What?! No way.. He's soo not going there.. Is he? Transfers part 3.
by Frinking on Oct 7, 2010 8:32 AM EDT
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PrintNobody jumped the gap and we need it.. Post all rumors and transfer news here.. And well.. If it's big.. It can have his own post..
AG2R
In:
Steve Houanard < Skil-Shimano
Mathieu Perget < Caisse d'Epargne
Romain Lemarchand < BigMat
Sebastien Minard < Cofidis
Michael Cherel < Francaise des Jeux
Matteo Montaguti < De Rosa-Stac Plastic
Jean-Christophe Peraud < Omega
Out:
Tadelj Valjevec > Dope
Vladimir Efimkin > Personal Quits
Rene Mandri > Endura
Jose Luis Arrieta > Retires
Alexander Efimkin > Team Type 1
Nicolas Rousseau > Bigmat - Auber 93
Ludovic Turpin >
Astana:
In:
Robert Kiserlovski < Liquigas
Tanel Kangert <
Roman Kreuziger < Liquigas
Fransesco Masciarelli < Acqua et Sapone
Evgueny Petrov < Katushya
Remy Di Gregorio < Francaise des Jeux
Simon Clarke < ISD - Neri
Mirco Lorenzetto < Lampre
Morris Possoni??
Fredrik Kessiakoff < Garmin
Out:
Oscar Pereiro > Retires
Alberto Contador > Team Saxo
Daniel Navarro > Team Saxo
Jesus Hernandez > Team Saxo
Benjamin Noval > Team Saxo
Davide de La Fuente > Geox
Euskaltel
In:
Mikel Landa Meana < Orbea
Jon Izagirre Insausti < Orbea
Pierre Cazaux < Francaise des Jeux
Out:
Sergio de Lis > Retires
Benat Intxausti > Team Movistar
Aitor Hernandez >
Aitor Galdos > ???
Francaise des Jeux:
In:
William Bonnet < Bbox
Steve Chainel < Bbox
Pierieck Fedrigo < Bbox
Arnold Jeanessen < Caisse
Cedric Pineau < Roubaix-Lille Metropole
Arnoud Courteille < UC Nantes Atlantique
Mickael Delage < Omega
Remi Pauriol < Cofidis
Geoffrey Soupe <
Nacer Bouhanni < Army!
Out:
Christophe le Mevel > Garmin
Jussi Veikannen > Omega
Mickael Cherel > AG2R
Remy Di Gregorio > Astana
Pierre Cazaux > Euskaltel
Olivier Bonnaire >
Garmin-Cervelo
In:
Christophe le Mevel < Francaise des Jeux
Andrew Talansky < California Giant-Specialised
Alex Howes < Team Holowesko Partners
Ramanus Navardauskus < VC La Pomme
Thor Hushovd < Cervelo Test Team
Heinrich Haussler < Cervelo Test Team
Andreas Klier < Cervelo Test Team
Roger Hammond < Cervelo Test Team
Gabriel Rasch < Cervelo Test Team
Brett Lancaster < Cervelo Test Team
Daniel Lloyd < Cervelo Test Team
Caleb Fairly <
Daniel Teklehaymanot <
Sep Vanmarcke < Topsport
Out:
Ricardo van der Velde >
Svein Tuft > Team Virign Blue
Christian Meier > UnitHealthcare Presented by maxxis
Danny Pate > HTC
Cozza > Net App
Kessiakoff > Astana
Trent Lowe > Virgin Blue Team
Robert Hunter > Team Virgin Blue
Duggan > Liquigas
Geox - TMC Transformers (Footon-Servetto)
In:
Fabio Duarte < Café de Colombia - Colombia es Pasion
David Blanco < Palmeiras Resort - Prio
Carlos Sastre < Cervelo
Denis Menchov < Rabobank
Dimitry Kozontschuck < Rabobank
Maurico Ardilla < Rabobank
Marko Kump < Adria Mobil
Matte Pelucchi <
Daniele Ratto < Carmiooro - NGC
Sergio Pardilla < CamiOoro
Marcel Wyss < CTT
Daniel Diaz < Footon
Davide de la Fuente < Astana
J.J. Cobo < Movistar
Out:
Eros Capecchi > Liquigas
Manuel Cardoso > RadioShack
Iban Mayoz >
Aitor Perez >
Team HTC:
In:
John Degenkolb < Thüringer Energie Team
Alex Rasmussen < Saxo Bank
Danny Pate < Garmin
Out:
Andre Greipel > Omega
Gert Dockx > Omega
Vincent Reynes > Omega
Adam Hansen > Omega
Maxime Monfort > Team Luxemburg
Aleksejs Saramotins > Cofidis
Katushya:
In:
Giampola Caruso < Ceramica
Vladimir Gusev <
Alexander Kuchinsky < Liquigas
Yuriy Trofimov < Bbox
Leif Hoste < Omega
Daniel Moreno < Omega
Alberto Losado < Team Movistar
Mikhail Antonov < Itera - Katushya
Aleksander Mironov < Itera - Katushya
Out
Evgueny Petrov > Astana
Robbie McEwen > Team Virgin Blue
Serguei Klimov > Team Virgin Blue
Danilo Napolitano > Acqua et Sapone
Nikita Eskov >
Bodrogi > TT1
Lampre-ISD
In:
Andrey Kasechkin < Ex doper
Michele Scarponi < Androni blabla
Leonardo Bertagnolli < Androni
Luca Celli < Ceramica
Denis Kostyuk < ISD
Matteo Rabottini < Trainee
Vitaly Kondrut < ISD
Alexander Kvachuk < ISD
Dmitro Kryvstov < ISD
Przemmyslaw Niemiec < Miche
Out:
Mirco Lorenzetto > Astana
Simone Ponzi > Liquigas
Gilberto Simoni > Retires
Lorenzo Bernucci >
Liquigas
In:
Damiano Caruso < De Rosa
Juraj Sagan (brother) <
Eros Capecchi < Footon-Servetto
Paolo Borghini Longo < ISD
Cristiano Salerno < De Rosa
Alan Maragoni < Colnago - CSF Inox
Cameron Wurf < Androni
Simone Ponzi < Lampre
Domique Nerz < Milram
Out:
Frederik Willems > Omega
Robert Kiserlovski> Astana
Fransesco Chicchi > Quick - Step
Alexander Kuchinsky > Katushya
Manuel Quinziato > BMC
Ivan Santamorito < BMC
Roman Kreuziger > Astana
Brian Vandborg < Saxo
Daniele Bennati < Team Luxemburg
Oliver Zaugg <
Milram
Out:
Servais Knaven > Retires
Roger Kluge > Skill-Shimano
Robert Forster > United Healthcare
Frohlinger > Skill-Shimano
Niki Terptra > Quick-Step
Linus Gerdemann > Team Luxemburg
Fabian Wegmann > Team Luxemburg
Christian Knees > Team Virgin Blue
Gerald Ciolek > Quick-Step
Luke Roberts > Team Virgin Blue
Dominque Nerz > Liquigas
Thomas Rohregger > Team Virgin Blue
Movistar
In:
Branislau Samailau < Quick-Step
Jose Ventoso < CamiroOro
Ignates Konovalovas < Cervelo
Sergio Pardilla < Carmiooro - NGC
Luciano Pagliarini < Scott
Xavier Tondo < Cervelo Test Team
Benat Intxausti < Euskaltel
Davide Appollonio < CTT
Jesus Herrada < Caja Rural
Out:
Cristophe Moreau > Retires
Mathieu Perget > AG2R
Arnold Jeanessen > Francaise des Jeux
Arnaud Coyot > Saur-Sojasun
Mathieu Drujon > Big Mat
Luis Leon Sanchez > Rabobank
Rigoberto Uran > Team Sky
Xavier Zandio > Team Sky
Juan Jose Cobo > Geox
Alberto Losado > Katushya
Omega Pharma-Lotto
In:
Andre Greipel < Team HTC
Frederik Willems < Liguigas
Jurgen van de Walle < Quick -Step
Jussi Veikannen < Francaise des Jeux
Klaas Lodewijck < Topsport
