Luke Moir Left Stranded

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, rock said:

Mondraker factory team placing 16th and 32nd.......just saying he has the bike already, put him in the bus!

transfer window is not open

[ChrisF]

35 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

transfer window is not open

 

Is that also applicable to privateers ?

[rock]

so a team cant juts hire someone - this isnt road cycling - they dont race/enter as teams? this sports gets more bizarre each year.

[DieselnDust]

29 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Is that also applicable to privateers ?

No since they are not on a team. They have no contract that has to be cleared by the UCI. They pay for their season registration, purchase their license and go race. There is also the matter of entry fees which are not cheap. Hence when you have eg. r50k in crowd funding its nowhere near enough to cover just the admin for the season ahead.

[DieselnDust]

9 minutes ago, rock said:

so a team cant juts hire someone - this isnt road cycling - they dont race/enter as teams? this sports gets more bizarre each year.

Nope. can only sign within the transfer window. This was introduced when a certain high budget team went on a rider shopping spree mid season and bought riders with loads of UCI points so they could get a World Tour License

[rock]

23 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Nope. can only sign within the transfer window. This was introduced when a certain high budget team went on a rider shopping spree mid season and bought riders with loads of UCI points so they could get a World Tour License

but that sounds like road racing not MTB?

 

But with Warner Brothers around now nothing surprises me.

[DieselnDust]

19 minutes ago, rock said:

but that sounds like road racing not MTB?

 

But with Warner Brothers around now nothing surprises me.

Same governing body