF
Trentin > CCC
Kwiatkowski > CCC
S. Bennett > DQS

Source: Beppe Conti (so not too reliable )

Would love to see Kwia at CCC

Bennet to DQS is an interesting one and also I think a good fit for him.

I read while ago that Lefevre said that bennet extended with Bora ....

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Latest rumours:
Formolo > EF
Trentin > CCC
Kwiatkowski > CCC
S. Bennett > DQS

Source: Beppe Conti (so not too reliable )

Would love to see Kwia at CCC

Bennet to DQS is an interesting one and also I think a good fit for him.

I read while ago that Lefevre said that bennet extended with Bora ....

Yes, he was being asked about him a few weeks ago by journalists and that was his response. It does not appear to be true though, given Bennett’s comments since which indicated he had yet to sign anywhere

 

[staubsauger]

Wouldn't Lefevre be better off signing Kittel or Bouhanni super cheap and rebuild them!?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Wouldn't Lefevre be better off signing Kittel or Bouhanni super cheap and rebuild them!?

It depends whether he wants to spend money for more or less guaranteed results or spend very little and roll the dice. It also depends on whether they think Jakobsen is ready for the number one sprinter’s race schedule next year, ie whether they are signing a main man or a second option.

 

[PedroMonteiro]

https://twitter.com/TeamUAEAbuDhabi/status/1142040536922148864

Kristoff and Bystrøm renew with UAE Team Emirates to 2021

 

[Akuryo]

Re: Re:

Wouldn't Lefevre be better off signing Kittel or Bouhanni super cheap and rebuild them!?

It depends whether he wants to spend money for more or less guaranteed results or spend very little and roll the dice. It also depends on whether they think Jakobsen is ready for the number one sprinter’s race schedule next year, ie whether they are signing a main man or a second option.

He signed Kittel in the past following a bad season. And he got Cavendish and Viviani cheap cause they wanted to get away from Sky. So if history is any indicator I'd put my money on Bouhanni/Kittel over Bennett.

 

[Nirvana]

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https://twitter.com/TeamUAEAbuDhabi/status/1142040536922148864

Kristoff and Bystrøm renew with UAE Team Emirates to 2021

As expected, here there were a lot of conspiracy theories about how bad was for him stay there, i remember after Gent someone even told me that the hashtag YearOfTolerance (see here for reference https://www.theyearoftolerance.ae/en) that the team and all riders use was against Gaviria, but he has a guaranreed and undisputed leader role for all the classics except Sanremo and with a split program he has to work for Gaviria essentially only at the Tour and at the team home race.

 

[DNP-Old]

Camilo Ardila has several World Tour offers. I'm hearing Matxin.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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Camilo Ardila has several World Tour offers. I'm hearing Matxin.

I've heard the same.

 

[F_Cance]

pls no

 

[Koronin]

Read that Stybar has resigned with DQS. Don't think that's really a surprise.

 

[Alex47]

UAE, Astana, Andoni, Nippo want to sign Ardila according RTBF.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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UAE, Astana, Andoni, Nippo want to sign Ardila according RTBF.

Not really surprised by those names. I guess the same teams will also try to sign Rubio.
UAE already has an agreement with both Covi and Bagioli, that would be an impressive set of neopros.
Matxin is the reason why UAE are starting to sign so many international prospects, he already did the same when he was working for Quickstep.