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00:00 Intro
00:39 Victor Lafay to AG2R Citroen
01:45 Jonathan Milan to Lidl Trek
02:31 Daniel Martinez to Bora Hansgrohe
03:27 Andreas Leknessund to UNO-X
04:31 Matteo Jorgensen to Jumbo Visma
05:17 Fabio Jakobsen to DSM
06:06 Pavel Sivakov to UAE Team Emirates
07:02 Magnus Cort to Uno-X
08:03 Mikel Landa to Soudal Quickstep
09:00 Tao Geoghegan Hart to Lidl Trek
37 Comments
jumbo should try get felix gall
Holger Danske. Bravo Landa, Martinez, Jorgensen..
Staune-Mittet stepping up from dev team to World Tour is the transfer I'm most excited about, maybe not for 2024 but a few years on we know if he's the real deal or not
Hi, this nothing to do about transfers, but about something Patrick was talking about on the Echelon.
My suggestion regarding better Grand Tour events and a possible leveling of teams competitiveness.
Watching the Skoda Luxembourg race, with 6 riders per team, it seems like going from 8 to 7 rider teams, achieves 2 things, reduces the strength of the top teams like TJV just making every stage a very hard pace, and allowing teams with smaller budgets to bring better riders to be able to compete.
The second change, is that each team is allowed to designate 2 riders (alternates) that can be selected to add to their squads on rest days only to fill in for riders who DNF from injury prior to rest days. Only 1 rider can be added per rest day (not before), and they must be one of the 2 predesignated alternates. So in 2023, Ineos lost several riders, and Jayco lost over half their team. One caveat, alternate riders can take points (KOM, or Sprints), but can not take any awards.
My 2 cents, cheers!
Honorable mention should go to Nathan Van Hooydonck who is forced into early retirement due to a medical condition.
no Nils Politt?
congratulations Mateo. Great team to be in it.
Mauro Schmid could do well at Jayco. Hw will be a leader and will be placed in suitable riders which was not the case at QS.
Happy to see Sivakov moving on. There've been so many moments when he felt like Ineos' strongest card to play but was never given that role. Hope that Team UAE gives him more freedom if he wants it. Also feels like we are witnessing a significant shift in super-team tactics. From the old single-leader strategy for stage races to a two or even three-leader strategy. I like seeing these teams being more creative and less predictable with their tactics. Though much more challenging to balance riders' personal ambitions with that of the team.
Personally, I am curious to see how Per Strand Hagenes will perform in 2024, he transfered from the TJV development team to the main force.
Matteo Jorgenson is a rider who has shown great promise. Going to Jumbo VIsma will give him a wonderful opportunity to reach his full potential. I am very happy for Matteo.
TJV still has Affini and Van Baarle, but I am curious to see if TJV will contract a new pacer / powerhouse now that Van Emden, Dennis, Roosen and Van Hooijdonk are leaving….dutchman Sjoerd Bax might be a welcome addition, but not likely to leave UAE.
Most significant transfer is Van Hoydonck to "retired". When the cocktail TJV causes these problems, not for everyone, riders better start asking questions. In the last month TJV lost one rider who got popped and one rider who "got lucky". Could have happen during a race, like Cobrelli!
Sam Bennett was only 3 years ago the fastest man on two wheels in the world. He's had rotten luck with injuries and his shoddy treatment at bora. Surely he's worth a punt by some WT team? It was rumoured he was transferring to AG2R but that hasn't been confirmed?
JVs move for Jurgensonbis brilliant site he is clearly future GC potential and a good addition for the classics . The team now has 3 tour GC riders but Roglic has a only a couple of years left at that level but enough to allow Matteo to transition in . JV just played to ensure future dominance. Great for Matteo joining the best team in the world
Are there budget cuts going on at Ineos? I would love to know the salary pay cut or raise these riders are getting. Some of these moves on the surface make no sense.
As a Norwegian, I'm pleased to see Uno-X making inroads to bolster their team. Magnus Cort joining is VERY exciting indeed. But where will Sepp Kuss transfer to for 2024? 😝
Palmares, meaning?
That intro is not cool anymore 😂😂😂
ineos just keeps giving up their best riders haha do they even win races anymore? ahhahah kinda sad i used to be a big fan of the sky train
GvA was a terrible deal for AG2R (not as bad as Sagan for Total Energie, but still a waste), and I'm sure they are glad that's done.
Good point on the Sivakov trade to UAE, vis-a-vis last year's foolish letting go of Yates. Sivakov is tough and a valuable team member.
Victor Lafaye, 2 million €/year – this must be a mistake. That's what Roglic and Wout Van Aert earned the last few seasons.
US Andrew August to Ineos?
Ok so Lafay won one tour stage and will have yearly salary on par with Roglič and Van Aert 😢
Super happy for Victor Lafay 💰
Teo if he's back and solid, should be given GT leadership. Landa to quick-Step should bea big boost to Remco's chances.
Lafay 2M/year for an occasional victory?! Kkkk, thats not a contract, thats the lottery!The world is mad!!
2 million a year for Victor Lafay? Is that true? Wtf?
Sounded like it recorded it in your toilet, invest in the good microphone do you listeners ears a favour
interesting to see another American go to Jumbo
Id agree mostly with the list rankings… nice vid
Wait till you see Sepp Kuss join UAE in support of Pogacar. Team loyalty was an issue for TJV. How can you not feel that he was betrayed by Primoz and Vin with their attacks on Sepp. You defend the race leader, not attack your own teammate.
I had forgotten Magnus Cort existed this year and you put him at no.3 most important transfers made me chuckle.
Jorgenson does look like Gesink and Kruijswijk's baby, so he'll fit right in at Jumbo.
How about Roglic? Is he content to be the lead out man?
Now people are talking about a merger of Jumbo and Quick Step.