Transfers and rumours

[Dogtrousers]

Lildl are to change from co-sponsors of a team owned by Trek, to co-owners of the team with Trek.
https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek/joint-forces-for-lidl-trek

Whether anyone outside of Lidl-Trek's accountants cares about this, I don't know. But there it is.

Cue Carlton Kirby leafblower joke. Which I thought was quite funny the first time.

 

[MadMalx]

G is showing how to do this at Ineos, may as well not been given a spot at Tour.

No idea how effective he’s been but he has got on camera a fair bit.

 

[MadMalx]

He's riding it as prep for the ToB, thought everyone knew? 😉

Finish in Cardiff I think, he’ll get a massive send-off

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Lildl are to change from co-sponsors of a team owned by Trek, to co-owners of the team with Trek.
https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek/joint-forces-for-lidl-trek

Whether anyone outside of Lidl-Trek's accountants cares about this, I don't know. But there it is.

Cue Carlton Kirby leafblower joke. Which I thought was quite funny the first time.

In general in cycling finance, this is a very good thing. Sponsors come and go, owners have a longer term outlook

 

[Dogtrousers]

In general in cycling finance, this is a very good thing. Sponsors come and go, owners have a longer term outlook

It also means that unlike some sponsors, Lidl won't be able to change allegiance, which always makes an already confusing situation worse for followers of the sport

 

[No Ta Doctor]

It also means that unlike some sponsors, Lidl won't be able to change allegiance, which always makes an already confusing situation worse for followers of the sport

Are you thinking of Alpecin-Deceuninck-Quickstep-Lotto-Soudal?

 

[misforturob]

G is showing how to do this at Ineos, may as well not been given a spot at Tour.

You could say that about half their team, though

 

[gsk82]

You could say that about half their team, though

It's a team sport. They've been one of the most successful teams in the race.

 

[rich p]

It's a moot point which of Rog, Remco or Lipo, would be the protected rider for Bora at the Tour next year.
Maybe Lipo for the Giro, Remco for the Tour and Rog, if he's still around, for the Vuelta.

 

[M.R.M]

If I were running the team, I'd send
Lipowitz to Giro + Tour
Remco (Ardennes +) Tour
Roglic Tour + Vuelta

 

[matticus]

It's a team sport. They've been one of the most successful teams in the race.

Seriously? Ineos??

"Arensman heads into Paris as Ineos’ highest-placed rider on GC, in 12th, almost 53 minutes behind Pogačar.

You have to scroll a bit to find the team’s next highest-placed rider, French puncheur Axel Laurance, who sits in 53rd, over three hours down."

IMO Arensman had a GREAT tour, but I can't remember any contribution from anyone else in the team. (Apart from a few typical pithy interviews by G!)

 

[Lanterne Rogue]

You could say that about half their team, though

Ineos are finally realising Jim Ratcliffe's dream of owning the British Cofidis

 

[Pross]

Seriously? Ineos??

"Arensman heads into Paris as Ineos’ highest-placed rider on GC, in 12th, almost 53 minutes behind Pogačar.

You have to scroll a bit to find the team’s next highest-placed rider, French puncheur Axel Laurance, who sits in 53rd, over three hours down."

IMO Arensman had a GREAT tour, but I can't remember any contribution from anyone else in the team. (Apart from a few typical pithy interviews by G!)

To be fair Ganna fell off on stage 1 before the first the first TT. C Rod was climbing the GC top 10 before he crashed out (it was still a pretty poor showing by him though and I don’t see him as their long term number 1 GC rider).

 

[rich p]

Seriously? Ineos??

"Arensman heads into Paris as Ineos’ highest-placed rider on GC, in 12th, almost 53 minutes behind Pogačar.

You have to scroll a bit to find the team’s next highest-placed rider, French puncheur Axel Laurance, who sits in 53rd, over three hours down."

IMO Arensman had a GREAT tour, but I can't remember any contribution from anyone else in the team. (Apart from a few typical pithy interviews by G!)

I heard Jonathan Vaughters saying on TCP that a stage win was worth a lot more than 8th, say, on GC for the sponsors. That's for EF and Healy bucked the stat by winning a stage and being very visible.
It also depends on whether the team is a vanity or advertising project.
Ineos in it for the PR?

 

[wakemalcolm]

Aldag transferring away from RedBull.
Clearing the decks in preparation for a mystery new signing for next year.