Team Transfers and Rumours

[bleedToWin]

12 hours ago, Shebeen said:

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/stefan-de-bod/start

geez, he's off to a malaysian team. that's a big step down. he is ranked out of the top 1000 uci riders, no great results with EF (but doesn;t mean he wasn't a team player)

I thought he was hoping to use a result at nationals to land a team, but this seems legit. The team are officially announcing their riders on Monday...

[BuffsVintageBikes]

36 minutes ago, J Wakefield said:

No

I stand corrected 🤥

[babse]

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/caleb-ewan-joins-ineos-grenadiers-for-2025-on-one-year-deal/

 

Didnt know ineos still had okes left in their team

[Spinnaroonie]

At least he's got Gerraint Thomas to lead him out. 

[shaper]

GT retiring at the end of the season https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/its-not-been-a-bad-run-eh-geraint-thomas-announces-retirement-at-end-of-2025/

[BuffsVintageBikes]

That was rather an interesting finish to stage 1 of the tour of Algarve yesterday. I see they now cancelled the stage altogether rather than give Ganna then win. What a cluster F$#@.

I spent an hour watching the last 40km's on Live stream only for it to end in that chaos.

 

[DieselnDust]

Why cancel the stage? Commentators suggested giving everyone the same time .

is it a case of applying the rules rigidly? I imagine all those okes off course meant the whole lot should have been disqualified so it’s easier to cancel the stage and keep everyone in the race…..(?)

[betaboy]

I wonder what the rule book says, when you have most of the field off course and don’t get a recorded time? Yet you finished within 10 meters apart? 
I feel the riders who made the correct judgment should be rewarded with keeping their times. It’s so mush easier to just cancel the stage. UCI has got off to a rocky start with Pro Level racing.