2021 Mountain Bike Team Rumors

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krabo83 12/13/2020 12:55am
12/13/2020 12:55am
danposs86 wrote:
I'm going to say it is a troll
JoseMPM wrote:
They could be trolling, for sure, but the profile that commented is the officiial Specialized Gravitiy Team one. Maybe not them, or maybe them too, but...
They could be trolling, for sure, but the profile that commented is the officiial Specialized Gravitiy Team one.


Maybe not them, or maybe them too, but half of the WC circus is in full troll mode on Loris' post :D
well loris is "back home" in france, so maybe they meant that and knew most people would take it as confirmation that he would join spec again :D
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willsmooth18 12/13/2020 2:00am
12/13/2020 2:00am
Loris to Canyon, replacing Troy Brosnan going to Spec Gravity with Bruni.

(nobody said that rumors must be based on proofs Wink )
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Atkisa 12/13/2020 2:37am
12/13/2020 2:37am
What about..... Bruni to SC and Loris to Specialized? Explains the posts alluding to business with Minaar and the Specialized comment on Loris leaving SC.
willsmooth18 12/13/2020 7:13am
12/13/2020 7:13am
Atkisa wrote:
What about..... Bruni to SC and Loris to Specialized? Explains the posts alluding to business with Minaar and the Specialized comment on Loris leaving SC.
Make sense in a way.
SupremeShreder42 12/13/2020 9:59am
12/13/2020 9:59am
New bike for Suarez. I think since his mechanic is riding Commencal the whole season and it's the bike in the back, and also blacked out. I think commencal is a option. Brakes are TRP and Rims are Ethirteen? So I guess it looks like commencal 100%

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Pedal4life 12/13/2020 10:34am
12/13/2020 10:34am Edited Date/Time 12/13/2020 10:37am
I think Amaury is iffy or will not be back at max pace for next season & Max likes to win Angel is a likely especially with the way he has been riding in recent history
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manulougi 12/13/2020 11:06am
12/13/2020 11:06am
Tolda ya boysWink
Commencal supreme on the back is from a friend btw
Hyperpower! 12/13/2020 11:42am
12/13/2020 11:42am
Angel seems to be using a Bluegrass helmet on a video he just posted on IG, he also blacked the logos on the jacket on the pic that was posted here.
Scott also makes clothing right? And the team is on bluegrass helmets. Maybe he is going to the Scott Factory team??
ORTOGONAL555 12/13/2020 1:19pm
12/13/2020 1:19pm Edited Date/Time 12/14/2020 12:14am
Black fork lowers?
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smelly 12/13/2020 4:18pm
12/13/2020 4:18pm
Atkisa wrote:
What about..... Bruni to SC and Loris to Specialized? Explains the posts alluding to business with Minaar and the Specialized comment on Loris leaving SC.
Remember Kathy Sessler's Inside Line where she said Loic was a racer the Syndicate would love to have?
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PJ205 12/13/2020 5:01pm
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Atkisa wrote:
What about..... Bruni to SC and Loris to Specialized? Explains the posts alluding to business with Minaar and the Specialized comment on Loris leaving SC.
smelly wrote:
Remember Kathy Sessler's Inside Line where she said Loic was a racer the Syndicate would love to have?
Pretty sure Loic is someone EVERY team would love to have.
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barryjenson 12/13/2020 11:16pm
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Loic isn’t going anywhere
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Verbl Kint 12/14/2020 3:24am
12/14/2020 3:24am
smelly wrote:
Remember Kathy Sessler's Inside Line where she said Loic was a racer the Syndicate would love to have?
Loic had mentioned many times before that he had posters of the Syndicate adorning his walls back in the day. The respect is definitely there from both sides of the paddock between Loic and Santa Cruz.