Sven Vandousselare < Jong Vlaanderen
Jens Debusschere < PWS Eijssen Cycling Team
Gert Dockx < Team HTC
David Boucher < Landbouwkrediet
Vincent Reynes < Team HTC
Bart de Clerq < Davo-Lotto
Maarten Neyens < Topsport Vlaanderen
Oscar Pujol < CTT
Out:
Greg van Avermaet > BMC
Mickael Delage > Francaise des Jeux
Glenn D'Hollander > Retires
Leif Hoste > Katushya
Dani Moreno > Katushya
Jean Christophe Peraud > AG2R
Michel Elijzen >
Tom Stubbe >
Jurgen van Goolen >
Christophe Brandt >
Jonas Ljungblad >
Quick-Step
In:
Fransesco Chicchi < Liquigas
Marc de Maar < United Healthcare
Guillaume van Keirsbulck < Beveren 2000
Jan Tratnik < Zheroquardo
Julien Vermote < Beveren-2000
Frèdèrique Robert < PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team
Andy Cappelle < Veranda-Willems
Niki Terpstra < Milram
Kristoff Vandewalle < Topsport
Gerald Ciolek < Milram
Andrea Masciarelli < Aqua et Sapone
Out:
Stijn Devolder > VacansOleil
Jurgen van de Walle > Omega
Carlos Barredo > Rabobank
Branislau Samailov > Movistar
Mauro Facci > Ceramica Flaminia
Andrei Kunitski >
Ilijo Keisse >
Marco Velo > Retires
Maarten Wynants > Rabobank
Matteo Tossato >
Kurt Hovelijnck >
Kevin Hulsmans >
Rabobank:
In:
Coen Vemelfoort < Rabo CT
Tom Jelte Slagter < Rabo CT
Matti Breschel < Team Saxo
Carlos Barredo < Quick -Step
Luis Leon Sanchez < Caisse d'Epargne/Team Mobistar
Maarten Wynants < Quick-Step
Theo Bos < Rabobank
Michael Matthews < Team Jayco - Skins
Out:
Koos Moerenhout > Retires
Denis Menchov > Geox
Nick Nuyens > Saxo bank
Dimitry Kozontschuck > Geox
Maurico Ardilla > Geox
Joost Posthuma > Team Luxemburg
Tom Stamsnijders > Team Luxemburg
Kai Reus > Quits
Sky:
In:
Rigoberto Uran < Caisse
Xavier Zandio < Caisse
Alex Dowsett < Trek Livestrong U-23
Michael Rogers < HTC ????
Out:
Morris Possoni > Astana??
Sylvain Calzati >
Nicolas Portal >
Team RadioShack
In:
Ben King < Trek - Livestrong U 23
Jesse Sergent < Trek-Livestrong
Michael Kwiatkowski < Caja Rural Continental Squad
Manuel Cardoso < Footon
Out:
Fuyu Li > Dopage
Daryl Impey > Team Virgin Blue
Saxo Bank:
In:
Alberto Contador < Team Saxo
Daniel Navarro < Team Saxo
Jesus Hernandez < Team Saxo
Benjamin Noval < Team Saxo
Brian Vandborg < Liquigas
David Tanner < Fly V Australia
Carre <
Troels Ronning Vinther < Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning
Nick Nuyens < Rabobank
Volodomyr Gustov < CTT
Out:
Frank Schleck > Team Luxemburg
Andy Schleck > Team Luxemburg
Stuart O'Grady > Team Luxemburg
Jakob Fuglsang > Team Luxemburg
Matti Breschel > Rabobank
Anders Lund > Team Luxemburg
Dominic Klemme > Team Luxemburg
Jens Voigt > Team Luxemburg
Fabian Cancellara >
Alex Rasmussen > HTC
Team Luxemburg
In:
Frank Schleck < Team Luxemburg
Andy Schleck < Team Luxemburg
Stuart O'Grady < Team Luxemburg
Maxime Montfort < Team HTC
Jakob Fuglsang < Saxo
Jens Voigt < Saxo
Daniele Bennati < Liquigas
Brice Feillu < Vacansoleil
Joost Posthuma < Rabobank
Tom Stamsnijder < Rabobank
Robert Wagner < Skill-Shimano
Anders Lund < Saxo
(Special Thanks to Vlaanderen)
ProContinentaal Cervelo Test Team
Out:
Carlos Sastre > Geox
Thor Hushovd > Garmin
Theo Bos > Rabobank
Roger Hammond > Garmin
Andreas Klier > Garmin
Heinrich Hausler > Garmin
Brett Lancaster > Garmin
Daniel Lloyd > Garmin
Gabriel Rasch > Garmin
Xavier Tondo > Movistar
Oscar Pujol > Omega
Davide Appollonio > Movistar
Joao Correia >
Philip Deignan >
Stefan Denifl >
Volodymir Gustov > Saxo Bank
Ted King > Liquigas?
Ignates Konovalovas > Movistar
Joaquin Novoa >
Daniel Teklehaimanot > Garmin-Cervelo
Alexander Wetterhall >
Marcel Wyss > Geox
Jeremy Hunt > Pegasus/Team Vrigin Blue
Europacar <<<<< Bbox - BouguesTelecom
In:
Christophe Kern < Cofidis
Jerome Cousin < (neo)
Tony Hurel < (neo)
Out:
William Bonnet > La Française des Jeux
Steve Chainel > La Française des Jeux
Pierieck Fedrigo > La Francaise des Jeux
Yury Trofimov > Team Katusha
Johan Tschopp > BMC
Nicolas Vogondy > Cofidis
Sprick > Skill Shimanno
Lefevre >
le Floch >
BMC
in:
Johan Tschopp < Bbox
Yannick Eyssen < PWS Eijssen
Greg van Avermaet < Omega
Manuel Quinziatio < Liquigas
Ivan Santaromita < Liquigas
Taylor Phinney < Trek-Livestrong
Amael Moinard < Cofidis
Timmy Roe < Trek-Livestrong
Out:
Alexandre Moos > Retires
Team Virgin Blue
In:
Robbie McEwen
Luke Roberts
Christian Knees
Serguei Klimov
Clinton Avery
Svein Tuft
Trent Lowe
Jeremy Hunt
Bobbie Traksel
Daryl Impey
Thomas Rohregger
Jacek Morajko
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Need time to update but updates will be:
Rigoberto Uran > Team Sky
Xavier Zandio > Team Sky
Michael Rogers > Team Sky
Taylor Phinney > BMC
Mirco Lorenzetto > Astana
Didier> Team Luxembourg
Pierre Cazaux > Euskaltel
Raymond Kreder > Intern Garmin
Fabian Cancellara >
Mosquera > VacansOleil
Ben King > Team RadioShack
Sep Vanmarcke > BMC
Knees > Pegasus
Klimov > Pegasus
Alex Rasmussen > HTC
Danny Pate > HTC
Simone Ponzi > Liquigas?
Clinton Avery > Pegasus
Danilo Napolitano > Acqua et Sapone
Gerald Ciolek > Quick-Step
Gustavo Cesar Veloso > VacansOleil?
Kunitsky >
Ted King > BMC?
Pagliarini > Movistar
Daniel Diaz > Movistar
Luke Roberts > Pegasus
A. Efimkin > Team Type 1
Tom Stamsnijder > Team Luxembourg
Great job again Frinking!
Are there actually more transfers going on this year, or does it just seem like it because it involves big names, and some of the teams that are folding are big teams?
He's soo not going there..
Did totally too.
That’s the quote, right? Still cracks me up…
2010 TDF Pick the Podium Champ; 2010 Vuelta Pick the Podium 3rd place.
Next year - I'm going for the Grand Slam (suck it Bert!)
ya know, frinking, "retires" is a much better word than "quits"
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
So, People, so far, what move surprised you the most?
