Transfers & rumours 2018

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Georg Preidler joins FDJ , going to join his Sunweb team mate Sinkeldam

 

[brommers]

You making these names up now Marmy?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You making these names up now Marmy?

C'mon brommers, Sinkeldam is Dutch RR champion and Preidler, although fairly quiet this year (apart from winning Austrian TT championship), had excellent showings in the Giro and Tour last year.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Eddie Dunbar's move to Aqua Blue confirmed

 

[HF2300]

Eddie Dunbar's move to Aqua Blue confirmed

Gone from making the rider names up to making the team names up.

That's either a toothpaste or an air freshener, surely.

 

[brommers]

Bryan Coquard has signed for Vital Concept

 

[SWSteve]

Bryan Coquard has signed for Vital Concept

Not the other team? (The one which Fortunaeo sarted up afresh?)

edit: this is the new team - as leaked by TCP during le tour

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Fortuneo-Oscaro have signed Warren Barguil and Amaël Moinard, also due to announce more signings from WT teams...

 

[smutchin]

Bryan Coquard has signed for Vital Concept

Not to be confused with Fortuneo-Oscaro, formerly known as Fortuneo-Vital Concept. This is a new Pro Conti team, iirc - or maybe it's an existing Pro Conti team that's getting a new sponsor. I can't remember the details.

ETA: cross-posted with @ItsSteveLovell - got distracted by a phone call midway through typing that.

 

[smutchin]

Fortuneo-Oscaro have signed Warren Barguil

He really is the new Tommy Voeckler, isn't he?

 

[Crackle]

He really is the new Tommy Voeckler, isn't he?

I thought I saw him stick his tongue out on the Tour too.

 

[smutchin]

Here you go, more info about the new Vital Concept team, which has Jerome Pineau behind it:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pineau-to-establish-new-french-team-as-of-2018/

 

[brommers]

Just look at my 'source' and it's gone mental today

 

[smutchin]

I was just browsing through the list of transfers on cyclingnews.com and my eye was caught by the news that United Healthcare's Dany Summerhill has been sacked. Had to look into this further and it turns out he was charged with firing a gun while out riding near Denver. This was back in May, apparently.

According to the Denver Post, Summerhill told a deputy that he was having a bad day and “needed to vent.” Summerhill also reportedly told the officer he didn’t know he was in a residential area and that it was illegal to shoot at the hillside.

http://www.bicycling.com/culture/da...ng-gun-on-a-ride-leaves-unitedhealthcare-team

 

[rich p]

I often shoot a gun between my neighbours' houses.
Everyone has a right to vent, surely.