Stuey, don't leave!
Darn, too late, Stuey (Stuart O'Grady) has made what he calls the "hardest decision of my career" to leave Leopard-Trek to join the new Australian team, GreenEdge.
Aw, Stuey, we'll miss you!
But I hope you have a really great time with GreenEdge, who - in case you didn't know - are the new Australian team currently being formed.
Go, Stuey!
Other news of the moment: (Tour of Poland report coming in due course): well, it's transfer season, so all the rumours are flying.
It's now official, HTC Highroad are folding, so all of their riders are up for grabs: Cav has already accepted his new contract, but he's being a bit tight-lipped about where it actually is.
Logically, he'd be coming to Sky, being (more or less) British: however, there wouldn't be much point anyone buying Cav without taking on Renshaw and Bernie Eisel as well. This was going to be a problem, as they had contracts which extended beyond Cav's, but now that HTC are folding, they are all free.
However, Renshaw might well be wanting to go to GreenEdge, who are cheerfully up-front about their wish to get as many Aussie riders as they can. So there's no reason why Cav couldn't go to GreenEdge with Bernie - if they can afford him, that is!
I have doubts about what will happen to Sky if Cav does come on board: he is very much the Compleat Sprinter, he and his train, and Sky can either send a GC contender to the Tour, or a Sprint team. Not both. So if Cav joins Sky, it will very much change the character of the team. Oh well, guess we have to wait and see.
Other transfer news: Quick-Step and Omega Pharma Lotto are merging, so that means another team's worth of riders are going to be looking for contracts elsewhere. Selfishly, all I'm concerned about is having to learn another set of kits!
That's all for now - Tour of Poland report is being written!
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