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Transfer Season 17/18
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| Shonak |
Posted on 17-09-2017 11:27
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IMO the Quick Step approach makes sense because they need to cut costs. Talents are cheap and hungry. De Plus, Mas, Vakoc etc What is probably really eating into the budget is having all those stage hunters and this insane depth of a classics squad. Maybe they won't be able to keep them long-term but at least the talents have largely freedom in the stage races and for the classics their squad is still one of the best. Having Gaviria, Alaphilippe, Jungels, Viviani, Gilbert, Stybar and Terpstra (ugh) also takes quite some cut of the budget. Especially Alaphilippe, Jungels and Gaviria are just getting more expensive throughout the years. With Gilbert they also have the most known belgian rider next to GVA, so that's great for the sponsor. I could well imagine that Alaphilippe, Gaviria and Gilbert take up most of the freed budget from the Boonen departure and Martin transfer.
It's just a shame that we never got the Alaphilippe-Gilbert-Martin super squad hitting Valverde with everything they got in the Ardennes.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 18-09-2017 10:02
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Dylan van Baarle joins Sky |
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 18-09-2017 10:21
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Cannondale lost another rider - Wouter Wippert signs with Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 19-09-2017 11:15
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Mentioned some pages ago, confirmed now: Ahmet Örken joins Israel Cycling Academy.
And also: Victor Campenaerts switches to Lotto-Soudal, Alexandr Riabushenko signs his pro contract with UAE Team Emirates and Serghei Tvetcov will ride for United HealthCare. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 19-09-2017 11:20
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Wow they really investing into the future, Van Baarle has potential to be a regular Top 3 Ronde contestant. Kwiatek, Stannard, Rowe, Van Baarle and mountain goat Moscon ...solid set-up for the pavé
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 19-09-2017 11:26
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Mentioned some pages ago, confirmed now: Ahmet Örken joins Israel Cycling Academy.
And also: Victor Campenaerts switches to Lotto-Soudal, Alexandr Riabushenko signs his pro contract with UAE Team Emirates and Serghei Tvetcov will ride for United HealthCare.
A Muslim, in an Israeli team? Did not see that comming.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 19-09-2017 12:08
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ivaneurope wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Mentioned some pages ago, confirmed now: Ahmet Örken joins Israel Cycling Academy.
And also: Victor Campenaerts switches to Lotto-Soudal, Alexandr Riabushenko signs his pro contract with UAE Team Emirates and Serghei Tvetcov will ride for United HealthCare.
A Muslim, in an Israeli team? Did not see that comming.
Here's an article explaining the reasons behind his move: https://www.hurriy...nid=118124 |
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| aldrofj |
Posted on 19-09-2017 13:25
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→ Éric Marcotte to UHC
→ The team of Contador & Basso, Polartec-Kometa, is progressing. Here are the first riders.
 Miguel Angel Ballesteros
Juan Camacho
Isaac Canton
 Patrick Gamper
 Michele Gazzoli
Matteo Moschetti
 Michel Ries
Diego Pablo Sevilla
Gamper led the Tour de l'Avenir for two days. He also finished 3rd of the Grand Prix Judendorf, and 6th of the European ITT Championship. Very polyvalent.
Ries finished 19th of the Tour de l'Avenir. He seems to have a decent level in ITT.
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| lakebeach |
Posted on 21-09-2017 07:21
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Simon Gerrans leaves Orica and signs for BMC.
"It's very hard to work with other guys because nobody wants to work with me so it's better to drop everybody." - Peter Sagan |
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| Kalach |
Posted on 21-09-2017 08:16
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Hmm strange signing from BMC. He does not have any result this season
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 21-09-2017 09:12
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Guess he'll take more of a road captain role, and mentoring guys like Scotson & Dennis.. Every team needs it's veterans
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 21-09-2017 10:09
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 25-09-2017 09:21
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Cavendish feeling Minion-y! 
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 26-09-2017 14:00
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 26-09-2017 14:41
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South African Willie Smit, who was part of this year's WC's breakaway, has signed for Katusha.
https://www.cyclin...a-alpecin/
Also, Matvey Mamykin won't renew his contract, reducing to just 2, I think, the number of Russians on what used to be an almost Russian team. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 27-09-2017 09:57
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You better watch out for him next season.  |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 27-09-2017 11:26
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 27-09-2017 12:01
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great moves for CCC with Antunes and for Bora with Grossschartner
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| dominox |
Posted on 27-09-2017 12:48
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Antunes to CCC seems pretty nice. On some Polish cycling forum there were thinking when will CCC start announcing 2018 signings. Last year it was on 12th of October, so they were expecting any news in about a week. Also - I don't know from where - but there are rumours that it's one of 3 "big" transfers. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 27-09-2017 13:32
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CCC needed a new Rebellin
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