'Unibet Tietema Rockets not yet done on French market after arrival of Lafay'

It is already November, but the transfer market in cycling is still open. One of the most active teams is Unibet Tietema Rockets - next year's Unibet Rose Rockets - which also doesn't appear to be done with purchases for the year in which the team hopefully gets to ride the Tour de France.

Earlier, the arrival of Tour stage winners Wout Poels and Dylan Groenewegen was already announced, while with Elmar Reinders, Niklas Larsen and Mathyas Kopecky, quite a bit of body was also brought in. Then on Wednesday, the team surprised with the announcement of French puncher Victor Lafay for next year.

According to French media, Lafay is not the last Frenchman to possibly join the team. Indeed, velo-club.net writes that Clément Venturini also enjoys interest from Bas Tietema's team. However, the rapper would also have other options for the upcoming season and thus still has mid-November to choose from.

Venturini is also known in the Netherlands and Belgium as a cyclist, but he can also do very well on the road. Last year he rode the Tour, which he finished in 43rd place, which is very creditable for a sprinter. During the season he also collected a lot of WorldTour points for his defunct team Arkéa - B&B Hotels.

The Frenchman previously rode for years for Cofidis and AG2R and is thus a familiar name on the French circuit. He has also ridden all the grand tours before.