For me it was
1. Carlos and Denis to Geox
2. Zeke to VacansOleil.
I used to be a big fan of the Racer Formerly Known as Bert! But then again, I used to believe in Santa ,Tooth Fairy and innocence of Floyd!
.
Classics team of Cervelo absorbed by Garmin
And again next year if they (Hushovd and Haussler etc.) stay on.
CTT shutting down and basically moving to Garmin... and Bah!
Then Zeke to Vac.
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
I was most surprised by:
Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler to American Idol.
Whoops…wrong forum…
2010 TDF Pick the Podium Champ; 2010 Vuelta Pick the Podium 3rd place.
Next year - I'm going for the Grand Slam (suck it Bert!)
by JustJoshinYa on Sep 23, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha, Ha JJY!
Whoops indeed!
I used to be a big fan of the Racer Formerly Known as Bert! But then again, I used to believe in Santa ,Tooth Fairy and innocence of Floyd!
.
And what about SaxoBank?
Who is left to sign with Saxo Bank? When is Riis going to announce signings?
Turned out that they have alrady some names..
Contador and friends + Vandborg, Tanner, Carree en Vinther..
Probably Nuyens and Ista
You have some "just rumors" without questionmarks on your list I think
Troels Vinther > Saxo
All the Sky names
that I am aware of?
I can't keep up what's rumor and what's not..
Uran and Zandio are confirmed due cqranking and CF..
Rogers and Possoni are not.
Vinther and Monfort are also not confirmed
So.. You can not 100% trust this page
or if they have they aren't telling
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
I would like
to see Dom go to Quick step.
by cyclingdiva on Sep 23, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Any room left on Lux?
He’s one of those star power guys, and they are going for star power / media blitz.
Dom has star power? I know he does on PdC, but do most in the cycling world know or care about him?
"Thanks again, Floyd Landis, Yellow Jersey Wearer: Nuisance Category"
I wouldn't call it star power
But he probably has some credentials
He comes from a country with almost zero cycling tradition (even though there is an interesting new generation coming in, and I figure Hesjedal’s success will bring more people to the sport. Canadian Hegemony!).
Since Canada never had great success in the past (Mr Bauer excepted) I guess teams don’t spend a lot of time scouting here for new talents and logically spend much more time in Europe. With the cycling culture in Europe I’m pretty sure it’s easier than here for a talented kid to get spotted.
So I figure that for him, to have made it to the European peloton, his name must have some recognition. Obviously, Cervélo was looking for good North American riders so that helped, but I don’t think that is the only reason.
Canadians, for starters.
If you go with the “star power potential in each country,” he’d be a good young pick. For cars or cycling, Canada’s a small but solid and growing market, if not a huge one.
Lampre signed
Denis Kostyuk, Vitaly Kondrut, Alexander Kvachuk, Dmitro Kryvstov..
What the… How are we going to separate them?!
I hate Wielerland
Bunch of Rabo/KNWU sell outs who delete comments that they don’t like. And if you want to delete your account, ya can’t. I made it a point to get it done by special request.
sellouts in what sense?
just curious, if you can clarify a bit without crossing over the libel / slander boundary, collegiality, etc. (because the site is beyond my grade of minimal dutch).
I agree making all commenters either agree with you or disappear is shoddy behavior. Depends somewhat whether they are an acknowledged PR site, or whether they claim to do any level of unbiased reporting.
Meh
More than any other Dutch cycling website I (used to) visit, they seem powered by ad money. Articles appeared slanted, to me. Factual critique was removed. By the way, when I just checked, it was Vacansoleil large on the front page and with a pop-in ad, so at least they’re not always tied in to the same advertiser.
Very easy!
Ukrainian A
Ukrainian B
Ukrainian C
And so on.
I used to be a big fan of the Racer Formerly Known as Bert! But then again, I used to believe in Santa ,Tooth Fairy and innocence of Floyd!
.
Smaller one: Landbouwkrediet
IN: Edwig Cammaerts, Egidijus Juodvalkis & Aidis Kruopis
STAY: Frederic Amorison, Koen Barbé, Bert de Waele, Hans Dekkers, Sebastien Delfosse, Benjamin Gourgue, Sven Nys, Baptiste Plancakert & Bert Scherilinckx
Says wielerland
seems to be done though prob. should wait til Cofidis says something. Will be a 2 year deal.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 23, 2010 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone familiar with the new Liquigas riders?
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Well should be anyways...nothing announced. Other rumors...
CQ has Christian Meier down for SpiderTech..before it was rumors about him going to UnitedHealthcare.
Gautier to Cofidis is BBox doesn’t find a new sponsor.
Oscar Pujol to Lotto.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 23, 2010 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Moncoutie has a domestique
analysis is speculation in disguise
File under "No News is Sometimes News"
Riche Porte is evidently going….nowhere. According to Riis in velonation.
I have so many problems with Riis' statements there
I won’t ramble, but he has enabled the problem by allowing the situation to happen on his own team, and now he decries this contract-breaking behavior that he is very responsible for letting occur. Stop whining, either be firm with them all and show everyone this won’t be acceptable, or don’t complain when you let some riders go and others try to follow the group out of the door.
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
Where did you get the stuff about Galdos and Sesma, and how did I not know about this?
Gora azenarioak!
Yes, can't imagine why they'd get rid of Galdos...unless he wants to go.
There’s nothing on the team website or in the Basque papers that I can see!
Gora azenarioak!
Ha, when I read that tweet I first thought there was another Steven Cozza out there and he was just kidding :)
I am very excited to take this step in my career next year. RT @TeamNetApp: signs Steven Cozza, the Swiss U23
Me: “But Cozza isn’t Swiss, nor is he U23!”
Ha! They mixed him and Michael Bar up...Bär is Swiss and 22 at the moment.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 24, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
No, it went further at twitlonger
I am very excited to take this step in my career next year. RT @TeamNetApp: signs Steven Cozza, the Swiss U23 champion Michael Baer and the German talent David Hesselbarth for the new season. http://fb.me/HWKT5CaP
Jean-Christophe Peraud to AG2R, according to cyclismactu via FFC.
2 year deal. Should be even better next year since this was his first full road year…hopefully he doesn’t crash as much.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
That is a shocker..
A good riding Frenchman for classifications in a French team! This is going to be the next French hope
Timmy Roe, Phinney's teammate at Trek-Livestrong and frequent crasher at Tour de l'Avenir, is following him to BMC
2 year neo-pro contract. Outstanding climber but good on other things too…should be good with Eijssen.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
BMC is looking really good for the future
the Lance dynasty, not so much
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
Well to give RadioShack credit, they did get Ben King, Sergent and Kwiatkowski, the uber-talented Polish rider
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 24, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Kessiakoff to Astana
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
I thin k that's been on the cards for some time.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I must have been in denial about it then
I’m happy he’s gotten a ride with a ProTour team but did it have to be Astana?
Umm check formatting on the post
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Quitter's People United member # 42
You dun goofed so you should
be a good boy now.
(you could cope and paste your list from the previous transfer post for instance or just press enter after every name. Surely there are easier options that ted could tell you but not me).
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Quitter's People United member # 42
Oh don't be so harsh on yourself
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Quitter's People United member # 42
He was one of the only classics men left on from the Garmin move.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 24, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I honestly don't know how well he rode this year
But I thought he was one of the key classics support guys. I mean, Garmin can’t take everyone, but I am just curious where and how the line was cut.
It doesn’t matter in the end, Hunt got a new job. I don’t know much about Fly V, but I’m sure they could use an experienced classics guy.
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
He is a grizzled veteran. He didn't have many personal results this year but he still works hard for the money.
Him and Traksel can totally peek for Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 24, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Hunt made the Tour squad which says something
but he is old, really old, RadioShack-old and like someone said Garmin couldn’t take everyone.
