Team Transfers and Rumours 20/21

[FootballingCyclist]

Are you referring to Alcatel? which was announced yesterday?

Nope.. Not them..

[lechatnoir]

Conor Dunne has been picked up by Israel cycling Academy. Feel good story of the day, hope he improves and finds his spot as he is good eneteratinment and is the role model for all wookies out there that want to be a pro racer. 

 

Should give ICA a good bit of exposure as the press do cover him a fair bit for sure an average dom'

 

Dunne is a top chap. Followed his and Warbasse's No Go Tour with interest and it was awesome. So glad he's getting something out of the AB fiasco

[Mopkop]

I see EBH is still at DiData, was he not going somewhere else?

[Cav']

I see EBH is still at DiData, was he not going somewhere else?

He signed an extension early September.

[Duane_Bosch]

The new Di Data BMC disc bikes look amazing. Saw the boys riding them yesterday with no bar tape on, they obviously all ate too much during their off season and now need the marginal weight gains to get up Chappies and Ou Kaaps.. LOL..

 

I saw Cadel Evans riding with the team yesterday and having coffee, not sure if he is with the team as part of the new BMC sponsor or perhaps in some managerial role?

 

And keep your eyes on the Team Social Media for new sponsors(which have not yet been leaked), Unfortunately, I cannot share that news on here as yet..

Nic Dlamini pulled up while we were at Vida in Camps with his new BMC yesterday. Still on ENVE wheels. Bike looks amazing and he's looking lean.

 

Also spotted the Cav train. So do the new signings have to run their old team kit even though they are on the new teams training camp? Sounds about right. Saw A Lotto kit (Yitting Bak?) and a Mitchelton Scott kit (Kreuziger?)

 

It really is a case of spot the pro in CT at the moment.

Edited November 19, 2018 by Duane_Bosch

[Nibali]

Also spotted the Cav train. So do the new signings have to run their old team kit even though they are on the new teams training camp? Sounds about right. Saw A Lotto kit (Yitting Bak?) and a Mitchelton Scott kit (Kreuziger?)

 

Contracts run to December 31st, so they have to wear their old team kit even while training with the new team.

[Dirt Tracker]

Andrea Tafi to Dimension Data for Roubaix? 

[gtr1]

Andrea Tafi to Dimension Data for Roubaix? 

Please no. Lets not waste a spot for a talented up-and-coming rider to allow an old has-been :-(

 

#publicitystint

[Gen]

Andrea Tafi to Dimension Data for Roubaix?

Aah they love wasting resources on unnecessary PR.

[Dirt Tracker]

Please no. Lets not waste a spot for a talented up-and-coming rider to allow an old has-been :-(

 

#publicitystint

 

Yeah, and not even a good one. It's a novelty thing and best result is he finishes, not very well and everyone says 'why?'. Worst case is he decides he can't lose face as the reality downs and decides on a few micro doses along the way, gets pings and everyone looks terrible. 

[Shebeen]

Andrea Tafi to Dimension Data for Roubaix? 

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/andrea-tafi-registers-uci-pursuit-paris-roubaix-return-400130

 

he's contacting teams...surely movistar are the guys for this. must be drawing straws for them each year who has to ride the hell of the north

[FootballingCyclist]

Nic Dlamini pulled up while we were at Vida in Camps with his new BMC yesterday. Still on ENVE wheels. Bike looks amazing and he's looking lean.

 

Also spotted the Cav train. So do the new signings have to run their old team kit even though they are on the new teams training camp? Sounds about right. Saw A Lotto kit (Yitting Bak?) and a Mitchelton Scott kit (Kreuziger?)

 

It really is a case of spot the pro in CT at the moment.

Yeah basically just a frame swop hey. They staying with ENVE wheels, bars and stem, Staying with Rotor 3D Power Cranks too and DA Groupo.

 

Glad they finally added some bartape though as the 1st 3 days they were here they rode without any LOL..

 

DEF a case of spot the Pro in CT, almost guaranteed to spot a few if you anywhere close to Chappies during the day, although they hardly ever all together as they all doing different things at the moment.

 

The ZWIFT academy boys were practising "lead outs" last week for Cav on the Llandudno stretch towards Bakoven. I think this week they will be doing hill reps and hill sprints. The academy boys are proper strong considering all the diff things they are being tested and asked to do in the short space of time.

[FootballingCyclist]

Also seems Michael Valgren is enjoying his time in CT by the looks of it. When I look at the ride and see an average of "only" 27km/h I can only imagine he wasn't exactly gassing it up the climbs and also with it being "off season", are us mere mortals that far behind?? I can only imagine the times he and other climbers could do up these climbs when they're in their racing season.

[tubed]

Also seems Michael Valgren is enjoying his time in CT by the looks of it. When I look at the ride and see an average of "only" 27km/h I can only imagine he wasn't exactly gassing it up the climbs and also with it being "off season", are us mere mortals that far behind?? I can only imagine the times he and other climbers could do up these climbs when they're in their racing season.

Spot on here - can you imagine the 3 new signings Valgren, Kreuzinger, Gasparotto hitting those segments with the form they had at Amstel Gold this year (that was the order of the podium), I doubt there would be a strava record which survived a new top 3.

 

Haven't been this excited about the classics potential for a few years - its now a serious classics squad, even beyond those three names. Soooo excited.

 

Not sure what the loss of Hammond in the car is going to have on the classics, hopefully Redant is equal to the task.

[FootballingCyclist]

Also I see they now using the Vittoria Corsa Tyres and Selle Italia saddles..

[Dirt Tracker]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/andrea-tafi-registers-uci-pursuit-paris-roubaix-return-400130

 

he's contacting teams...surely movistar are the guys for this. must be drawing straws for them each year who has to ride the hell of the north

 

MS should just let him ride, they often can't fill the full roster at Roubaix.