It's true I am leaving Red Bull, I had a good few years there and had some good little results. The culture of the team changed in the last couple of months, the GM went off to the Tour and guys like me sorta fell off the radar.

It happened to me a bit at Wikipedia, I put in the hours working hard for some of our leaders.. then I see this list circulating with names of guys who will not be renewed. I'd rather take my chances on the free agents market.

Sure CalGiant are sniffing around, but I get the feeling that there are plenty of teams in the CTour who would give me a strong contract to finish my career. Sure I'd give it a go, they've got some great young guys but I am not sure I want to go party there for the dough they are prepared to cough up.

Edvald Boassen Hagen is a far better rider than his disappointing year at Team B&O suggests and it is not the right time for him to be going to relegation fodder Aker MOT. Simply Markets have asked us to bring in a couple of elite riders and if Edvald is indeed available then a large slice of money would be offered.

Yes I know I have already suggested that young British cobbler Adam Blythe is on the target list, those sorts of riders are the type of elite stars we are talking about.

Any enquiries for Roman Kilun can be directed to his agent. The guy is through with us.

I've had a really good season this last one I feel and whilst I am sure I could be successful once again in the CTour, perhaps this is the last chance in my career to be competing at the top league. Yes it would be nice to go and join a team closer to home, but I am not quite at that stage in my career to give up an a really big result.

I am hoping to ride a Grand Tour, possibly the Giro as that gets some press in Russia. That said the Vuelta would probably suit me best. But it is probably the Tour de Suisse or Tirrano Adriatico that I think I really could get a result.

The boss is looking to sign someone big, the sponsors want us to do well at the Tour. I like John (Gadret) but he will not be here next year so yeah I think he is looking seriously at making a move for last years tour winner. It means the rest of us are going to be asked to ride for perhaps a little less. Not sure what to think of that to be honest.

Obviously France goes mad for the the Tour and we do have a target in mind for this the Daddy of all races

Our sources suggest that last years Tour winner is looking for some sort of career ending type of salary. I don't think France is that interested in seeing an Italian win the tour again this year, but who knows. I don't know what this picture is about probably French, I don't run the website I am getting into trouble on twitter.

We think we can squeeze into the top ten. Lets face it other than the teams formerly known as Vesuvio, Santander, Pearl Adidas, Festina and Jack Wolfskin the other Protour teams are pretty average. Yeah Bacardi, Sony and Wiggle are pretty good also but I fancy some of the others can be overtaken.

I have made it quite clear that I am hoping to bring in some decent talent both young and old. Adam Blythe for example could well be available, but this mornings reports noting how well Megastar Tom Boonen would fit in the Pokerstars outfit worry me slightly.

With the Tour looking like a Madrazo/Cunego return to me, I felt we may have a better chance of snatching Tom Boonen. We would put a fair portion of our budget aside to land such a rider. But we are prepared to keep our options open of course. Obviously a team like Pokerstars, well versed in cobbled races would probably appear to be a better fit. I feel though they lost a bit of their sprint train ability last year and certainly were not quite the cobbled force of old.

I'll go on record and say have targetted good results in both the two cobbled Monuments so we will be prepared to pay top dollar for a cobbled type of rider. We may well put all our faith in young Blythe, I am a huge admirer or his.

My differences with John Gadret have been documented before. I paid a primadonna's wage for him and I got a primadonna. The new French sponsors were told that he and Sylvian would likely leave. Sylvian I felt also had a sub-par season last year. Blaise Sonnery could not shake off the stigma of being part of an overpriced transfer deal last year, he's damaged goods in a Red Bull jersey

Absolutely with the CTour expansion these guys are going to find squads I am confident. Kim Kirchen and Gustavo Veloso also for me a great road captains'. Sven Vanthourhenhourt and Kin-San Wu are excellent little domestiques who I am imagine would fit well in a number of teams also. Carlos stated his desire to hook up with a few more Portuguese speaking teammates which I understand.

To be fair they both showed flashes. Adam is not going to make it frankly, which is a shame maybe he'll be taken in for a couple of years lower down the food chain. I'd be stunned if Graeme gets a contract next year, his condition is a joke.

Come transfer season, I would be happy to entertain offers on any riders that are contracted. Part exchange deals are always particularly welcome. I would imagine offers between pure money offers of between 250,000 and 600,000

Impey is definitely THE rider we want to lead our team for the sprints in the Pro Tour. We have cash to spend, though, it's unknown if Simply Red Bull wants to sell him to us. After all, we're competitors next year aswell.

On the other hand, I think all that voodooing from their team manager towards the end of the 2012 season should see us get him cheap!