He posted the news on his official website yesterday, so that's probably the source.
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
Nacer Bouhanni going to be a neo-pro at FDJ, their third one.
Was part of the military cycling program before he got the stagiaire ride with them. Fast sprinter
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Daniel Teklehaymanot to Garmin, according to cyclingfever.
and Marek Rukiewicz to CCC. Don’t know where these came from.
Yeah, on the CQ thing they only have 27 right now...this would put them at 28
Then they would have 2 neo-pro’s in him and Talansky and could sign 2 more. Peterson, Wilson and Cam Meyer are still question marks.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 26, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
The Rutkiewicz to CCC is an older rumor/transfer. That one was supposedly done a while ago.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 26, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
@ Somebody who knows..
How can I get the format so nice? I only get the names in with one enter in the middle. (See Omega out now) How do I get them nice and ordered?
Weylandt to the Schlecks
And apparently Ljungblad is also out at Lotto
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Hardly a result in two years, huge surprise
doesn’t stop our national coach from saying “the Geelong course really suits him”
I think he still must be thinking Marcus Ljungqvist is still racing
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 26, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised
In fairness there isn’t much to judge the selector (Glenn Magnusson) by. He just doesn’t come off as the sharpest knife in the drawer and the federation’s choice not to send a full team to support a gold-medal candidate annoys me even if the excuse is financial reasons.
Cyclismactu reports these five as being without a Lotto contract next year:
Christophe Brandt, Tom Stubbe, Jurgen Van Goolen, Michiel Elijzen and Jonas Ljungblad.
Thomas Rohregger to Pegasus/Fly V/whatever they are these days
Rik Verbrugghe is switching from Quick Step to BMC in director position
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
cycling weakly say this is the Fly V / Pegasus team
Clinton Avery
Jonathan Cantwell
Jai Crawford
Ben Day
Rohan Dennis
Robert Hunter (from Garmin-Transitions)
Daryl Impey (RadioShack)
Aaron Kemps
Sergey Klimov (Katusha)
Christian Knees (Milram)
Darren Lill
Trent Lowe (from Garmin-Transitions)
Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
Luke Roberts (Milram)
Thomas Rohregger (Milram)
Bernie Sulzberger
Jay Thomson
Bobbie Traksel
Svein Tuft (Garmin-Transitions)
Phil Zajicek
Still have to announce more signings if they are going for PT level.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 27, 2010 6:53 AM EDT up reply actions
sorry, phreased that wrong
these are all in the team, more to be announced
by thebongolian on Sep 27, 2010 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions
deliberate i'm afraid
too fed up with the SKy sicophancy
by thebongolian on Sep 27, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Well its 20 now
add 2 neo pros at least and theyre only one away, and considering how many riders may be looking for a job, i’m sure picking up the one needed will not be difficult.
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
They all ready have 2 neo-pro's on that list..
Clinton Avery and Rohan Dennis
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 27, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think the number of riders is the issue
But more the names on the list. As in, they have to announce bigger names to get a PT license.
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Absolutely agree
Not enough quality riders to be counted amongst the elite just yet.
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
Thanks all. Updated again..
Only haven’t seen the Wouter Weylandt news… In Belgium media.. So..
And Team virgin blue isn’t probably not their name.. Only U-23 an woman team
Team Sky has awoken!
From their twitter
Team Sky have announced three new signings for the 2011 season – Rigoberto Urán, Xabier Zandio and Alex Dowsett: http://bit.ly/doNx8B
Bobby Julich leaves Saxo
"I will not work for Riis Cycling A / S for next year, but I am sure that I’ll get to use my knowledge in the sport," Julich told sporten.dk.
In Luxembourg, one presumes. CN
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
It doesn't sound if it was a particularly pleasant parting.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
No, but none of these partings seem particularly pleasant
Sounds like he’s drawing lines and cleaning house. Kinda sad actually, considering how long they’d had a professional relationship for.
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
This one I agree on
It seems as if he has spent so many years building a solid base of competence and now it’s all being thrown out the window. Of course it may not be all Riis’s fault but it seems a waste.
But wasn't Julich tied up with the Schlecks' TT training?
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Sep 29, 2010 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
No
I have a hunch (as in I’m too lazy to look it up) that at least Andy is a better time trialist than he used to better. Though it can of course be just a natural development.
My point was that Saxo Bank don’t have the same use for him without the Schlecks.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Sep 29, 2010 2:55 AM EDT up reply actions
He was tech-liason and talent development
a somewhat vague work description. Mostly his work seemed focused on making sure riders got the right equipment for training and aiding in TT training (Schlecks and Porte I’ve heard mention working with him).
If I recall
The riders praised his help in time trial training, especially Porte. And seeing as Porte already seems very iffy about the situation of the team, this development is just baffling if Riis really wants Porte to feel at home at SB-sungard for years to come.
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
I think, again, that there's more here than a simple split...
…Bjarne seems to be actively burning bridges, from what everyone leaving says. It does not seem healthy.
No Sinkewitz to Movistar
Still some question marks.. Are they going?
Nuyens to Saxo? Rogers to Sky? Possoni to Astana? Stay Fairly at Garmin? Vanmarcke and Ted King to BMC? Napo to Acqua et Sapone? Pardilla to Geox? Ficher to Movistar?
Vaughters and the Garmin twitter were bragging about Fairly all weekend
so I’m pretty sure he’s a done deal.
It was apparently a done deal months ago....Fairly's contract had all ready been announced in the media. Until all the Cervelo business happened.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 28, 2010 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Fischer isn't going to Movistar...
Pardilla to Geox, yup.
Napo to Aqcua e Sapone, yes.
Nuyens seems bound for Saxo now.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 28, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Mads Christensen
once hailed as the biggest danish talent is in talks with Saxo. He returned to danish Conti after failing at QS and haviing something of a career meltdown. Would be a coup if Riis could bring his talent/career back from the dead.
Good move to keep the teams popularity alive among danes too after losing the biggest danish names.
Verandas-Willems will be going Pro Conti next year...signed Steve Caethoven from Landbouwkrediet
and Rob Goris, ex-hockey player and Belgian amatuer champion. He will have the biggest thighs in the peloton…guy has some barrels for legs.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Schleck's team will be driving Mercedes cars, buses and trucks next year
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Geox will also be know as Geox-TMC Transformers (they are the tops in electrical transformers resin capsules)
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Is that on top of Geox's 10 million Euros a year commitment?
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Most likely. Didn't really read the bici article too much but seems like it will be 10 million+ euro
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Sep 29, 2010 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
So ten million
and you don’t even get exclusive billing?
Voeckler to Cofidis...RIP BBox
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
It doesn't look good, and Tommy V. has lost his home..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Coming back home
Their best years were with Gianetti, not a bad idea for either of them to go back. Kind of thought delafuente would go to Saxobank with the other Astana riders though.
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
Rumor/speculation: Ted King to Liquigas?
Liquigas-Cannondale has promised to hire at least one American rider. Ted King is studying a foreign language with Rosetta Stone. He also is following Liquigas Who on Twitter, for what that’s worth.
Utter speculation, of course.
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
Makes sense. Would be cool. Interesting to see what the KoS has to say about the kit though and maybe some Leaky gas jokes
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 1, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like the right place for him
if any one team knows about male grooming products, mudbaths and the like.
Il Re dello Stile
Has sort of a ring to it.
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
Hmmm. His Royal Styleness might think twice
Evidently , he would not be allowed to socialize with Elisa Basso while riding in Italy.
I hope it's true
He is a great guy.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the Flag and carrying the Cross."
--Sinclair Lewis
Well, he's got a home, we just don't know which one yet
iamtedking Ted King
Just for clarification, I DO have a team for 2011. I’m psyched with the team and entire situation. Official announcement all in due time…
That must mean...
He is going to Team Luxembourg-Schleck!?
