Post by cyclingjerseyset on Jun 5, 2013 4:25:00 GMT -5
"Next year comes, well, next year and I am a 'step A before step B" kind of guy."
The UCI rules restrict riders from signing contracts with different teams for the coming season to a period between August 1 and December 31 each year. Riders and teams are prohibited from even revealing contract negotiations outside of this transfer window.
Stetina has been with Jonathan Vaughters' organisation since his junior years when he was a part of the TIAA-CREF development squad.
De Gendt struggled as soon as the road went uphill on Sunday's stage and he was distanced by the main peloton on the climb of Cycling Shorts Morgin. The Belgian, who finished third overall at last year's Giro d'Italia, came home in 138th place, almost a quarter of an hour down on stage winner David Veilleux (Europcar).
"There's something not right, my heart rate was too high," De Gendt told "I was trying to ride in the peloton when I got dropped by 160 or 170 riders and I realised that I couldn't do any more.
"My heart rate was way too high and I don&rsquo bike wear ;t know where that comes from," De Gendt said. "I was at 170 beats per minute very quickly and on that long climb I peaked at 180 beats per minute even though I didn't go very deep."
Before the Dauphin, De Gendt had spoken optimistically of aiming for a top five finish overall and declared himself pleased with the form he had shown at a recent Vacansoleil team time trial training camp. He believes his travails in the Dauphin opener might be explicable by illness.
"On Monday I'll know immediately if it's because of illness or not," De Gendt said. "It's not to do with my condition, because I had good sensations in the team time trial training, with a normal heart rate."
The team is soon to become Belkin, after the American technology company for the Tour de France, but team manager Richard Plugge is still searching for a second sponsor to help fill out the budget, and will be looking to hire some American riders, according to AD.nl. One name that came up in particular was that ofA resident of Santa Rosa, an hour north of Belkin headquarters in SanFrancisco, Stetina told Cyclingnews that he hasn't heard from the Blanco management, but was flattered by the reports.
"That's a question for my agents,"Stetina said when asked about the news, "that's why I work cycling jersey with them, so I can just focus on being a faster bike rider."Having just finished the for the third straight year, Stetina said he is now only focused on doing his job for his current team, Garmin-Sharp, with an eye on performing well at the Tour of Utah and then either the USAPro Cycling Challenge or the Vuelta a Espana.www.team-cyclejersey.com/
The UCI rules restrict riders from signing contracts with different teams for the coming season to a period between August 1 and December 31 each year. Riders and teams are prohibited from even revealing contract negotiations outside of this transfer window.
Stetina has been with Jonathan Vaughters' organisation since his junior years when he was a part of the TIAA-CREF development squad.
De Gendt struggled as soon as the road went uphill on Sunday's stage and he was distanced by the main peloton on the climb of Cycling Shorts Morgin. The Belgian, who finished third overall at last year's Giro d'Italia, came home in 138th place, almost a quarter of an hour down on stage winner David Veilleux (Europcar).
"There's something not right, my heart rate was too high," De Gendt told "I was trying to ride in the peloton when I got dropped by 160 or 170 riders and I realised that I couldn't do any more.
"My heart rate was way too high and I don&rsquo bike wear ;t know where that comes from," De Gendt said. "I was at 170 beats per minute very quickly and on that long climb I peaked at 180 beats per minute even though I didn't go very deep."
Before the Dauphin, De Gendt had spoken optimistically of aiming for a top five finish overall and declared himself pleased with the form he had shown at a recent Vacansoleil team time trial training camp. He believes his travails in the Dauphin opener might be explicable by illness.
"On Monday I'll know immediately if it's because of illness or not," De Gendt said. "It's not to do with my condition, because I had good sensations in the team time trial training, with a normal heart rate."
The team is soon to become Belkin, after the American technology company for the Tour de France, but team manager Richard Plugge is still searching for a second sponsor to help fill out the budget, and will be looking to hire some American riders, according to AD.nl. One name that came up in particular was that ofA resident of Santa Rosa, an hour north of Belkin headquarters in SanFrancisco, Stetina told Cyclingnews that he hasn't heard from the Blanco management, but was flattered by the reports.
"That's a question for my agents,"Stetina said when asked about the news, "that's why I work cycling jersey with them, so I can just focus on being a faster bike rider."Having just finished the for the third straight year, Stetina said he is now only focused on doing his job for his current team, Garmin-Sharp, with an eye on performing well at the Tour of Utah and then either the USAPro Cycling Challenge or the Vuelta a Espana.www.team-cyclejersey.com/
