VeloVoices Awards 2014: Most Surprising Transfer

We’ve got another new award for you to consider today. The offseason is always full of surprising rider moves – but whose change of teams has surprised you the most? It’s time to vote for your Most Surprising Transfer.

Stay tuned for our final poll tomorrow – it’s another newbie but it might just be our favourite poll of all.

Previous winners: None.

Jack avatarJack: Lars Petter Nordhaug rejoining Sky after a two-year stint with Belkin. He did very little when he rode for Sky the first time, so for them to re-sign him seems slightly peculiar.

Kitty avatarKathi: Serial underachiever Edvald Boasson Hagen to MTN-Qhubeka. No surprise that he’s on his way from Sky, but I was sure it was going to be BMC.

Midge Tremayne avatarMidge: Lars Boom to Astana, after spending his entire career with Rabobank/Belkin. Ignoring the elephant in the room, where is his support in the spring classics going to come from?

Panache avatarPanache: Ivan Basso to Tinkoff-Saxo, having spent the six seasons after his doping ban with the Liquigas/Cannondale squad. I think it was time for him to hang up his boots and ride off gracefully into the sunset.

Sheree avatarSheree: All I want to know is where’s Samuel Sanchez going to end up after allegedly turning down remaining at BMC at the end of his one-year stint?

Tim avatarTim: For me, it’s Theo Bos moving from Belkin to MTN-Qhubeka. Here’s a vastly underrated guy who just keeps racking up the wins – 28 in his last three seasons, including nine this year. How on earth did he not get picked up by one of the bigger teams?

Ant avatarAnt: What, what, what is Nicolas Roche doing? That was my reaction to him signing for Sky from Tinkoff-Saxo, and that remains the most curious transfer so far, in my opinion.

Let us know your choice and the reasons for it – or if we have missed out your personal favourite – in the comments below.

Polls will close at 1200 GMT (UK time) on Friday 12th December.

Next: Photo of the Year.

VeloVoices Awards 2014

Race of the Year

Rider of the Year

Team of the Year

Breakthrough Rider of the Year

Flop of the Year

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sartorial Elegance Award

Kit of the Year

Best Social Media User

One thought on “VeloVoices Awards 2014: Most Surprising Transfer

  1. Got to go with Ant on this one. If Roche has struggled to get chances to lead in Tinkoff-Saxo, what ever will he be allowed to do for his own palmares at Sky? Of course, in a few years this means that MTN Qhubeka can pick up another great rider from Sky once he’s been used up for domestique duties through out his prime. 😉

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