"As you can imagine, there are better places to have your birthday party than in some village called Mushny Mush Mishme." --Jens! Voigt
so he's doing Rosetta Stone Luxembourgish
or whatever it is they call it? ;-)
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
I have wondered why, if he's going to Liqui, it hasn't been announced yet.
And Team Lux is holding back announcements. There is a Rosetta Stone available for Luxembourgish, but on the other hand, most of the people that we’ve heard are associated with that team speak English.
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
Who's Ken Sommer?
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
I have not a clue
but further twitter research (tweesearch?) reveals him as a buddy of Brian Nygaard. Here’s a tweet from Nygaard.
I need your help. Made bet with my colleague Ken Sommer: Who has the most followers in a year from now. Game on. Follow ME! (please).
Oh, okay. There were at least a couple of dozen "which language is Ted studying?" guesses today.
Thought you meant that particular one might have insider knowledge. Some of the more creative guesses were Latin, Farsi, and Egyptian hieroglyphics, but most picked Italian.
The responses were to this tweet of Ted King’s:
Studying Rosetta Stone in _. (“Australia” is not the response I’m after. I’m looking for a language to complete the sentence.)
about 4 hours ago via ÜberTwitter
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
So there might be insider knowledge after all!
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
It all makes sense.
The TDF presentation is coming up. They need the King of Style to prevent Andy from looking like a 5th grade math teacher again.
Ha!
Not that German is quite the same as Luxembourgish, but they are close-ish, right?
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
Ken Sommer
seems to think he already has that taken care of.
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
and formerly
of Cervélo
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Makes sense
Decent support rider, really popular with US fans, new North American sponsor
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Jesus Herrada to Movistar. Was on the Caja Rural this year
Had good results in the Spanish stage races
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
BBox saved
& Voeckler staying, according to Cyclismactu on twitter. Europcar stepping in, apparently.
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
That's wonderful news! I hated to think of Tommy V as an orphan..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Bernardeau had got an extension for registering the team until Monday so I was quite hopeful...
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Definitely something to smile about..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
every silver lining has a cloud
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Not transfer news as such...
But some info re Fly V/Pegasus, they will be riding Scott/SRAM/Zipp and the sponsor’s name is made up of one number and one letter.
Scott switching teams?
hot rumor at Interbike had Specialized stealing Scott’s HTC Columbia deal.
Also, Columbia were getting shaky.
notice how many riders have left that team.
So this Scott tie-up with Pegasus helps substantiate that rumor.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the Flag and carrying the Cross."
--Sinclair Lewis
What A Difference A Couple Years Makes...
It wasn’t that long ago that a major bicycle manufacturer raised a huge stink about Rock Racing switching bike brands. When will we hear how DeRosa feels about getting flicked?
by Chief Commissaire on Oct 6, 2010 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It's business.
If they had a contract in place or a long-term agreement then I guess this wouldn’t happen. Apparently Scott are putting up some big $$$ if the team gets the Pro Tour licence, less if they are Pro Conti. Another large bike company was interested too but Scott made a better offer.
Feltet.dk says Columbia is out.
We would like to thank Team HTC Columbia for the success they’ve had the past three years and their support for Columbia sportswear, but when the 2010 season is over, so it’s over for us, "explains Regina Cirmon.
Made myself a 'white russian'. Put The big Lebowski on. Perfect evening!!! It really tied the room together!--Tweet that puts Laurens ten Dam up for lifetime honorary membership in PdC
Boooo Columbia! I shall return my man diaper bag purchased just because they support cyling.
"Thanks again, Floyd Landis, Yellow Jersey Wearer: Nuisance Category"
Reports coming out that Sep Van Marcke is on his way to Garmin-Cervelo...Are we looking at a new Quick Step here?
This would put there numbers at 27
3 still unconfirmed in Cam Meyer, Tom Peterson and Matt Wilson. Another neo-pro will be needed to boost the roster to 30 so one of these riders will be going if 2 are going to stay.
Classics men for this team now include Hushovd, Haussler, Van Marcke, Hammond, Klier, Lancaster, Lloyd, Rasch, Maaskant, VanSummeren and possibly Farrar. One day races only have 8 riders on the roster so Vaughters and Whitey better take some classes on how to manage this much talent.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Was thinking the same thing.
Is there a better classics team out there now? Has Vaughters basically out-done the entire QS-*Lotto axis? Is Belgium finally going to collapse entirely into acrimony and recriminations (or is that just its normal functioning state)?
(or is that just its normal functioning state)?
Yes.
Lotto – Gilbert, Bakelandts, Blythe, Roelandts, Debusschere, Vandousselaere, Willems, Lodewyck … only one big gun but not a terrible back-up squad.
QST – Boonen, Chavanel, Terpstra, Van Keirsbulck, Tratnik, Hulsmans, Tosatto, Maes…
Are they as good as Garvélo? Hell no. Of course not. Are they terrible? Nah.
You forgot a good one in Cappelle for QS...should be a good helper. Tosatto is probably leaving...also Van Impe hopefully bounces back next year
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 4, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I admit to having had the municipal (non) functioning of Brussels
explained to me in detail this summer, so that wasn’t an entirely uninformed guess.
I think looking at this that the difference isn’t that great. Garvelo are probably superior on balance, but QST and Lotto still have to two most accomplished classics riders in the peloton today. Gonna be interesting.
Well, you do ask on the day that government negotians have failed once again
113 days after election day.
Oh really? Ha!
Now I know why my friend didn’t seem too upset by the election in the first place (i.e., it has no actual practical ramifications).
I don't think a single government I've voted for
has completed its run. And technically, we have 9 parliaments, 8 governments, 1 king and 2 queens. Yeah.
Verandas WIllems is coming together for next year on the Pro Conti level...
Stefan Van Dijk is staying as the lead rider along with Sjef Dewilde, Sven van den Houtte, Grégory Habeaux, Thomas Degand, Kevin van Melsen and James Vanlandschoot all resigning. One new talent they have signed is the South African Jaco Venter. His results are sparse but he was 4th overall in l’Avenir last year and then was 13th overall at Langkawi this year while stuck on the S.A. conti-team MTN-Energade. He is one to watch out for in the hills and time trials.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
I love Thomas De Gand
for no other reason than that I find it incredibly fitting that there is a French-speaking version of Thomas De Gendt. Only in Belgium!
not surprised
And Bretagne-Schuller wants to go Pro Contintental next year, I believe.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 4, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there a limit to
the number of pro conti teams that can be allowed? It seems like “everyone” is applying for a license.
From UCI today
A list of all the teams that have applied for UCI registration next year. Looks like there are fewer Pro Continental teams next year. 14 teams have applied, plus the 3 (or whatever) teams that doesn’t get the ProTour licence, compared to 19 Pro Continental teams this year. A few years ago there were 25 or so of them.
And yes, it seem to be the case that as long as they meet the criterias they will get a license.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 5, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, right
As pointed out at CN, Pegasus, Astana and Europcar aren’t on the list.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 5, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Bernaudeau officially had an extension until yesterday to submit his application for Europcar.
I don’t know whether either of the others did though.
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Europcar is going for ProConti
No one (not even Robbie Mac) seems to know why Astana and Pegasus haven’t applied for PT status, or if they did what went wrong with the application.
Five Belgian professional teams if all goes well, hell yeah :)
This sounds familiar
"The Astana team announces that it is not on the list of teams selected to the Pro-Tour only temporarily," the statement reads, "because of a too short period for submission of bank guarantee, which will be forwarded to the UCI headquarters in the coming hours."
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 5, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
ah... they're firing up the telegram machine in Astana, are they?
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Portal is also leaving
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 5, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmmmm.
I actually think Sky have done better than people think this season, though the way they handled their PR, especially at the start of the year hasn’t really helped create that impression. But the way they’ve handled their riders & their individual aspirations, something that Brailsford et al were supposedly good at, plus their DSing on the road, has been rubbish.
