The Signings and Transfers Thread 2015

[Flying_Monkey]

Race Radio on twitter mentioning Thor Hushovd is talking about a Norwegian World Tour Team with Kristoff and EBH - one sponsor already on board

Having lived in Norway when I was young, I'd like that and I'd follow them.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

CN reporting that Sky are possibly signing Intxausti, and the Izagirre bros. And Kwiat. And Landa. And Teo G-H. And uncle Tom Cobley
Surely not all of them?

One Izagirre - Gorka - to SKY
http://www.diariovasco.com/deportes...rmanos-izagirre-separan-20150729003223-v.html

 

[User169]

Tao G-H interview on Rapha. His own update at the end of the piece is great - as well as being a seriously talented rider, he's an annoyingly decent writer....

http://pages.rapha.cc/interview/tao...post&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=Rapha2015Tao

 

[rich p]

One Izagirre - Gorka - to SKY
http://www.diariovasco.com/deportes...rmanos-izagirre-separan-20150729003223-v.html

I don't know an awful lot about him. Is he better than his bro?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I don't know an awful lot about him. Is he better than his bro?

He's a Brit now, so he must be

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Gorka
http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140615

Ion
http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140505

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Tao G-H interview on Rapha. His own update at the end of the piece is great - as well as being a seriously talented rider, he's an annoyingly decent writer....

http://pages.rapha.cc/interview/tao...post&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=Rapha2015Tao

He's also just tweeted that he is going to be stagiaire at SKY

 

[rich p]

Tao G-H is only 20. It was him who over-cooked the last corner on the TOB last year iirc.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Also, Alex Peters:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/two-new-brits-sign-for-team-sky-185052

 

[SWSteve]

Alex Peters and Tao G-H both signed as stagiares to ride ToB, Peters will be signing full time for Sky in 2016.

 

[mjr]

Tao G-H is only 20. It was him who over-cooked the last corner on the TOB last year iirc.

Correct - he skips over where a traffic island was and goes flying. One of the most astonishing crashes I've seen, given I don't think he was seriously hurt by it:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NW9V6Owo5U

 

[400bhp]

Race Radio on twitter mentioning Thor Hushovd is talking about a Norwegian World Tour Team with Kristoff and EBH - one sponsor already on board

That'll be good if true

 

[Supersuperleeds]

BBc now confimring Porte is going to BMC - one year deal

 

[coffeejo]

BBc now confimring Porte is going to BMC - one year deal

Worst kept secret and all that. Even I knew that.

 

[themosquitoking]

Not sure i would leave Sky for a one year deal, makes me wonder if he was being offered an extension with the boys in black and blue.