But that doesn't mean that he's moving to the Syndicate anytime soon.
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groghunter 12/14/2020 11:34am
12/14/2020 11:34am
Broken_spoke.photo wrote:
I doubt devinci would be stepping away from Full time racing seeing they have been testing a new higher pivot bike. I think Unior might be...
I doubt devinci would be stepping away from
Full time racing seeing they have been testing a new higher pivot bike. I think Unior might be the ones stepping back if anything.
adrenalineracer wrote:
I've been told this by someone inside the Quebec facility.....
stoic_machine wrote:
Suprise suprise. Devinci is stepping away from DH again.
It sucks that we not only lost Stevie, but Devinci's commitment to DH, in one moto crash.
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stefkrger 12/14/2020 12:59pm
12/14/2020 12:59pm
Adolf Silva off YT:
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casey79 12/14/2020 6:28pm
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Emily Batty's husband/trainer/coach Adam Morka is setting up his own team in partenership with Toronto-based Inspire Athlete Management, a new arm of DEC Sports & Entertainment, who will manage all endemic and non-endemic partnerships for the new team.

Riders and sponsors for next season will be announced in early 2021, but one would assume Emily would be the 1st to sign and by the way Adam follows a bunch of Canyon riders, mechanics, Canyon Collective etc on instagram and not other teams Canyon will be sponsor.

Canyon also lost Pauline Ferrand-Prevot for 2021 so there is space in their XC needs.
madproductions 12/15/2020 1:15am
12/15/2020 1:15am
José Borges is moving from Miranda. He has some EWS podiums and has been racing in other disciplines. Wonder where he’ll end up?!
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JoseMPM 12/15/2020 2:31am
12/15/2020 2:31am
stefkrger wrote:
Adolf Silva off YT: [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/12/14/10181/s1200_40B30A4D_C605_4156_9475_820FFBDDD5D7.jpg[/img]
Adolf Silva off YT:
There goes the next Commencal rider then :D
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faustonef 12/15/2020 3:45am
12/15/2020 3:45am Edited Date/Time 12/15/2020 3:46am
Hatherly and Andreassen rumored to having signed with Cannondale Cross Country team for 2021
SupremeShreder42 12/15/2020 3:46am
12/15/2020 3:46am
stefkrger wrote:
Adolf Silva off YT: [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/12/14/10181/s1200_40B30A4D_C605_4156_9475_820FFBDDD5D7.jpg[/img]
Adolf Silva off YT:
JoseMPM wrote:
There goes the next Commencal rider then :D
I wouldn't wonder about that 😂👊🏼
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SupremeShreder42 12/15/2020 3:48am
12/15/2020 3:48am
New things for Vali coming up... Maybe change to yt mob? Since everything seems to work well with Yt for a long time?
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othello 12/15/2020 3:59am
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faustonef wrote:
Hatherly and Andreassen rumored to having signed with Cannondale Cross Country team for 2021
That would be an interesting move, and leave Specialized with an empty male roster (who else do they have?). They can't even call on Tom Pidcock riding Specialized any more, as he is off to Ineos. Though if Tom does race Elite XC WCs and Olympics it will be interesting to see what MTB he uses, as I can't imagine the Pinarello one is anywhere near as good as his Epic.
faustonef 12/15/2020 4:06am
12/15/2020 4:06am
faustonef wrote:
Hatherly and Andreassen rumored to having signed with Cannondale Cross Country team for 2021
othello wrote:
That would be an interesting move, and leave Specialized with an empty male roster (who else do they have?). They can't even call on Tom Pidcock...
That would be an interesting move, and leave Specialized with an empty male roster (who else do they have?). They can't even call on Tom Pidcock riding Specialized any more, as he is off to Ineos. Though if Tom does race Elite XC WCs and Olympics it will be interesting to see what MTB he uses, as I can't imagine the Pinarello one is anywhere near as good as his Epic.
Specialized won´t have big names going for the XC world cup. they´ll have Kukhavy and Grotts for Cape Epic ans stuff, and Blevins for XC world cup. maybe the South Africans Botha and Beers can step up. or they get Marotte who left Cannondale
Florian Vogel will also race in 2021 for Specialized
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othello 12/15/2020 4:11am
12/15/2020 4:11am
faustonef wrote:
Hatherly and Andreassen rumored to having signed with Cannondale Cross Country team for 2021
othello wrote:
That would be an interesting move, and leave Specialized with an empty male roster (who else do they have?). They can't even call on Tom Pidcock...
That would be an interesting move, and leave Specialized with an empty male roster (who else do they have?). They can't even call on Tom Pidcock riding Specialized any more, as he is off to Ineos. Though if Tom does race Elite XC WCs and Olympics it will be interesting to see what MTB he uses, as I can't imagine the Pinarello one is anywhere near as good as his Epic.
faustonef wrote:
Specialized won´t have big names going for the XC world cup. they´ll have Kukhavy and Grotts for Cape Epic ans stuff, and Blevins for XC world...
Specialized won´t have big names going for the XC world cup. they´ll have Kukhavy and Grotts for Cape Epic ans stuff, and Blevins for XC world cup. maybe the South Africans Botha and Beers can step up. or they get Marotte who left Cannondale
Florian Vogel will also race in 2021 for Specialized
Interesting.