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
They've had an average season
Which for a team with an above average budget and an above average mouth, doesn’t quite seem enough.
Budget counts for a fair amount but there are obvious limits, ultimately.
I know they went round chasing a couple of out of contract riders but the fact is you can only sign who there is to sign, no matter how much money you’ve got. Beyond that it’s messing about with buses & daft training days at Manchester Velodrome.
Agree totally about the PR. Big shot in the foot, that.
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Yeah, there were some limits
But these guys changed teams last year: Vogondy, the Feillus, Cooke, Haedo, Porte, the Velitses, Roulston, Kiserlovski, Petacchi, Bole, Kirchen, Kolobnev, Rodriguez, Summie, Intxausti, Tondo, Bruseghin, Plaza, Hincapie, Ballan, Evans, Burghardt, Tiralongo, Gasparotto… and that’s not mentioning the neo pros.
It’s not like they had no one to choose from.
Well, there are several of those that Sky were never in a million years going to sign... ;-)
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
with their (now no longer applicable) 'any shady history and you're out' policy
I’m sure Rubén Plaza would have been a perfect fit!
Well, they signed an ex-US Postal guy, didn’t they?
by UrlaubinPolen on Oct 5, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Petacchi might be pushing it a little bit, don't you? ;-)
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Yep
But one based on the regretable lack of availability of anyone over a certain age that is blemish free – rather than one based on the type of rider they currently hire.
A distinction worth making, even if people are talking in jest.
But more that they could've signed
Let’s not forget that this list does not include those out of contract that stayed with their team. It’s probably easier to start a team this year (Milram fold, Cervélo fold, Saxo reshaped, BBox exodus…) but it’s not like they had no one at all to choose from.
Porte?
Saxo made an amazing pick, but I wouldn’t fault Sky for not picking up an amateur (even though he’s from the Commonwealth and had results in the Baby Giro(?))
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Lars Petter Nordhaug
seem to be pleased with the team. Though he is saying that Marcus Ljungqvist is his main contact on the team, so I guess they don’t need to share the same experience if they don’t speak with the same DS (and of course not even if they do).
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 5, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if it was a cultural - or more likely, a linguistic - thing?
Not seen much about how the Italians, say, have got got on but Possoni is supposedly on the way out, Cioni is from Reading anyway & Viganò seems to be enjoying teaching the young British lads Italian swearing. It’ll be interesting with Spanish speakers next year, though Flecha’s been a bit of a rock for Sky this year.
I just think of things like having no plan Bs for the GTs: a dashing breakaway stage win at some point or even an heroic attempt would’ve been a much better memory than their suicide pace setting on the way to Morzine. Or only letting Löfkvist free at the Tour when it seemed much too late.
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
not sure
Brailsford says he likes Scandinavians because they have ‘the right mindset’. I just think the whole bluster and hype has created unrealistic expectations, and just pissed a whole bunch of people off. Essentially, underneath the bluster, they’re just a cycling team, not a revolution. And quite a mediocre one, too. Given the talent pool they have in their squad, they’ve come out of the year with pretty creditable results, and lots of wins. But they’ve hardly been the revolution they claimed (I wonder if the Europeans still feel Sky can save them from their parochialism?) and most of their – impressive – win count has come in fairly small races. And weirdly, they hyped up winning races like the pre-TDU crit and the Qatar TTT like they’d just done a Mapei at Paris-Roubaix, then were silent when they got wins that actually meant something, like Henderson’s Paris-Nice win, Flecha’s Omloop or EBH’s Dauphiné stage.
by UrlaubinPolen on Oct 5, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Most of what they said should be viewed as marketing
And I dare to say that it’s marketing towards people who are relatively new to the sport. You don’t start a new team with quite a lot of money and then say “we’ll see how this goes, wish us luck”. Even when it’s closer to the truth. And of course, Wiggins Tour last year didn’t help.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 5, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
why not exactly?
teams like Saur-Sojasun and NetApp are trying to build from the ground up. Even BMC are spending time ProContinental before stepping up. British cycling has no middle ground – there’s nothing between the ProTour (Sky) and relatively low level Continental cycling (which is mostly self-contained to a scene consisting of a few 3 hour races and a crit series). They could do with a Continental feeder team that go and race a few more international races, otherwise it’s all money to the top, relying on the same handful of riders because the gulf from UK domestic cycling to the top is too great.
I would personally be against the awarding of any new team the ProTour status. Give them ProConti and make them prove their worth; with the budget and many of the riders they had (Flecha, Lövkvist, Boasson Hagen in particular) they’d easily have got enough invites to put the points together.
The problem was not the lack of a ’we’ll see how it goes’ approach, it was the lack of a ‘we will be a top team in a couple of years’ sense of realism. Rome wasn’t built in a day, as they say, and it was a completely new venture – remember that Katyusha and Radioshack had the foundations of Tinkoff and Astana to build on.
I think another problem was that there are a lot of random variables to road racing not present on the track, and I think they were underestimated.
by UrlaubinPolen on Oct 5, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
There's a lot of merit to the building approach
One thing that was pretty obvious this year was that management, Brailsford and DSs were nowhere near ready for the level they entered on. Brailsford with all his experience from the controlled track-environment and some first year DSs that suffered from the loss of Sunderland.
I don’t think they’ve had such a bad first season, it’s just that they haven’t been able to live up to an unreasonable hype (that they are partly responsible for themselves).
yep
The PR & the DSing.
I don’t think – notwithstanding – they’ve done too badly. I don’t expect people to agree! ;-)
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Precisely because of the "no middle ground" you're talking about
it’d be very difficult to get the backing for a Saur-Sojasun in Britain (though I guess that’s what, say, Endura & maybe – to a lesser extent – Raleigh are ultimately aiming for).
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
(The Scandinavian mindset thing is bollocks, in my view.
However Scandinavians do tend to speak English pretty well.)
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
I always took "the right mindset" to mean
“we want to build a team around EBH, he is one of the brightest young talents in cycling and among the biggest name we can get right now and we want him to feel at home by signing other Scandinavians. Also they tend to speak excellent English and so does their media market.”
Except EBH barely ever opens his mouth. Doh!
“Not a great entertainer our young Edvald is.” – Brad Wiggins
Nor does Lofkvist.
Perhaps silence was the quality Brailsford was looking for!
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
I support your argument as far as stacking the deck so the "dive right in" approach is harder
But I wouldn’t make it a hard and fast rule. Some teams have plenty of experience even though they’re new team. I think, for example, Team Lux will do just fine. RadioShack did fine in my opinion.
And I fear any policy that limits or discourages more companies from sponsoring cycling.
So I agree with you, but not as rule. The system should discourage the Team Skys of the world, but not ban them.
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Right.
So we’ll have anybody’s money except Murdoch’s, yeah?
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
not at all
Teams like Team Lux and Radioshack don’t NEED ProTour licences. Cervélo proved that. They have the money and resources to get the invites to all the big races, and they have riders of the requisite talent to make inviting them almost a no-brainer for most race organisers. Teams like FDJ, Euskaltel and so on… they need ProTour licences because sponsors may be less willing to pay out if they can’t get coverage at all the top races, because teams like that can only guarantee a set number of invites (usually the ones from their home country’s authority). Teams with triple that budget can afford to get stars that mean they get those invites without needing the licence.
There’s only so much room at the top, and I would like to see a bit more commitment to the future of the sport before I hand out licences to the top level; sponsors for whom the sport is a high-budget plaything could be transient and disappear in a couple of years; we’re already almost resigned to Radioshack being gone after next year. Anything that discourages the Cofidises and Lottos of the world from continuing to support the sport is a bad thing as far as I’m concerned because it’s people like that we’ll need to rely on when times are tough. Hence why, if we’re going to make room at the top for these new moneyed teams, we need to ease the transition so as not to unceremoniously drop people whose companies have given years to the sport. If Team Sky, Fly V, Team Lux or whoever have to go a year without a guaranteed invite to the Tour de Pologne or the GP Ouest-France for that, so be it. Unless they do a Radioshack and piss off the GT organisers, they’ll get to do at least a couple of GTs with their rosters.
by UrlaubinPolen on Oct 6, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Cervélo did indeed prove that.
