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Seems a bit early, but as requested by Nolte, here is the thread! (Sticky? and unsticky last year's please).
Fuglsang back to Saxo? |
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Sky has been showing an interested in Andrea Manfredi
According to numerous sources he attended a training camp and held his own. Doubt he'll be signed for next season, but possibly one for the future. |
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Less a transfer more of a possible merger....Saxo Bank and Leakygas....
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/l...as-and-saxo-bank-to-merge-in-2013 |
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oh god... no, i hope not  |
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if true, they better not be a Danish team
otherwise that would leave just one Italian WorldTour team and based on current trends, the free spot would probably go to Dundalk Argos - Shimano or Team Exergy  |
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Latest rumor...
Schlecks to Riis, Contador to Bruyneel? |
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Apparently not
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contador-returns-with-saxo-bank
Three years at Saxo for Contador. |
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And since we don't have a bike transfer thread
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/t...o-ride-specialized-bikes-in-2013? |
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| Wow, how many teams are going to get sponsored by Specialized? |
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| berck wrote: | | Wow, how many teams are going to get sponsored by Specialized? |
Going to give the marketing team a hard time . . . Bradley Wiggins beat Tony Martin cos he rides the Spezialized blah, blah, blah. Oh . . . wait . . . |
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| Biosphere wrote: | | berck wrote: | | Wow, how many teams are going to get sponsored by Specialized? |
Going to give the marketing team a hard time . . . Bradley Wiggins beat Tony Martin cos he rides the Spezialized blah, blah, blah. Oh . . . wait . . . |
lol  |
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/s...new-german-sponsored-team-in-2013
on the move again for the schlecks? |
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Right! Here's a juicy little one.
Luis Leon Sanchez (from Murcia) to Euskaltel?? How does he qualify?
The Spanish ES commentators, interviewing Igor Anton today, asked him about the rumour. Igor seemed to think it was a done deal! |
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| I thought LL had already put pen to paper on a Rabo extension for 2 years? |
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Before yesterday, I had already heard a story that Luisle was looking to leave Rabo. They're not actually allowed to sign anything before 1st Sept anyway, I believe, so perhaps his manager is just trying to wangle a better salary  |
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| kathy wrote: | | Before yesterday, I had already heard a story that Luisle was looking to leave Rabo. They're not actually allowed to sign anything before 1st Sept anyway, I believe, so perhaps his manager is just trying to wangle a better salary |
i think they can sign but nothing can be announced until the 1st september unless their current team agrees to it being announced and by asking the team for permission means that they'll not be picked for any races for the remainder of the season so they won't. |
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| Apparently Roche Snr has confirmed that Nico will leave Ag2r. The talk here is of Saxo or Sky |
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Various of the past couple of days:
Nibali to Astana (old news part), he wants to take Vanotti and riders "like" Laurens den Tam and Haimer Zubeldia.
Questions still about Leakygas onward funding (although Saxo Tinkoff no longer a merger option) but Eustaltel have secured funding for another three years, Sanchez and Anton to stay. |
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| From the interviews I heard during the Tour, it looks as if Euskaltel may expand their horizons, and get rid of the rule that all their riders must be Basque or have ridden with a Basque junior team, like Samu. Hence, presumably, their interest in Luisle. |
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Nico Roche signs for Saxo-Tinkoff, 2 year deal
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/roche-signs-for-saxo-bank-tinkoff-bank
| Quote: | Two-year deal for Irishman
Nicolas Roche will ride for Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank for the next two seasons after agreeing terms with Bjarne Riis’ team. The Irishman, who has raced for Ag2r-La Mondiale since 2009, announced the news in a column in the Irish Independent on Wednesday.
“I’m happy to reveal that, after eight years of racing with French teams, I have decided to head in a new direction and have signed a two-year deal with one of the strongest teams in the world, the Danish registered Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank team,” Roche wrote.
Roche was first approached earlier this year by Saxo Bank sports director Nick Gates, who subsequently put him in contact with Riis. “Those few minutes that we spent talking about the possibility of me joining his team almost gave me goosebumps,” Roche said of his first phone conversation with Riis.
Roche acknowledged that eyebrows would be raised at his decision to join a team managed by Riis, who confessed to doping during his career, and led by Alberto Contador, who is banned until August 6th for his positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France.
“I know some people will immediately question my choice of teams,” Roche said. “While the sport’s governing body and the various anti-doping bodies are doing more and more to clean up cycling and the holes in the net are closing up, it’s hard to name any professional team without doping links to the past, whether it’s with a member of staff or rider.”
Roche noted in his Irish Independent column that his switch to Saxo Bank had met the approval of his father Stephen. For the past four seasons, he has been managed by Stephen Roche’s former Fagor teammate Vincent Lavenu.
“For years, my dad has been telling anyone prepared to listen that I need a strong, charismatic directeur sportif who can take me in hand and has the knowledge and years of experience to help me progress,” Roche said. “So it’s hardly surprising to hear that he thinks I made a good decision in joining the Danish squad.”
While Roche aims to improve his time trialling under the tutelage of Riis, the Irishman admitted that he would have to play a supporting role at the Tour de France at his new team.
Roche narrowly missed out on a top ten finish at this year's Tour, but will line up in support of Alberto Contador next year, although he noted that he may get a chance to lead the team elsewhere. “It’s way too early to talk about my race programme for next year, but I don’t think Contador will be riding all three Grand Tours, so that may see me ride one of the other two as team leader.”
Although he is leaving Ag2r, Roche will continue to race as planned until the Tour of Lombardy, and he will lead the squad at the Vuelta a España, which gets underway on August 18.
“In the past, some squads have sidelined their big riders near the end of the season, knowing that they wouldn’t be with them the following year and that any more points they earned would be going towards another team’s points, but Ag2r have let me continue with my programme,” Roche said. |
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