Transfers & rumours 2018
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brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Scott Davies has signed for Dimension Data. Ian Stannard and Steve Cummings have signed extensions.
That's a strange one. DDD are supposed to be "Africa's Team". They run their own Conti level development team with about a dozen African riders. If they are looking at neo pros that is where they should be recruiting. Not that neo pros are their priority. Given they are bottom of the table by some distance, they desperately need to sign guys who can throw in plenty of WT ranking points unless they plan to wait until 2019 in time for the introduction of relegation.
Pro Tour Punditry
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Breaking news - Cannondale have released all staff (riders and backroom staff) from any contractual agreements for 2018 (i.e, told them to look for new teams/jobs) due to sponsorship concerns. Not due to lack of commitment from current sponsors but due to shortfall of additional money.
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SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Interesting as the Oath agreement may be cashless, just a new vehicle to earn other revenues
Sky have signed both Bernal and Sivakov. Bernal won the Tour de l@Avenir and Sivakov has won virtually everything else this season in the young riders calendar.
Slightly worrying that Sky is hoovering up the young talent. I hope they don't use them as cannon fodder for GC riders.
Slightly worrying that Sky is hoovering up the young talent. I hope they don't use them as cannon fodder for GC riders.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
It appears Unibet were in deep talks with Vaughters but pulled out. Hence team possibly folding
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Firstly, are there any other sponsors who have killed two top level teams by pulling out? https://www.si.com/more-sports/2010/01/01/bc-cyclingunibet if you don't remember.
Secondly, do you think Vaughters was trying to recruit sponsors that would annoy ASO?
Adam4868
Guru
I can't see them not getting 7million,sounds a lot writing it,but you'd think someone would step up with it.I felt they had some good results lately.In today's world of F1 and Football it almost seems like small change ! There's no way they will want to go second tier with the talent they have,probably lose other sponsors as well.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Why do you think Team Sky have a budget much bigger than anyone else, it costs peanuts and gives them huge exposure
Adam4868
Guru
That's what I was implying,which seems to make cannondale a good deal.
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Rumour - van Baarle to SKY
They are either getting their act together or going to wreck a lot of careers in the next year or so.
They are either getting their act together or going to wreck a lot of careers in the next year or so.
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