Transfers and rumours 2019

[DRM]

team-announcement-2

Spotted this, seems to have slipped under the radar, as the One Pro mens team is disbanded to set up a women's world tour team.
Seemed to have all gone to rats this year.

 

[brommers]

team-announcement-2

Spotted this, seems to have slipped under the radar, as the One Pro mens team is disbanded to set up a women's world tour team.
Seemed to have all gone to rats this year.

There is a thread about this

 

[smutchin]

Sunweb have announced they're riding Cervelo bikes next season.

Was wondering if this meant Giant were pulling out of pro racing for some inexplicabe reason but in fact CCC (formerly BMC) will be riding Giant bikes. The women's CCC team (formerly WaowDeals, formerly Rabobank-Liv) will continue to ride Giant/Liv bikes.

Fascinating, I'm sure you'll agree.

 

[roadrash]

I did wonder what they will be riding after seeing this on twitter..

View: https://twitter.com/TeamSunweb/status/1046735456321368065?s=20

 

[Adam4868]

That Cervelo will be the "best" bike they have ever rode....

 

[DCLane]

team-announcement-2

Spotted this, seems to have slipped under the radar, as the One Pro mens team is disbanded to set up a women's world tour team.
Seemed to have all gone to rats this year.

Plus a further announcement today that they're not running in 2019 at all - no women's team either : http://oneprocycling.com/team-statement/

 

[Elybazza61]

Sunweb have announced they're riding Cervelo bikes next season.

Was wondering if this meant Giant were pulling out of pro racing for some inexplicabe reason but in fact CCC (formerly BMC) will be riding Giant bikes. The women's CCC team (formerly WaowDeals, formerly Rabobank-Liv) will continue to ride Giant/Liv bikes.

Fascinating, I'm sure you'll agree.

Seems a bit up in the air regarding 'partners' according to the Waowdeals site

http://www.waowdealsprocycling.com/news/cccnewsponsor

Could just be about keping current sponsors happy;be a shame to see them not on Ridleys though and on boring Giants/Livs. Money talks I suppose.

 

[smutchin]

Seems a bit up in the air regarding 'partners' according to the Waowdeals site

http://www.waowdealsprocycling.com/news/cccnewsponsor

Could just be about keping current sponsors happy;be a shame to see them not on Ridleys though and on boring Giants/Livs. Money talks I suppose.

Hmmm. I was sure the women's team were still on Giant/Liv bikes but I just checked and yes, it seems they've been on Ridleys since last year. Shows how much attention I pay to this stuff.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Miles Scotson signs 2 year deal with Groupama-FDJ

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Kung off to Groupama-FDJ as well. Time trial strengthening.

 

[rich p]

That hypocritical tit, Landis, is sponsoring a team with his whstleblower moolah.
$750K apparently after legal fees. I wonder if he ever paid back the money he acquired under false pretences for his defence fund when he was protesting his innoence.
farking daffodil.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/landis-to-set-up-continental-team-with-whistleblower-settlement/

 

[Adam4868]

That hypocritical tit, Landis, is sponsoring a team with his whstleblower moolah.
$750K apparently after legal fees. I wonder if he ever paid back the money he acquired under false pretences for his defence fund when he was protesting his innoence.
farking daffodil.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/landis-to-set-up-continental-team-with-whistleblower-settlement/

Sponsored by......
The team, which will be sponsored by the Floyd’s of Leadville legal hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) business, is aimed at bringing on young riders.
Dope !

 

[mjr]

Landis [...] I wonder if he ever paid back the money he acquired under false pretences for his defence fund when he was protesting his innoence.

Wonder no more. He was convicted in 2012 and had to pay back just under a quarter of it. https://www.velonews.com/2012/08/ne...d-ordered-to-pay-478000-in-restitution_235964

As for "false pretences", I expect that an American hired a really good lawyer to put in the small print that people were paying to give Landis a good defence regardless of the final guilt or innocence verdicts.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Leave poor old Floydy alone, he's quality nobbery

 

[rich p]

Illustrating the difficulty of funding a protour team that Quickstep, who have won so much this year, are having to offload Gaviria to UAE to lower the wage bill.