Thread for all about stagiaires and who they're riding for come August time. Will clean up and sort the thread later on when I can do it without wiping all the info...

Argos - Warren Barguil, French amateur extraordinaire, climber from what I can gather. Will turn pro next year with them. Also Jonas Ahlstrand, Swedish sprinter currently riding for Team Cykelcity will ride with them this year.

Astana - Fabio Aru, known for his GiroBio exploits will ride with them this year with a contract for next season.

Lampre - Mattia Catteneo Same story as Aru, just with Lampre.

Rabobank - Mark Goos will get a 2nd chance at being a Stagiaire.

Sky - Rohan Dennis?

Steve Bekaert, with the Acqua & Sapone, Wouter Wippert, the Lotto-Belisol, and Emilien Viennet in the FDJ-BigMat, will stagiares from August 1, reveals DirectVelo .

Winner of the Vuelta a Navarra, the Belgian Bekaert (21 years) of Lotto-Belisol under 23, will compete in all Professional Continental Danilo Di Luca and Stefano Garzelli.

Teammate Wippert (21) will jump to WorldTour hand-Belisol Lotto. This year he won a stage of the Vuelta a Navarra and one in the des Monts et Châteaux Triptyque and was fifth in the ZLM Tour and the Cote Picarde, Cup of Nations.

Finally, Viennet (CC Etupes) accompany Sébastien Bergeret (VC Toucy) and Eduardo Sepulveda (World Cycling Centre) and will be the third-BigMat stagiare the FDJ, as always forward Directvelo .

biciciclismo.com

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,26758_7945517,00.htm

Dont know what Idid there but should be a link to David Martinelli.

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,26758_7945517,00.htm

Interesting as first time they have taken a stagiaire. They seem to prefer signing pre contracts with youngsters then sending them elsewhere

http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,26758_7945517,00.htm

Dont know what Idid there but should be a link to David Martinelli.

No surprise there, as Sky desperately need some new Italians as they lost Cioni, Possoni at the end of last year and the company has vested interests in Italy, especially if Appo goes as he is widely expected to do at the end of this year.

Also interesting to note that he seems to be cobbles rider which would emphasise Sky's focus on their young cobbled team which was disappointing this year but has enormous potential.

Hope stage 5 of Burgos dont put him of, looks quite a lumpy stage.

Came across Timothy Stevens (BE, stagiaire for Accent Jobs) last week by chance - he was a podium finisher at a race I happened to be reading about. Very consistent young man with four good wins this year, as well as a string of high placings. Looks like being a solid rouleur.

At just 19 years old, Florian Sénéchal (FR, stagiaire for OPQS) is one of the most exciting talents on the Belgian circuit at the moment and he's destined for great things. Having come through the ranks at CC Wasquehal - FDJ's feeder club and once the club of Paul Kimmage - he decided to come to Belgium in order to get noticed.