Who is going where ?

Lazy basket, get on your bike.....

Looks like he's practising loóking over his domains...

I've thought of his new nickname.

Prince of Persia.

Or King of Kuwait.

:")

Or you could just use a funny anagram

Bad Home Irish
Shadier Mob Hi
Hairdos Be Him

Or "Go Steady Sohrabi"...

Whilst enduring the pain of usapcc last night, it was mentioned that Dombrowski is joining sky!

You will need to use google chrome or something similar to translate this

http://www.sportenkort.dk/nyhed/148150/kommende-riis-rytter-i-uci-angreb

It doesn't come out great, but here is what it says

The next Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank rider Nicolas Roche hoses now out after World Tour points system. Roche, who showed good form in the Tour de France, has been allowed to stand in the Vuelta à España, although he from next season to run for Bjarne Riis' team. This means that the points that the Irishman had to get under the Spanish stage race will count for the Danish team and not his present, Ag2r-La Mondiale. - The current scoring system is a disgrace. I am running for Ag2r, but my points do not count for them. It is ridiculous and scandalous. But I would like to thank the team for letting me run even if I leave them after this season, says Roche to Biciciclismo. Briton Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has also signed a letter of intent, he switched to a Pro Tour team. The rider from Endura Racing has been linked with a move to just Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank. It informs Cyclingnews.[/quote}

The full IAM Cycling squad is:
Marcel Aregger
Marco Bandiera
Matthias Brandle
Rémi Cusin
Stefan Denifl
Martin Elmiger
Jonathan Fumeaux
Kristoff Goddaert
Heinrich Haussler
Sébastien Hinault
Reto Hollenstein
Kevyn Ista
Dominic Klemme
Permin Lang
Gustav Larsson
Thomas Löfkvist
Matteo Pelucchi
Alexandr Pliuschin
Sébastien Reichenbach
Aleksejs Saramotins
Patrick Schelling
Johann Tschopp
Marcel Wyss

It was interesting to see Rasch left from that IAM Cycling list. He was one of the first to sign a contract.....then I saw this today. He's off to SKY

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rasch-joins-boasson-hagen-at-sky-for-2013

Do Sky have a strict two Norwegians at a time policy? Did they need to poach him after losing Nordhaug?

No.

Either one would want a tilt at the tour, depriving dear Bradley or Friendly Froome.

Bad move.

Or they could try and fill the three GT podiums.

That would be quite funny.

Henao, Uran and Porte on Giro

Froome, Wiggins and SCHLECK on Tour

Froome, Sivstov and Lofkvist on Vuelta.

This wouldn't be the first time this had been acheived of course, Mehdi Sohrabi having done so for three years between 2004 and 2006.

Pretty sure Lofkvist won't be at Sky next year.

Can't see the Schleck's joining a team where they wouldn't be top dogs, a move to a new team might be the best they can hope for, or a cut price move to one of the teams without massive GC ambitions.

Agree with Raleigh, Wiggins and Froome are top dogs for at least the next couple of years, then Froome +1 depending on how Uran and Henao come through. Alot probably depends on what Wiggins' career ambitions are now, whether he wants to win multiple TdF's(difficult), multiple Grand Tours (potentially less difficult), win some classics (possible) or go back and break the hour record/win gold at Rio on the track.

Probably only Wiggins and Brailsford really know the answer to this so it's difficult to speculate just what Sky's plans are for the next few years.

Another two leaving Liquigas

Capecchi and Szmyd to Movistar (i've added it to my list above)

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12613/Eros-Capecchi-and-Sylwester-Szmy...

If you read the bottom of that article, there will be NO Liquigas next year as they are pulling their sponsorship......So who's going to come in or will Cannondale continue on their own?

Hutarovich to AG2R
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12625/Yauheni-Hutarovich-to-AG2R-La-Mo...

JTL to Saxo.....MAYBE
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12626/WorldTour-system-failure-means-B...

Even if Cannondale come in and support Liquigas fully they'll have no riders left!

Surely the big question is where will Sagan, Viviani and Basso end up? Every other big name they have seems to have sorted themselves a transfer, those three are the only ones I haven't seen touted around yet.

No-one is going to jump at Basso, He's over the hill and past it, even as a DS

Sagan would be a huge one for any team.....but I think I know where he's heading

Do tell...

Expect to see a "new" team rise from the ashes of Liquigas with a new sponsor, Sagan to still be there along with a few top names who are "disillusioned" with their current team

Would that be a certain German team that's looking to pick up the pieces of RadioSchleck? Possibly one sponsored by a 'doping for hair' product?

German team I don't know anything about that.

But you are along the right lines

Swiss isn't it?

I am an IAMs cat.

Cancellara and Albasini to headline.

Who else.

Err.

Klemme, Gerdermann, Gallopin and Rast.

Nah Sagan wont be at IAMS. They are only going to be a continental team anyway. So unless they get big promises(Pro tour invites), I cant see big stars going there

So what then?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schlecks-to-found-new-german-sponsored-t...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-german-team-alpecin-in-the-making

Plus, rumours of Danilo Hondo looking to set up a Germany based team, would it be those Gkam?

Seems to be a raft of national teams recently after Sky being set up. Not sure if I like the re-nationalizing of the pro-teams but that's the way it seems to be going.

Ah that one, I thought it had fallen through

Since there will only be one brother. Its harder to strike a deal. But bring brother Sagan along......

Sagan's the big unknown, where he ends up could change everything. The question though, is who can afford him? BMC seem the obvious big budget team but how many stars can they handle? Who else can afford him? OPQ? Sky? Saxo looking for a haul of UCI points? I hope not Astana, that'd make me nervous.

Pozzovivo to AG2R.....nice

He won't be a DS next season that's for sure.

RadioShack will continue in 2013
Johan Bruyneel confirmed at the start that RadioShack-Nissan-Trek will continue next season. "My team will continue in 2013 with the same structure, staff and riders".