Transfers 2019

odyssey06

Nico confirmed for Sunweb for 2019:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nicolas-roche-confirms-contract-with-team-sunweb/

Mods: Feel free to merge into a previous Transfers thread - I couldn't find one.

neris

Some interesting movements this year. Just wonder about Cav and where he will be next year

at1withmyself

g2r La Mondiale
Ins: Geoffrey Bouchard, Darian Godon (Cofidis)
Outs: Cyril Gautier (Vital Concept)
Renewals: Mathias Frank, Nans Peters, Quentin Jauregui, Benoit Cosnefroy, Clement Chevrier, Alexandre Geniez, Gediminas Bagdonas, Stijn Vandenbergh, Hubert Dupont, Samuel Dumoulin, Alexis Gougeard

Astana
Ins: Yuriy Natarov (Astana City), Manuele Boaro (Bahrain-Merida) Davide Ballerini (Androni-Giocatolli Sidermec), Rodrigo Contreras (EPM), Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida)
Outs: Michael Valgren (Dimension Data), Jesper Hansen (Cofidis), Tanel Kangert (EF Education First-Drapac), Oscar Gatto (Bora-Hansgrohe)
Renewals: Alexey Lutsenko, Laurens De Vreese

Bahrain-Merida
Ins: Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing), Stevie Williams (SEG Racing Academy), Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing), Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Soudal), Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb), Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing), Jan Tratnik (CCC Sprandi Polkowice)
Outs: Manuele Boaro (Astana), Ion Izagirre (Astana), Gorka Izagirre (Astana), Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energie), Enrico Gasparotto (Dimension Data)
Renewals: Hermann Pernsteiner

CCC Sprandi (formerly BMC Racing)
Ins: Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), Michael Schär (BMC Racing), Nathan Van Hooydonck (BMC Racing), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Will Barta (Hagens Berman Axeon), Simon Geschke (Sunweb), Szymon Sajnok (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Lukasz Owsian (CCC Sprandi), Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing), Josef Cerny (Elkov-Author), Gijs Van Hoecke (LottoNL-Jumbo)
Outs: Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Loïc Vliegen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Merida), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First-Drapac), Simon Gerrans (Retires), Tejay van Garderen (EF Education First-Drapac), Rohan Dennis (Bahrain-Merida), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida), Kilian Frankiny (Groupama-FDJ), Brent Bookwalter (Mitchelton-Scott), Jean-Pierre Drucker (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Bora-Hansgrohe
Ins: Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing), Oscar Gatto (Astana)
Outs:
Renewals: Rafal Majka, Pawel Poljanski, Jay McCarthy

EF Education First-Drapac
Ins: Alberto Bettiol (BMC Racing), Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), James Whelan (Drapac EF Cycling), Moreno Hofland (Lotto-Soudal), Tanel Kangert (Astana)
Outs: Pierre Rolland (Vital Concept), Will Clarke (Trek-Segafredo)
Renewals: Matti Breschel, Sep Vanmarcke, Sebastian Langeveld

Dimension Data
Ins: Michael Valgren (Astana), Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing), Roman Kreuziger (Mitchelton-Scott), Rasmus Tiller (Joker Icopal), Stefan De Bod (Dimension Data for Qhubeka), Lars Bak (Lotto-Soudal), Enrico Gasparotto (Bahrain-Merida)
Outs: Serge Pauwels (CCC Sprandi)
Renewals: Ben O’Connor, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Ben King

Groupama-FDJ
Ins: Stefan Küng (BMC Racing), Kilian Frankiny (BMC Racing)
Outs: Arthur Vichot (Vital Concept)
Renewals: Oliver Le Gac, Marc Sarreau, Davide Gaudu, Arnaud Démare, Antoine Duschene, Thibaut Pinot, Sébastian Reichenbach

Katusha-Alpecin
Ins: Jens Debusschere (Lotto-Soudal), Harry Tanfield (Canyon-Eisberg), Daniel Navarro (Cofidis), Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo)
Outs: Tony Martin (LottoNL-Jumbo)
Renewals: Alex Dowsett, Willie Smit, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Reto Hollenstein, Marco Haller, Rick Zabel, Nils Politt, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Jenthe Biermans

LottoNL-Jumbo
Ins: Lennard Hofstede (Sunweb), Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin), Laurens De Plus (Quick-Step Floors), Mike Teunissen (Sunweb)
Outs: Bram Tankink (Retired), Gijs Van Hoecke (CCC Sprandi), Enrico Battaglin (Katusha-Alpecin)
Renewals: Armund Grøndahl Jansen, Steven Kruijswijk, Maarten Wynants, Floris De Tier, George Bennett, Antwan Tolhoek, Robert Gesink, Daan Olivier