& the team’s folding now.
To be honest, I agree with a lot of that but the tide’s in the other direction. Look at some of Vaughters’ pronouncements, for instance. The pressure isn’t for a promotion/relegation type model but for a relegation-free closed shop. Cervélo’s one example but look at the problems & disappointments Skil & Vacansoleil have had. Where’s that ended up? For Vacansoleil, at least, signing Riccò & Mosquera (presumably in hope of access to races in Spain & Italy). Look at the ludicrous UCI ranking system which has meant that, say, Landboukrediet can’t get into cobbles races but some of the Italian pro-conti teams are laughably obliged to attend. You can’t blame a team that has the opportunity of a few quid for getting in there while they can.
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"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
I don't
I don’t blame the teams for doing it. Why shouldn’t they? I blame the UCI for supping on that sweet nectar. The UCI are the ones who are trying to make the top tier an exclusive, nepotistic old boys’ club, where the only way to get in is to have more money than the members of the old boys’ club, whereupon the least moneyed member will be unceremoniously turfed out to let you in.
I am wholly in favour of a promotion-relegation model. If you have riders of a set number of points, or a set budget, or something like that, you can start in the second tier (similar to ProConti now – can be invited to any race at the organiser’s discretion), but the top tier is reserved for the top-ranked teams on the road.
I would also make it so that no team was obliged to attend anywhere. What value is the TDU to FDJ, Euskaltel or Lotto? However, if their position as a favoured team was at stake if they didn’t pick up X number of points, they may be forced to race harder at these. ProTour (or World Tour or whatever) races unable to attract a cutoff number of ProTour TEAMS would lose that status.
The problem with my method is that it is perhaps too pessimistic, based too much on keeping the traditional base of cycling secure and not enough on Pat’s beloved “globalisation” (but only to English-speaking countries…) – the problem with the UCI’s model is that it is willing to sacrifice the traditional bases of the sport in order to capitalise on a “global” audience, most of which probably won’t give a damn once Armstrong’s retired.
by UrlaubinPolen on Oct 6, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
No, I don't care about who is behind "Team Sky"
To me, it’s about how much of a team you have to build.
RadioShack is the perfect example to me. It was a new ProTour team, but in reality, it picked up a 10 year old infrastructure and moved it.
Team Lux has a lot to build, but they had a core of Saxo Bank guys – riders and a DS. I have no idea if Team Lux will perform next year, but I hope they do.
I think jumping in at the top level should be discouraged. I just don’t think it should be a rule.
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Unfortunately that kind of thing happens a lot
Garmin are pretty woeful when it comes to communicating to their riders that they’re being let go, and I’m sure other teams are no better.
Seems like a good place for him
analysis is speculation in disguise
I'm glad he's found a job
what with his wife about to give birth and all
Will it be a Girl this time?
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Dangnabit, you stole someone's joke.
They could always get creative and spell it Ghirle so it looks more Dutch.
"As you can imagine, there are better places to have your birthday party than in some village called Mushny Mush Mishme." --Jens! Voigt
Pegasus
Apparently Chris White will be doing an interview for SBS Cycling Central today about the status of his team. I’m not allowed to say much but apparently there are some political games being played with Cycling Australia which have disrupted the application of the Pegasus team. Perhaps more will be revealed in the interview today!
Interesting
Because over at CN Chris White says it’s a “technical glitch”. Is it a thumbs-up from the Australian fed that is missing?
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 6, 2010 2:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Without going into too much detail I’ve heard that CA have their own ambitions/sponsor re a top level team in the future and their noses are well out of joint about Pegasus beating them to the punch, or so I’ve heard.
They've been saying that for years
I certainly don’t hope they are throwing a wrench in the works because someone actually acted where they did not?
Also. There isn’t room for two Aussie-connected teams? Vediamo.
there's a better than average chance it's CA...in fact, I'd bet money on it.
I personally hope we don’t have two Australian teams. I’m not sure that we need one, although I applaud Fly V’s effort.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'll say...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I certainly don’t hope they are throwing a wrench in the works because someone actually acted where they did not?
That’s what I’m hearing, essentially.
It was ever thus with CA..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Dinosaurs...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
About 10-12 years ago or so when I was last racing
A group of mountain bikers formed their own break-away association (MTBA) as they got sick and tired of the CA shenanigans and their track-focus.
Matthais Ruß from Milram will be retiring...he isn't actively seeking employment in cycling. Suffered from exercise induced asthma
and Oleg Chuzhda is probably going to sign with Lampre-ISD. Ukranian rode for Caja Rural last year…won a stage at Tour of Portugal.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
very very happy for Matt
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Damn...that is a big move for him.
Going from 2 shattered legs a few years ago to this is awesome. Hope it isn’t a one year and done thing though.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
No disrespect meant to Brammeier
But I wonder if he would’ve gotten a contract if he weren’t one of Cav’s buddies
he is (or was, at least) not at all a bad rider
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Yeah, I don't mean to imply he isn't
I don’t really know him. Just wondering. Guess we’ll find out next year!
He's a Liverpudlian British Cycling casualty who went off to ride in Belgium
where he got hit by a cement mixer, badly breaking both legs as Vlaanderen90 mentions above.
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Ouch
I apologise on behalf of my country and its cement mixers! I do know he rides for the only real retirement shack (based only on the presence of Rambo).
ha! true!
He was actually Cav’s big rival as a kid. The Old Days (scroll down a bit).
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Priceless!
In Boy Racer, there’s an even older picture of Cav and Brammeier, on the podium of the Under-14 national champ RR (Cavendish won that time).
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presumably before the horror that are Crocs were invented?
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Cipollini won't be one of the leads sponsors for the old ISD which will now be known as Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
According to cyclingnews, Rollin is close to signing
The article says: “For next year I’ll basically focus on the Classics to start with then the rest of the season will depend on my form. Hopefully I’ll do a grand tour, get the experience there and build from that,” he said.
No team disclosed, but it implies a european team, probably ProTour. Another site I know that usually have pretty good connections in Québec cycling mentions FDJ (without confirming the source). I do have a couple of pictures of Rollin chatting with FDJ riders while training on the eve of the Montréal race. Did I uncover a scoop without knowing?
That would be good for him...he can learn the ways of the classics from the old man Guesdon
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
farming and camping
I guess they go
analysis is speculation in disguise
Team Type 1 (also going pro continental)
IN (in order from a press release, which would appear to be in no particular order)
* Alessandro Bazzana – ITA
* Alexander Efimkin – RUS
* Rubens Bertogliati – SUI
* Olaf Kerkhof – NED-T1*
* Aldo Ino Ilesic – SLO
* Alexey Schmidt – RUS
* Martijn Verschoor – NED-T1*
* Scott Stewart – USA
* Valeriy Kobzarenko – UKR
* Javier Megias Leal – ESP-T1*
* Will Dugan – USA
* Fabio Calabria – AUS
* Joe Eldridge – USA-T1*
* Kiel Reijnen – USA
* Ben King – AUS
* Alex Bowden – USA-T1*
OUT (in no particular order):
Thomas Rabou
Davide Frattini > UnitedHealthcare
Chris Jones > UnitedHealthcare
Michael Creed > Kelly Benefit Strategies
Daniel Holt (USA Cycling national points race champion)
Ken Hanson
Shawn Milne
Thomas Soladay
by Chief Commissaire on Oct 6, 2010 8:20 PM EDT reply actions
They're applying for proconti, right?
I mean, are there circumstances in which a team does not get PRF status if they request it and they fulfil the criteria? Is there like a max amount of ProConti teams?
No Maxiimum...
