Ryan Sherlock's team search for 2011

Slideshowbob

http://twitter.com/#!/Pro_Cycling/status/18566906281730048

Any predictions where RS will end up for 2011?

Junior

Bit late in the season to be searching for a team isn't it. Things are moving up for the An Post team like, invites to Tour of Qatar and Oman. Would be an obvious step.

mloc123

Maybe the man himself might post here and let us know...

Slideshowbob

Irish Club/Team

It's a bit different mentioning wattage output to entice a team alright

An Post seem to have roster sorted

RobFowl

Irish Club/Team

An Post have a potential vacancy now that Connor McConvey has decided to take time out from cycling...

morana

Unsponsored/unattached

best of luck to him no matter where he ends up!

Caroline_ie

Ryan is an amazing cyclist and a hell of a climber. I hope he gets what he wants. He definitely has the talent to race and win abroad, especially where climbing is involved.
Best of luck Ryan.

Beasty

Not wanting to influence where he ends up, I'll wait until the man himself votes before casting mine;)

Best of luck with this Ryan

yer man

Unsponsored/unattached

Ryan has talent but he has to prove himself and get results. Talk of watts means nothing unless u can back it up with results. That usually means UCI races/pts or kermesses in Europe.
Uk teams might take a punt on him, dont know if an post would give him a contract just yet. Teams are very careful to bring in people who they know will contribute and gel into the team. I don't know Ryan and what he is like but as he is new to road neither do most managers so they may be slow to jump. They are gonna want to be sure he will get along with everyone, be able to put aside your own ambitions and work hard for the #1 rider. Either UK scene or Kermesses in belgium would be a good place to start. The style of racing may not be to his liking but it gets you in teh shop window for the Pro Conti n next rung in teh ladder. U need to get results there if u will ever make big time pro. Staying in Ireland he has little to gain ...

amjon.

Irish Club/Team

After reading that article two things are apparent: he has a pretty exceptional power output and he is probably willing to ride for free or next to nothing. He might not get called by a pro continental team due to lack of results(distinct from the ability to get them) but there's nothing stopping him renting a room in Belgium and racing for a club over there.
What about Adam Armstrong? He was pretty prolific last year, has he made the step up to the UK or continent?

levitronix

Thought id bump this !!

Anything stirring ?

Caroline_ie

According to his online tales, Ryan has been training in the sunshine all winter and, he's going to kick some serious arse this year. I hope for all of you guys, he gets to race abroad
If he doesn't go pro, his wife certainly will.

uberwolf

Good luck to him whatever he does.

High Nellie

Best of luck to him, but I can't figure why so many people think he can get on a semi-pro team.
What did he win?
Where was he in the national champs?
Etc Etc
There must be loads of domestic riders with better results.
Maybe if he spends another year consolidating his progress and consistently produces some impressive results in road races ....

RobFowl

Irish Club/Team

High Nellie wrote: »

Best of luck to him, but I can't figure why so many people think he can get on a semi-pro team.
What did he win?
Where was he in the national champs?
Etc Etc
There must be loads of domestic riders with better results.
Maybe if he spends another year consolidating his progress and consistently produces some impressive results in road races ....

1st in both the MTB and Hill climb champs

No one on a county team did better in the RAS

And he has finished 17th in the MTB marathon Worlds.

Cadel Evans came direct into pro racing from MTB as well and he's not done too badly :rolleyes:

ryan_sherlock

Thanks for the best wishes guys - things have been going really well over the winter and it looks like I may have something for the year - not confirmed so I say nothing.

It is always easy for Irish folk to not notice what goes on abroad but follow the Irish scene closely. I got so much kudos for the county rider in the RAS but other International rides I did (on the MTB though) go largely unnoticed even in the MTB relm. For instance, Mel was beating World Champions on the MTB and it went unheard of.

If better results in Irish races are to be looked at, then yeah - tons of riders have won more races - but that really isn't the point - small pond, almost all flat etc... Look at Conor McConvey for instance - how many Irish road races did he win before going full time Pro to AnPost? anyone got any doubt in his abilities? There is more to Irish cycling than irishcycling.com

There are actually a huge amount of Irish riders in the Pro/Semi-pro euro scene that we have never really heard much of. There is a lot of noise around guys like Sam and Philip, but there is a lot more to it than that thankfully

Just another thing - National RR Champs I missed because I was representing Ireland in the European MTB Marathon Championships (the hill climb champs I won). I have my eyes firmly focused on Nationals this year in my home county.

mo_bhicycle

Thanks for the reply Ryan. Will you let us know what the story is whenever you can confirm it?

High Nellie

No comparison - e.g Cadel Evans won the World Cup for two years.

And I think being the best County Rider in the Ras isn't going to impress any pro manager - the is 'a best County Rider' every year on the Ras and they don't all get on semi-pro teams.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to knock the guy. He probably has plenty of potential on the road but he has no real results.
I hope I'm wrong and that he does get what he wants though .... but I'd still like to see him performing on the domestic scene next year.

uberwolf

The domestic scene is not tough enough for a certain type of rider. We had one race where you could argue the field and course where tough and that was the Shay Elliot.

RobFowl

Irish Club/Team

High Nellie wrote: »

No comparison - e.g Cadel Evans won the World Cup for two years.

And I think being the best County Rider in the Ras isn't going to impress any pro manager - the is 'a best County Rider' every year on the Ras and they don't all get on semi-pro teams.

Thats why Cadel went straight in at Protour/Div 1 level

And I was on the RAS last year and pro team managers were impressed.

High Nellie

Hey guys, all I'm saying is: 'no results' - period.

And if the races aren't tough enough here then he's got to go to wherever the races are tough enough and get results there.

Ryan, I see that you are keeping an eye and this thread and I feel uncomfortable talking about you 'behind your back'. I admire your blogs for their honesty and insight and I hope you can get to be as good as you can be, wherever.

mloc123

http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2011&teamnameid=3098&npage=-1&search=&l=ENG

levitronix

Well done Ryan !!!! will be great to try follow your results

Caroline_ie

mloc123 wrote: »

http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2011&teamnameid=3098&npage=-1&search=&l=ENG

I so had guessed it! I was actually naming Giant to my OH a while back when this thread started.

All the best Ryan

Lumen

I foresee one Specialized Tarmac for sale.

C3PO

Well done Ryan ... you'll be missed on the MTB scene but hopefully we'll see you for an occassional guest appearance ......?

Chips Lovell

Well done to Ryan.

I didn't realise Irvine and O'Loughlin were going there too.

Junior

el tonto wrote: »

Well done to Ryan.

I didn't realise Irvine and O'Loughlin were going there too.

And McCann is there as well

Chips Lovell

Junior wrote: »

And McCann is there as well

He was there last year too.