I did wonder if Specialized would come on board and replace Pinarello at Ineos, because Pidcok has gone there. Like they follow Sagan around and sponsor whatever team he is on, and MvDP and Canyon. That way Specialized keep Pidcock on their bikes across all disciplines.
faustonef 12/15/2020 5:13am
12/15/2020 5:13am
Florian Vogel (already doing mtb fondos with Specy) will ride wof Specialzied Factory CX 2021

Jordan Sarrou, current XC world champ, moves to Specialized and Kerschbaumer is rumored there too
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stefkrger 12/15/2020 7:09am
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SupremeShreder42 wrote:
New things for Vali coming up... Maybe change to yt mob? Since everything seems to work well with Yt for a long time? [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2020/12/15/10185/s1200_Screenshot_20201215_124634_2.jpg[/img]
New things for Vali coming up... Maybe change to yt mob? Since everything seems to work well with Yt for a long time?
Nah, I bet she’s moving to another frame sponsor. Probably one of the bigger factory teams since she is really high profile already. As much as I like YT, they are a small company and it seems they have moved their focus away from operating a top money rider roster.
bulletbass man 12/15/2020 7:29am
12/15/2020 7:29am
With Rachel on her own team is vali the highest paid woman in dh? She is certainly the hottest commodity.

Perhaps specialized. They can afford two number ones. Loic and vali also don’t need to compete with one another. So it could be a pretty ideal way for specialized to make a splash as they often like to make.
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mfoga 12/15/2020 8:13am
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bulletbass man wrote:
With Rachel on her own team is vali the highest paid woman in dh? She is certainly the hottest commodity. Perhaps specialized. They can afford two...
With Rachel on her own team is vali the highest paid woman in dh? She is certainly the hottest commodity.

Perhaps specialized. They can afford two number ones. Loic and vali also don’t need to compete with one another. So it could be a pretty ideal way for specialized to make a splash as they often like to make.
I am guessing that Tahnee got a fair chuck of chunk of change to move to canyon. I don’t get why Vali who has yet to win a elite WC or get a Elite WC podium gets all this shine. Is she the future probably. Is she the present, not so sure a about that. I though maybe he had s huge following in SM and that was why she would be worth so much but nope. So just trying to understand why is it’s she is hottest commodity?
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Verbl Kint 12/15/2020 8:44am
12/15/2020 8:44am
The only logical destination for Vali Hoell is Trek, imho. Her current sponsors will fit in just fine (i.e. Red Bull, TLD, SRAM) and she gets to be on a new bike from one of the biggest brands in cycling.

Trek hasn't had a solid female DH rider since Rachel Atherton and, before her, Tracy Moseley. If VH reaches her potential, it continues a tradition of great women champions. At least, that's what Trek is betting on.
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