For sale: Leopold Konig: Low wage solid stage racer. Preferably in a swap deal involving a younger climber/stage race with Mo 80+
Emils Liepins: Strong guy with two Vuelta stage podiums before even maxing. Crazy high recovery!
Could stay as 2nd sprinter or leave, but will likely not be needed for his lead-out role.
Troels Vinther: Strong leadout man, who had his share of Lo Ciceros 2017 success. Even some solid results on his own palmares. Good option for a CT-team especially.
Everyone: Feel free to make an offer I can't refuse, but know that it'll be hard to get the strongest Finnish riders.
Looking to Buy
Prize bulls of most kinds have my interest.
Especially cobblers and time-triallists if we're talking cash deals.
Stage racers/climbers in deals where Konig is part of the payment.
Have had some interest I König, but nothing that quite fit the bill.
I need a younger leader of some kind (not sprinter) as part of the deal. Preferably a cobbler or stage racer.
Nothing for Liepins/Vinther this far.
Vinther very likely to leave even at min salary. He have been good for us as leadout over several seasons.
Since I can't get the right swap deal for Konig I will be listening to cash offers to see what that might open.
Vinther, a strong CT leadout or minor sprinter, will likely be put on the market for minimum fee. A real bargain, but with no big sprinter he won't have a big enough role with us.
Looking less and less likely that Konig will leave.
I could be interested in taking in a lvl. 3 loanee against compensation. I can pay wages though.
Also Vinther is still available for minimum. A big part of Lo Ciceros amazing 2017 season, where he was often last lead-out when Ivano got his best results. A steal, but I haven't got any big sprinters for him to lead out this year.
And there we have it anyway: Konig is leaving and it will take something spectacular to change his destination.
A few minor names could move for minimum fee to make space for another local talent or two. Namely Vinther would be a good fit for a CT team looking for a leadout man or secondary sprinter (stats above).
If another one interests you feel free to drop a PM here or on Skype.
Kaislavuo could benefit from a PT loan to max. Decent at everything except TT'ing and the most winning Finnish rider out of the currently active ones.
Happy with who I've got but with a bit of cap space left feel free to get in touch if you've gone over cap and need a swap to someone cheeper, then we might find a 50k rider to suit your needs
Also Kaislavuo would really like a PT loan.
Only stat under 65 is TT/Prl. Hill 70, Cbl 71, Fig 76, Acc 72 just to take a few of the reasons he is such an awesome rider.
If you want to challenge SN for loan-out of the year you can loan Hannes Bergstrom Frisk. Lvl 2, wage 80k. I'd prefer paying wages, but we can discuss what suits you.
Already a decent rider with 71 Mtn, 69 TT
Leopold Konig: Low wage solid stage racer. Preferably in a swap deal involving a younger climber/stage race with Mo 80+
Emils Liepins: Strong guy with two Vuelta stage podiums before even maxing. Crazy high recovery!
Troels Vinther: Strong leadout man, who had his share of Lo Ciceros 2017 success. Even some solid results on his own palmares. Good option for a CT-team especially.
