Pro Transfers for 2014

[Noodley]

I find it heartening to see some unrepentant dopers without a team.

 

[thom]

David Millar to retire at end of 2014

(note, edited after realisation he was not announcing his retirement right now !)

 

[VamP]

Not sure if non-transfer news is welcome but Konig has signed one year extension to his contract with the tacit understanding that he will be team leader at the Tour, should NetApp get a wild card, which he is very confident they will.

 

[Crackle]

Meanwhile Radioshack have dropped Horner.

 

[laurence]

Meanwhile Radioshack have dropped Horner.

oh dear. how sad. nevermind.

 

[MisterStan]

Meanwhile Radioshack have dropped Horner.

Shouldn't that be in the Mundane News thread?

 

[Hont]

Meanwhile Radioshack have dropped Horner.

Amgen stocks reported to have fallen on this news.

 

[The Couch]

Not sure if non-transfer news is welcome but Konig has signed one year extension to his contract with the tacit understanding that he will be team leader at the Tour, should NetApp get a wild card, which he is very confident they will.

A bit of a weird (useless) demand, no?
Can't see who would be there leader otherwise (especially after the promising result of his first grand tour in this years Vuelta)

Esteban Chaves Joins ORICA-GreenEDGE

Had no idea who this was, when reading this... but looking at his 2012 result, there is definitely potential there... if he can come back full strength from those gruesome injuries

 

[smutchin]

Had no idea who this was, when reading this... but looking at his 2012 result, there is definitely potential there... if he can come back full strength from those gruesome injuries

I don't know a lot about him but I do know that he won the Tour de l'Avenir the year after Quintana won it and is regarded as quite a prospect. This is potentially a very exciting signing.

So, this year's fashionable accessory - a Colombian climbing prodigy. Let's see what we've got...
Movistar - Quintana
OPQS - Uran
AG2R - Betancur
BMC - Atapuma
Sky - Henao (x2)
Lampre - Anacona
Greenedge - Chaves

Not yet on the bandwagon: Cannondale, Belkin, Astana, Katusha, Lotto, Saxo, FdJ, Argos, RadioShack. So, which one of these is going to win the race to sign Edwin Avila? Place your bets now. I'll go for Cannondale.

Actually, Greenedge are probably ahead of the trend, having already signed Teklahaimanot - Eritreans could be the new Colombians! Unless Poles are the new Colombians, and the likes of Majka and Kwiatkowski are the way forward...

 

[Noodley]

Sebastien Chavanel signs for FDJ

 

[oldroadman]

I don't know a lot about him but I do know that he won the Tour de l'Avenir the year after Quintana won it and is regarded as quite a prospect. This is potentially a very exciting signing.

So, this year's fashionable accessory - a Colombian climbing prodigy. Let's see what we've got...
Movistar - Quintana
OPQS - Uran
AG2R - Betancur
BMC - Atapuma
Sky - Henao (x2)
Lampre - Anacona
Greenedge - Chaves

Not yet on the bandwagon: Cannondale, Belkin, Astana, Katusha, Lotto, Saxo, FdJ, Argos, RadioShack. So, which one of these is going to win the race to sign Edwin Avila? Place your bets now. I'll go for Cannondale.

Actually, Greenedge are probably ahead of the trend, having already signed Teklahaimanot - Eritreans could be the new Colombians! Unless Poles are the new Colombians, and the likes of Majka and Kwiatkowski are the way forward...

There's two of him? Four legs are better than two, I suppose.Unless your first name is Tyler....

 

[rich p]

Quintana x2 at Movistar, non?

 

[thom]

I don't know a lot about him but I do know that he won the Tour de l'Avenir the year after Quintana won it and is regarded as quite a prospect. This is potentially a very exciting signing.

So, this year's fashionable accessory - a Colombian climbing prodigy. Let's see what we've got...
Movistar - Quintana
OPQS - Uran
AG2R - Betancur
BMC - Atapuma
Sky - Henao (x2)
Lampre - Anacona
Greenedge - Chaves

Not yet on the bandwagon: Cannondale, Belkin, Astana, Katusha, Lotto, Saxo, FdJ, Argos, RadioShack. So, which one of these is going to win the race to sign Edwin Avila? Place your bets now. I'll go for Cannondale.

Actually, Greenedge are probably ahead of the trend, having already signed Teklahaimanot - Eritreans could be the new Colombians! Unless Poles are the new Colombians, and the likes of Majka and Kwiatkowski are the way forward...

Poles apart, Eritrea is the new Columbia.
Got it...

 

[Noodley]

Columbia is the new Columbia surely?

 

[VamP]

A bit of a weird (useless) demand, no?

Not so much a demand as more of an explanation why he didn't sign with RadioShack...