Lotto-Soudal
Ins: Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott), Roger Kluge (Mitchelton-Scott)
Outs: Jens Debusschere (Katusha-Alpecin), André Greipel (Fortuneo-Samsic), Marcel Sieberg (Bahrain-Merida), Jürgen Roelandts (Movistar), Moreno Hofland (EF Education First-Drapac), Lars Bak (Dimension Data)
Renewals: Tim Wellens, Thomas De Gendt

Movistar
Ins: Carlos Verona (Mitchelton-Scott), Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Soudal)
Outs:
Renewals: Marc Soler, Imano Erviti, Andrey Amador, Daniele Bennati

Mitchelton-Scott
Ins: Robert Stannard (Mitchelton-BikeExchange), Callum Scotson (Mitchelton-BikeExchange), Nick Schultz (Caja-Rural), Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing)
Outs: Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Carlos Verona (Movistar), Roman Kreuziger (Dimension Data), Roger Kluge (Lotto-Soudal)
Renewals: Simon Yates, Adam Yates

Quick-Step Floors
Ins: Remco Evenepoel
Outs: Niki Terpstra (Direct Energie), Laurens De Plus (LottoNL-Jumbo)
Renewals: Yves Lampaert

Team Sky
Ins: Filippo Ganna (UAE Team Emirates)
Outs:
Renewals: Vasil Kiryienka

Team Sunweb
Ins: Max Canter (Sunweb Development), Joris Nieuwenhuis (Sunweb Development), Cees Bol (SEG Racing Academy)
Outs: Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Merida), Simon Geschke (CCC), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL-Jumbo)
Renewals: Chris Hamilton

Trek-Segafredo
Ins: Richie Porte (BMC Racing), Matteo Moschetti (Polartec-Kometa), Ivan Sosa (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Alex Kirsch (WB Aquaprotect-Veranclassic), Will Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac)
Outs: Gregory Rast (Retire), Matthias Brändle (Israel Cycling Academy)
Renewals: Koen De Kort, Markel Irizar, Jasper Stuyven, Mads Pedersen, Fumiyuki Beppu, Bauke Mollema

UAE Team Emirates
Ins: Alessandro Covi (Team Colpack)
Outs: Filippo Ganna (Team Sky)
Renewals:

neris

Larry warbasse signed for ag2r

https://twitter.com/AG2RLMCyclisme/status/1040278137391775745?s=19

MPFGLB

Wonder what team the Irish Champion will get ...Like to see him on a WT team and if not a Belgian pro conti team

neris

Adam blythe to Lotto Soudal today and possibly Cav to Bahrain Marisa with sponsorship from McLaren

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/could-mclaren-sponsorship-at-bahrain-merida-edge-mark-cavendish-towards-team/

TheBlaaMan

No mention yet of whether Esteban Chavez will renew with Mitchelton-Scott. There's likely to be a risk to this with an inevitable budget increase being spent on the Yates bros.
Also, Ivan Sosa is apparently not confirmed with Trek as it was his previous manager and not Sosa himself who signed the contract; his (new) management team are apparently trying to get him into Sky (or angle for a better deal from Trek....)
Nico not shown on the above chart as signing with Sunweb, btw..

Wasn't Chavez going to one of the Lotto teams? It was Ewan I was thinking of going to Lotto

Wout van Aert terminated his contract with Veranda's Willems-Crelan.

Weepsie

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Wasn't Chavez going to one of the Lotto teams?

Wout van Aert terminated his contract with Veranda's Willems-Crelan.

He's already agreed to join Lotto-NLJumbo in 2020, might go next year instead

TheBlaaMan

With the Crelan-Roompot merger going ahead, WVA had expressed his intention to move on as he wasnt involved in the discussions. A bit like the ABS debacle, he may have been able to void the existing contract with Crelan when the new entity took over.

marvin80

Surprised Terpstra is leaving Quick-Step - he had a good year there

Macy0161

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

No mention yet of whether Esteban Chavez will renew with Mitchelton-Scott. There's likely to be a risk to this with an inevitable budget increase being spent on the Yates bros.

I think Chavez is still under contract for another year, so no renewal to announce. I heard it discussed around the time of the Giro, as to whether it really suited either party anymore.

TheBlaaMan wrote: »

A bit like the ABS debacle, he may have been able to void the existing contract with Crelan when the new entity took over.

