Transfers and rumours

[DCLane]

@Adam4868 - or Q36.5 - https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-4-december-2024-311569

 

[Dogtrousers]

Pidders on his way out.....signing for Jayco apparently 🤣


View: https://x.com/CyclingUpToDat3/status/1864314514520396271?t=klsqzSvzkVSoJXWBC1ulIA&s=19

Shouldn't really be a surprise as it's been brewing for a while. But surprising nonetheless.

 

[Adam4868]

I bet it was Stevo leaving that threw him over the edge....joined at the hip 😁


Im glad he's going....no one man is bigger than the mighty Ineos !

 

[DCLane]

Tom Pidcock joins Q36.5 - https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-06-december-2024-311607

So I was correct

I'm guessing they'll give him more freedom than Ineos were doing?

 

[cyberknight]

Tom Pidcock joins Q36.5 - https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-06-december-2024-311607

So I was correct

I'm guessing they'll give him more freedom than Ineos were doing?

i wonder if the freedom will be worth the pay cut ?

 

[Adam4868]

Odd move....must have been toxic at Ineos for him to go pro conti.
On the flip side I guess he's going to be the chosen one there,get to pick what races he wants to ride etc.
Plus there's the battle for the Tour wildcard 😁

 

[Dogtrousers]

Plus there's the battle for the Tour wildcard 😁

Pidcock Q36.5, Alaphilippe Tudor Pro, Abrahamsen Uno-X

Interesting.

Cycling team names can be pretty stupid, but I thing Q36.5 is especially stupid.

Why did another WT team not take him I wonder. Was it timing - and they were all full? Or is he too much of an oddball at the moment?

 

[Adam4868]

Why did another WT team not take him I wonder. Was it timing - and they were all full? Or is he too much of an oddball at the moment?

I'd have thought Bora if anyone...with the Red Bull thing and he's a big pull for other cycling disciplines,but he gets to have fun and be a free agent at Q36.5 ? shoot name for a team 🙄

But we're talking predominantly road here I guess and it pains me to say he's never really shown that much there ? Go on shoot me he's done some amazing descending !
But did he not say he wants to focus on the road a while ago,spat his dummy out a few times over leadership roles as well.
Hope it suits him...with a couple of results thrown in as well.

 

[Jameshow]

I guess the giro and Vuelta suit him better being small and punchy rider so missing the tours is no big deal? He's too much a character to be a domestique so a smaller team might suit him?

 

[Ajax Bay]

@mjr consider amending this thread's title, perhaps?

 

[mjr]

@mjr consider amending this thread's title, perhaps?

Not in my power on this forum. You'll have to ask the mods to cut the date off. I don't mind.

 

[Cathryn]

I’m slightly bewildered by his choice of team but I’m assuming he knows more than I do 🤣

 

[TheDoctor]

Not in my power on this forum. You'll have to ask the mods to cut the date off. I don't mind.

Done

 

[Cathryn]

Hurraj

Done

Hurrah! This has made me inordinately happy!

 

[Adam4868]

Maxim Van Gils joins Bora-Hansgrohe