2013 Transfer news

[Flying_Monkey]

Apart from this!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sky-add-lopez-to-roster-for-2013-season

Yeah, alright, apart from that! I was expecting Sky to be signing one or two more of the very promising Colombians out there, given that they seem to be enjoying a lot of success with the Colombians they have already...

 

[rich p]

It's certainly turning into a multinational team after starting out as a predominantly British team. Not a bad thing in my opinion.

 

[raindog]

It's certainly turning into a multinational team after starting out as a predominantly British team. Not a bad thing in my opinion.

+1

 

[thom]

Confirmation from Sky that they have signed Ian Boswell and Joe Dombrowski from Bontrager-Livestrong...

 

[thom]

Acqua e Sapone are sadly going down the drain and dissolving as a team for next year.

 

[dragon72]

Acqua e Sapone are sadly going down the drain and dissolving as a team for next year.

It's like a soap opera

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Saxo-Bank are signing riders left, right and centre - Rory Sutherland is the latest largely I think, because of the points he comes with, having won the America Tour this year. Without these new riders they'd be on the edge of not qualifying for the World Tour next season. Sutherland is a good rider too though.

 

[thom]

Saxo-Bank are signing riders left, right and centre - Rory Sutherland is the latest largely I think, because of the points he comes with, having won the America Tour this year. Without these new riders they'd be on the edge of not qualifying for the World Tour next season. Sutherland is a good rider too though.

Rumours they're talking to Rujano too.

 

[thom]

Rumours they're talking to Rujano too.

Rujano goes to Vaconsoleil though

 

[thom]

JTL confirmed at SKY

 

[Kiwiavenger]

JTL confirmed at SKY

saw that earlier! looks interesting for him!! could he be another GC contendor after sky have groomed him for a few years?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

saw that earlier! looks interesting for him!! could he be another GC contendor after sky have groomed him for a few years?

As I said before when this was first mooted, I think it'll do his long-term financial future no harm but I can't see him being more than a climbing (super-) domestique at Sky with their strength in depth in terms of GC contenders. I think that in racing terms he would have been better off going to a smaller World Tour team where he could have been a leader. But with his unfortunate past and fairy-tale comeback, no-one's going to begrudge him the paycheck.

 

[thom]

But with his unfortunate past and fairy-tale comeback, no-one's going to begrudge him the paycheck.

Sky don't pay the very highest of salaries apparently - certainly Wiggo this year was on about half what Cadel, Thor and Gilbert were getting from BMC.

 

[raindog]

Sky don't pay the very highest of salaries apparently - certainly Wiggo this year was on about half what Cadel, Thor and Gilbert were getting from BMC.

not really very good value for money so far for BMC then

 

[thom]

not really very good value for money so far for BMC then

Yep, dunno who had what but it was 3.2, 2.9 and 2.5 million USD p/a for the BMC guys, while Wiggo I think was 1.3 million euros.