Listening to Delaney, that was why Crelan were staying as the employing organisation in the ABS merger.

neris

Matthew Hayman retiring in January after the tour down under

MPFGLB

Seems really difficult for Connor Dunne to find a team...too many closing down

Macy0161

Haven't listened to the no go tour podcast yet, but the extract on the main one suggested he was one of the riders under contract? If it was, and Delaney true to his word, maybe he can do some deal with Delaney honouring at least some of the salary?

neris

Macy0161 wrote: »

Haven't listened to the no go tour podcast yet, but the extract on the main one suggested he was one of the riders under contract? If it was, and Delaney true to his word, maybe he can do some deal with Delaney honouring at least some of the salary?

Even if his salary is honoured the bigger problem is going to be finding a team for 2020. He'll be even more out of the shop window by middle of next season and more then likely forgotten.

Macy0161

neris wrote: »

Even if his salary is honoured the bigger problem is going to be finding a team for 2020. He'll be even more out of the shop window by middle of next season and more then likely forgotten.

I was more thinking that he may get a place due to Delaney paying or even part paying his contract. If he was one of those under contract, and if Delaney was honouring that contract (or even part of it in those circumstances).

dahat

F. Gaviria apparently going to UAE next season from QS, odd move.

Weepsie

Money maybe.

QS have signed the new Junior World Champion, Remco Evenepoel (though that was announced a while ago).

Wout Van Aert may, or may not be available too for signing in the next few weeks but he's being sued by his team.

Macy0161

Weepsie wrote: »

Money maybe.

Also Lefevere still looking for a title sponsor, and about 10 sprinters coming up behind.

Probably not good news for Dan though, if they're going from GC team to sprint train. Back in the same trap he was, ironically, at QS.

neris

Weepsie wrote: »

Money maybe.

QS have signed the new Junior World Champion, Remco Evenepoel (though that was announced a while ago).

Wout Van Aert may, or may not be available too for signing in the next few weeks but he's being sued by his team.

The whole van aert thing is very weird.

dahat

WVA is signed for Lotto NL Jumbo for 2020 onwards but has cancelled current contract with current team.

Edit : Lotto NL Jumbo, thanks to poster below.

Chips Lovell

It's LottoNL-Jumbo he's going to in 2020.

TheBlaaMan

Very interesting development in that Aleix Espagaro, who rode for Aprillia in MotoGP for the last few years has signed a full contract to ride for Movistar. He is an accomplished cyclist and trains a lot with Joachim Rodriguez amongst others, but this is still a major move. It will be interesting to see how he gets on as a 29 y/o debutant.

https://www.ciclismoafondo.es/noticias-resultados-ciclismo/articulo/aleix-espargaro-deja-moto-gp-por-el-ciclismo-profesional-de-aprilia-a-movistar

https://twitter.com/Movistar_Team/status/1078546418980319232

TheBlaaMan

Hmmm. ....so this ^^^was a load of boll0x apparently.

The 'news' was announced on 28th December - which is apparently the Spanish equivalent of 1st April in these parts.....
#fooled

From La Gazzetta dello Sport...

"In reality, however, it was all a joke. December 28th is the day of the Holy Innocents, which in Spain corresponds, precisely, to our first of April. Espargaro never really thought about leaving the bikes to venture into an unlikely cycling career, although he never hid his passion for this sport. Who knows how they will have taken it in the Aprilia team of Fausto Gresini, with whom the Catalan driver has a contract also for 2019.

Not really a transfer as such but I'm interested to see how Mathieu Van der Poel gets on this year on the road after what was a great cyclocross season as his team have moved up to pro conti level and can race would tour races now if invited. He's down for Gent-Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, and the Tour of Flanders and Amstel Gold Race.

He does have form and results on the road and is current Dutch national champ.

Macy0161

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He does have form and results on the road and is current Dutch national champ.

iirc he did well at the Artic Race of Norway last year, taking a couple of stages.

TheBlaaMan

Deleted User wrote: »

Not really a transfer as such but I'm interested to see how Mathieu Van der Poel gets on this year on the road after what was a great cyclocross season as his team have moved up to pro conti level and can race would tour races now if invited. He's down for Gent-Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, and the Tour of Flanders and Amstel Gold Race.

He does have form and results on the road and is current Dutch national champ.

I'm really looking forward to seeing MVDP in a race against Sagan.....:)

Was checking results for today for Tour of Antalya (2.2)in Turkey as Conor Dunne was there and who do I spot as the winner only MVDP.

Andrey Amador to Ineos. There is some unrest at movistar I wasn't aware of.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/amador-to-move-to-team-ineos-after-breaking-movistar-contract/

Macy0161

I think the falling out between Unzue and the agent has been fairly common knowledge. You'd wonder how they can get out of signed, or at least announced agreements, and Sam can't get out of a private verbal agreement though...