…on the number of pro continental-registered teams.
by Chief Commissaire on Oct 7, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Do you mean the other Ben King?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
There's two
The Aussie Ben King is at Team Type 1
The American Ben King (he of ridiculously long solo breaks) is at the Shack.
It was worse this year
When they were on the same team.
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 7, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Scheirlinckx and Scheirlinckx have the added confusion that no one can pronounce their names
Though they’re not in the same team any more.
There are Gods of mud?
Socrates will surely be horrified.
Velits and Haedo brothers are easy..
Not a clue on the other hand of the specalties of Saramotins, Santamorita and Santambrogio..
Kreder brothers..
Nichel Kreder can sprint and climb.. Other Kreders? And I don’t even dear to say something about the King’s.. Well one thing.. Thant Frin King rules them all.. (:
*due* americani?
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
Velochrono says the source is Cyclismag.
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Entourage
Timothy Duggan (Garmin-Transitions) et Ted King (Cervélo) rejoindront l’équipe Liquigas en 2011, a appris [Cyclismag] dans l’entourage des deux coureurs.
Both are really nice guys
Cannondale did well.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the Flag and carrying the Cross."
--Sinclair Lewis
Feltet.dk says Laurent Didier is staying with Saxo—Riis won’t let him out of his contract to go to Team Lux.
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Boo Riis
I guess he’s not up for any more favors in light of the recent colossal meltdown of his cycling empire.
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
He needs some riders to stay.
Especially if Conti is going to be suffering the meat sweats much longer
Boo spoiled riders
“Boo hoo, my buddies secured me a contract with one of the best teams in the world that I had in no way proven myself worthy of and now the team has the gall to expect that I will honor that contract. Well I have to do it I suppose but I don’t have to like it.”
Point taken
DISCLAIMER: Anything I say is ultimately blinded by my ridiculously unnecessary love for all things Cancellara, or Schleck related....
There, you have been warned.
by agl on Oct 7, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Was he not helpful for Porte in the Giro?
I’m asking sincerely. It seemed to me like he did his job well, but I don’t really know enough about the sport to say that with any level of accuracy. Aside from that, I agree that contracts are contracts…or at least sometimes they are.
I think Jens means that before being at Saxo, Didier really didn't show anything to
warrant a transfer to one of the best teams in the world. Besides being Luxembourgian.
He has been really solid
Him not having that impressive results before getting signed to Saxo surely had a lot to do with the fact that he chose to finish his education before going pro.
Fact still remains though that he should count himself lucky to get the contract he did. His stagiare term in 2009 wasn’t that impressive either.
Doper Maximiliano Richeze is back for next year with CDC-Cavaliere
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
meh – not like he’s going to be bothering the top tier with CDC, and besides, testing positive when he did got him out of that infamous CSF Giro squad, so in comparison he’s white as milk.
by UrlaubinPolen on Oct 8, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Euskaltel has extended the contracts of Inaki Isasi, Jorge Azanza, Javier Aramendia and Daniel Sesma
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Hulsmans won't be returning to Quick Step according to Gazet van Antwerpen..
He and Boonen are close and Hulsmans has been his teammate ever since he came to Lefevre so its unknown about how Boonen will like this news, even if Hulsmans had a down year of sorts.
Also Sam Bennett, Irish wünderkind, is going to be riding for AnPost-Sean Kelly next year. Was stagiairing at FDJ but didn’t turn into a contract.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
Romours
Rollin linked at AG2R
Tomas Alberio and Fabrice Piemontesi linked at Geox
Tossato linked at Lampre
Luke Mazzanti to ISD
Don’t get French teams.. Smukulis has to leave at AG2R. Linked at HTC
Wegelius linked at Sky and TT1
Perutnina Ptuj wants Tadej Valjavec
Oliviera
will bring down the Shack’s average age a bit then!
"What happened in British Cycling, a lot of people doubted me. I've come back, got this victory, and done it my way." - Adam Blythe after his first pro win at Circuit Franco Belge
And the age rises again!
@CyclingFlash twitter –
Nelson Oliveira (XAC) denies signing with Team RadioShack. He’s in contact with more ProTour teams besides RadioShack – http://bit.ly/9jqFVo
Ahh this is good news. I can see his talent being lost there.
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 11, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
What would Johan say???
probably “you make wise moves to be wise and being wise makes you wise and signing here is wise so thereby this young soul searcher seeks to be as wise as a human entity can be in life..he seeks perfection but his expectations come with modesty, he seeks life reform and only he can revolt against his negative instincts, oh this boy is a gem of fortune and we will all grace his eternal spirit on Team Radioshack next year!” Or something like that.
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It's Rollin to FDJ, not AG2R
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 11, 2010 8:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Among the rumors
Martin Mortensen is leaving Vacansoleil and won’t say where he has signed so I’m 93% sure he is going to Team Lux.
Rogers confirmed to Sky.
Source: Dave Brailsford to VeloNews
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Brailsford now says
he was misquoted. New version: Sky has been talking to Rogers, but no deal is done.
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Gregor Brown (cycling journo) on twitter confirms what we already knew
Duggan and King join Liquigas
Did anyone remember that Davide Rebellin's suspension ends in April
according to Cicloweb he’s already in talks with De Rosa and Astana.
And it looks like Carmiooro-NGC are in trouble. NGC are withdrawing from cycling completely and also pulling out the brands they own. Which include Mapooro and Carmiooro. A double ouch there.
Just in time for the Ardennes Classics
Be interesting to see if he is still “always good.” That was our mantra about Rebellin, whenever we were trying to spot the contenders.
Ban ends on April 27.
Isn’t that too late for the Ardennes?
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Going to be about 3 days over Liege...the 27th is a Wednesday and I'm guessing Liege is the 24th
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Oct 13, 2010 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought we already knew CarmioOro were in trouble. They’d lost most of their French contingent, and Pardilla and Ventoso were both to Movistar, and Sella to Androni, left them looking very, very thin on the ground.
by UrlaubinPolen on Oct 13, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Liberty Seguros (new team, back for their 4th bite at the cherry) finalise their 2011 roster:
José João Mendes, Edgar Pinto, Filipe Cardoso (all of LA-Paredes Rota dos Móveis, all rode for Liberty Seguros in 2009)
Rui Sousa, Antonio Amorim (both from Barbot-Siper; Sousa rode for Liberty Seguros Continental from 2005-9)
Ricardo Vilela, Sérgio Sousa (both from Madeinox-Boavista; Vilela rode for Liberty Seguros Continental in 2009)
Vitor Rodrigues (from Caja Rural, rode for Liberty Seguros in 2009)
Marco Coelho, Fabio Silvestre (from Liberty Seguros-Santamaria da Feira u23/amateur team).
While the bigger Spanish riders and doping-convicted Portuguese/Spanish names are no more, this team does bear an unbearable stench of ssdd.
Pegasus update
The team are optimistic but I’m hearing more things that the CA/UCI politics is a major spanner in the works of their Pro Tour application.
Johnnie Walker (one of Will’s younger brothers) is looking for a new team, from Footon-Servetto this year.
that's weird he got let go
isn’t he extremely popular with spanish fans?
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Does anyone know if Johnnie Walker is popular in Spain?
He did the Vuelta and is currently coming second at the Tour of Hainan so I think he’ll be snapped up, Fly V would seem a logical destination (just a guess).
Rui Costa not a Movistar.
VeloNation says he had a falling out with Eusebio Unzué that was so severe he hasn’t raced since the Tour (anything to do with that little altercation with Barredo?), and at the moment has no contract for 2011.
Teams he’s rumored to be talking to include RadioShack, Vacansoleil, and Team Schleck.
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Dammit, dammit, dammit.
I knew about the possibility when I posted the above that Costa could be one of the positives from the Portuguese TT championships, but I didn’t mention it because I figured the odds were still against him…oh, well. The two positives were Rui and his brother Mario. So, if there was any hint of this, that’s a damn good reason why Costa’s contract wasn’t extended.
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