Our transfer activity continues as we head into day 6 of the window. We are slowly but surely building up our squad. Here are the next set of signings that can be confirmed by us.

Joining us from Free Agency, as the lead domestique for Kelderman, is Italian puncher Andrea Palini. He will have a very important role to play all season, shadowing Kelderman and being responsible for putting him into the best positions possible during a race.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
75.22	69	70	78	66	75	68	69	54	68	74	69	61	66

Bovenhuis is an all-rounder who joins us from our friends over at Aegon - Lavazza for a small fee. He is expected to play the domestique role in the cobbles, along with getting the role role in certain stage races, where he's known to be aggressive rider.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
72.86	73	58	71	59	74	70	72	74	62	68	79	65	59

We in our season planning to add more fire-power to Saber's leadout train. Wouter Wippert was an ideal candidate for the same and we were able to lure him in to play that role. He joins us from Free Agency.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
74.99	70	56	67	59	75	70	80	61	78	82	58	67	74

We continue our association with African cycling by loaning in Gibbons from our friends in GCN ProTeam. He will be a part of our flat squad, and will be trusted to be a lieutenant to Saber all season. We believe he will continue his development well with us, and also will be useful to us over the course of the season.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
70.19	71	59	64	66	70	69	64	59	73	74	65	67	70

The future of Dutch cycling is safe in our hands! Kevin Inkelaar joins us from Free Agency at the cu price wage of 70,000. We believe that the young climber has a bright future and are looking forward to playing a big part in his development.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
71.06	63	73	67	61	72	71	73	56	60	71	66	69	61
Climber v1	63	80	71	61	73	75	78	56	60	76	73	70	61
Climber v2	64	80	68	61	76	78	77	56	60	75	70	77	61
Stage Races	64	80	70	66	77	76	80	56	60	72	66	69	66

It has been a quieter 24 hours as we now try to fit in the missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that is our team. That said, we do have two exciting signings announce now.

He's back! Romain Bardet returns to the team after a year away with our friends over at Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling. His role for the season will be that of chief domestique to Marquez in all races involving mountains. He is also expected to get a couple of leadership opportunities himself. We're absolutely delighted to have him back!

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
74.18	66	77	74	59	72	70	71	51	52	75	67	71	59

Two for two in terms of Dutch climbing talents! Following up our announcement of Inkelaar yesterday, we're delighted to announce that Pascal Eenkhoorn has also signed on the dotted line for us. We are looking forward to be a part of his development and his him reach his potential.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
69.26	69	69	67	64	70	72	73	65	64	68	66	66	70
Climber v1	70	78	75	65	73	76	80	65	64	75	74	67	71
Climber v2	70	78	70	64	78	79	77	65	64	72	71	74	70
Stage Races	72	78	72	71	77	77	80	65	64	69	67	67	77

Croatia14 wrote:
yeah Climber v1 it is - present and future of superdoms in the mountains secured!

With the in-comings, there must be some outgoings and here they are...

The Colombian climber spent last season with us, picking up 600+ points, including wins in Pico Basile and Kenya. He moves to the PT to join our friends at T-Mobile. He wish him the best in his last peak season and hope to see him make a splash in the top division.

Our leader in the hills last season, Costa leaves after having declined in ability. He joins Euskaltel - Elior in CT and will hope to lead their charge to promotion.

Another one of our signings last season, it never quite worked out for us with the current Lithuanian ITT National Champion. He joins up with Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling in the CT, in a deal which saw Romain Bardet join us.

Along with our Colombian lead climber, his Colombian super-domestique also departs to join our PCT rivals Andorra Project - InGamba. We were not able to get the best out of Pantano last season, and so believed it was the right time to move him on.

Meiler has never actually ridden a race for us, and pre-season there was absolutely no reason to consider selling him. He was quite the management's favourite for his potential. However, when he become a vital part of the deal to bring in Kelderman to our team, we had to let him go. Not that he should be complaining, as he joins the defending Pro Tour champions Puma - SAP, where he should be well looked after.