Transfers and rumours 2019

[rich p]

And most exciting of all, Guillaume Martin has re-signed with Wanty Groupe Gobert

ce sera avec le maillot @TeamWantyGobert : prolongation officialisée ce jour. Heureux de poursuivre l'aventure !

It was nice to see him and his brothers (Dan and Tony), plus his half brothers, (Daniel Martinez and Paul Martens) all riding the tour.
I wonder if they've ever wanted to all ride for the same team?

 

[rualexander]

Would Geraint Thomas not be best to stay with Sky but go for the Giro and maybe La Vuelta next year and let Froome go for the Tour?
G is probably too old to win many more Tours de France or to get into the record books, so would it not be better to be a winner of the Tour, the Giro, and La Vuelta, than to win say two Tours de France?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

After giving this some thought , it is really hard to see where he fit in another team, I think he would need a team as strong as sky is , hence my thinking he will stay put. as far as , ive heard some folk say he only won coz froome was tired, Nibali and porte were out, well you can dissect almost anyones win and come up with stuff like that, it doesn't make it any less of a win , everyone left in it had the same race to do and he beat them.

As @smutchin said maybe Movistar , but Thomas would want a guarantee of being GC, not something Movistar are very good at if this years tour was anything to go by.

How about quickstep , a strong team by any means.

what does all this mean,..... well it probably means I don't know what im on about

I think QS would be an excellent choice

 

[Adam4868]

I very much doubt hes going anywhere,id be suprised if it wasnt decided/sewn up before the Tour.All this positive press cant be doing Sky any harm,I get the feeling this is just what Sky needed ! Maybe Giro for G next year and Tour for Froome ?

 

[rich p]

I think QS would be an excellent choice

And QS would give up stage hunting?
There was a reason Dan Martin didn't hang around there long.

 

[Crackle]

I also don't think Lefevere can manage a GC team

 

[400bhp]

Such as where? There's only a fag paper between the top GC guys, the difference being the power of the Sky team who are unrivalled. His best chance is to stay with Sky and put a druidic curse on Froome.

It'd be funny if he ended up as top dog at Astana and Landa ends up #2 again

 

[smutchin]

id be suprised if it wasnt decided/sewn up before the Tour

He has actually stated twice in interviews in the last two days that he hasn't signed a new contract yet.

 

[smutchin]

I think QS would be an excellent choice

Depends what his ambitions are. If he wants more Grand Tour wins, it would be a bad choice. If he wants to target a Monument, it would be the best possible choice.

I would love to see Thomas Riding alongside Terpstra, Gilbert, Stybar et al in Paris-Roubaix.

 

[Adam4868]

He has actually stated twice in interviews in the last two days that he hasn't signed a new contract yet.

I know he's said that...do I believe it ? He'll be staying I think

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Depends what his ambitions are. If he wants more Grand Tour wins, it would be a bad choice. If he wants to target a Monument, it would be the best possible choice.

I would love to see Thomas Riding alongside Terpstra, Gilbert, Stybar et al in Paris-Roubaix.

That's what I was thinking. But I also reckon if he went to QS that Sky might kack their pants at the unknown; I read somewhere within the past few days that QS had won just below 25% of GT stages in the past few (was it 5?) years, so maybe having a GT option might not be too ridonkulous an idea to back up the stage wins?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Michael Valgren is off to Dimension Data

 

[brommers]

I think QS would be an excellent choice

Who out of Quickstep would give him any help in the mountains?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Who out of Quickstep would give him any help in the mountains?

 

[brommers]

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