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2017 World Tour transfer rumours (and facts)

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    #62
    Trev De rev
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭Trev De rev


    http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/nicolas-roche-signs-for-bmc-racing-team/ Good move for Roche?


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    #63
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    How long has Roche signed for?

    I wonder was there a falling out at Sky? Not riding Tour probably confirmed hai exit


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    #64
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    How long has Roche signed for?

    I wonder was there a falling out at Sky? Not riding Tour probably confirmed his exit


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    #65
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    godtabh wrote: »
    How long has Roche signed for?

    I wonder was there a falling out at Sky? Not riding Tour probably confirmed his exit

    BMC don't say how long contracts are for.
    Something that is a policy of theirs for some reason..


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    #66
    MPFGLB
    Registered Users Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    godtabh wrote: »
    How long has Roche signed for?

    I wonder was there a falling out at Sky? Not riding Tour probably confirmed his exit

    Its a one year contract ...nothing to do with Roche but BMC may have issues re sponsor after 2017

    No falling out at SKY for Nico but I guess he realised that there are no opportunites ...everything for Froome at that team...even the one week stage races...and Roche still ambitious which is a good thing

    Think he signed for SKY to imprive which I think he has and becasue great friend Porte was there ...Porte probably a big part in him going ot BMC where he wil be looking for Ardennes and Vuelta leadership and play a role for Porte at the Tour

    Only problem is now he may not get a Vuelta spot for SKY or if he does he will get no freedom...Afterall he has said the reason he is joining BMC is for more attacking racing ...kind of mud in the eye for SKY who are contanstly accused of non entertaining/non aggressive racing


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    #67
    MPFGLB
    Registered Users Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    Ryder Hesjedal retires at end of 2016


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    #68
    neris
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    https://twitter.com/ukcyclingexpert/status/760088019676299264


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    #69
    godtabh
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    https://twitter.com/SlaneCycles/status/760158949748248576


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    #70
    godtabh
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    https://twitter.com/cyclingtips/status/760790902939975680


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    #71
    neris
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    Roger Kluge from IAM to Orica

    http://www.greenedgecycling.com/news/kluge-compliments-sprint-focus-for-ewan.phps


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    #72
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    https://twitter.com/cyclingtips/status/761151993884897280


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    #73
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,055 ✭✭✭✭neris


    godtabh wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/cyclingtips/status/761151993884897280

    Caleb Ewan be Oricas main sprinter then. Any word on where Degonkolbs heading to or he staying at Giant?


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    #74
    Oymyakon
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭Oymyakon


    neris wrote: »
    Caleb Ewan be Oricas main sprinter then. Any word on where Degonkolbs heading to or he staying at Giant?

    I heard he was going to Trek


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    #75
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Denglekob going to Trek.

    On the same subject.............I dont think there has been a FORMAL announcement on Contadors move, 4 days into the "window".....? I wonder if there is a hitch?


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    #76
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    He is racing now. Maybe he wants to concentrate on that.


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    #77
    TheBlaaMan
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    Sep Vanmarcke is heading back to Cannondale
    http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f58c37e0d6bb5b0b2d5f68ec8&id=75c8f8dd0a&e=0e0c623c4b


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    #78
    godtabh
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    https://twitter.com/tonymartin85/status/765187850669359104


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    #79
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    ^a huge loss.


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    #80
    pelevin
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    Maybe like Dan Martin at Garmin, Tony'd gone a bit stale at EQS. Seemed to me a waste how he'd not broadened as a rider to be competing in things like Paris Roubaix to win well before now.


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    #81
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    pelevin wrote: »
    Maybe like Dan Martin at Garmin, Tony'd gone a bit stale at EQS. Seemed to me a waste how he'd not broadened as a rider to be competing in things like Paris Roubaix to win well before now.

    Not to mention the going off the boil a bit on TTs after he had looked set to really dominate these.


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    #82
    godtabh
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    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Not to mention the going off the boil a bit on TTs after he had looked set to really dominate these.

    Is that down to the work he has to do for team?


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    #83
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    godtabh wrote: »
    Is that down to the work he has to do for team?

    It would be hard to grasp that they sacrificed his clear superiorty in that discipline for the team when they don't do GC rides and only have a certain amount of sprint stages to ride on. Doesn't make sense. He has been their GC rider on several one week races.


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    #84
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    Valverde in shock move for next season:

    20160820_172102-1.jpg


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    #85
    dragratchet
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    he'll be battling for selection, we've a lot of strong all-rounders these days :pac:
    at1withmyself wrote: »
    Valverde in shock move for next season:

    20160820_172102-1.jpg


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    #86
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 30,573 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Very interesting article on a bidding war happening for riders with ranking points at the foot of the UCI table for teams scrambling to avoid being dumped down to Continental status:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rider-prices-rise-as-teams-reach-panic-over-worldtour-points/

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #87
    Inquitus
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Very interesting article on a bidding war happening for riders with ranking points at the foot of the UCI table for teams scrambling to avoid being dumped down to Continental status:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rider-prices-rise-as-teams-reach-panic-over-worldtour-points/

    Will Cummings winning the ToB move the needle at all for Dimension Data?


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    #88
    odyssey06
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    Inquitus wrote: »
    Will Cummings winning the ToB move the needle at all for Dimension Data?

    I thought that too but it looks like ToB is on the UCI Europe Tour rather than UCI World Tour... I'm assuming the points don't transfer over so wouldn't help keep a team on the World Tour?

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #89
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,337 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Ellisonde is signing for sky, apparently. They are a bit short on mountain domestiques...


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    #90
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Very interesting article on a bidding war happening for riders with ranking points at the foot of the UCI table for teams scrambling to avoid being dumped down to Continental status:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rider-prices-rise-as-teams-reach-panic-over-worldtour-points/

    So the points a team accumulate over the course of a season mean nothing if some of their riders go to other teams. I guess that's just the way it is but seems brutally unfair


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    #91
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I thought that too but it looks like ToB is on the UCI Europe Tour rather than UCI World Tour... I'm assuming the points don't transfer over so wouldn't help keep a team on the World Tour?

    Sure they will be certs for wildcards for all races anyway with the way they ride.


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