Cycling transfers: The transfer carousel continues to turn even during the World Cup. After winning the World Championships in Yorkshire, Antonio Tiberi and Quinn Simmons both signed their first professional contracts with Trek – Segafredo. In addition, another Swiss joins the Groupama – FDJ team.
Simmons & Tiberi on Trek – Segafredo
All cycling fans are currently looking forward to the World Championships in Yorkshire. The team bosses from Trek – Segafredo have not been able to miss the spectacle so far. Because immediately after the world championship title of two participants, the US racing team let the ink dry under their contracts. The newly crowned U23 world champion in the time trial, Antonio Tiberi from Italy, joins Trek – Segafredo, as well as the new junior world champion in road racing, Quinn Simmons from the USA. While the former will not join the WorldTour until 2021, the latter will join the team for the coming season. He signed his first professional contract at the age of 18. As in the previous year, Remco Evenepoel at Deceuninck – Quick-Step, who was successful in a similarly sovereign manner last year.
General Manager of Trek – Segafredo, Luca Guercilena:
“We are looking for young talent that we can train at the highest level of cycling. This has been our philosophy for several years. We had our eyes on both Simmons and Tiberi well before the World Cup. In Yorkshire we have just seen a validation of their talents.”
Cycling transfers: all transfers at a glance – status: 27.09.
It is still unclear how the Katusha – Alpecin team will continue. However, some international media reported that a merger with the Israel Cycling Academy could be sought. Nils Politt In any case, (Katusha – Alpecin) shouldn't be worried about his future in the WorldTour. Either way, the 25-year-old will find an employer in the highest echelon of cycling. Now has this too Fabian Lienhard (IAM Excelsior) found. The Swiss was signed by the French team Groupama - FDJ. There he is to be used as a driver for sprinter Marc Sarreau. And also his compatriot Stephen Bissegger (Swiss Racing Academy) will be featured in the WorldTour in the future. He signed a contract with EF Education First.
AG2R La Mondiale
Departures: Samuel Dumoulin (end of career), Nico Denz (Sunweb), Hubert Dupont (end of career)
Additions: Jaakko Hänninen (-), Lawrence Naesen (Lotto - Soudal), Andrea Vendrame (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec), Clément Champoussin (-)
Astana
Departures: Andrey Zeits (Mitchelton - Scott), Davide Villella (Movistar), Dario Cataldo (Movistar), Jan Hirt (CCC), Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education First), Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck - Quick-Step)
Additions: Vadim Pronskiy (Vino - Astana Motors), Davide Martinelli (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Harold Tejada Canacue (Medellin), Aleksander Vlasov (Gazprom - RusVelo), Alex Aranburu (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA), Fabio Felline (Trek - Segafredo )
Bahrain-Merida
Departures: Vincenzo Nibali (Trek – Segafredo), Antonio Nibali (Trek – Segafredo)
Additions: Mikel Landa (Movistar), Wouter Poels (Ineos), Simon Spilak (Katusha – Alpecin)
Bora-hansgrohe
Departures: Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates)
Additions: Lennard Kämna (Sunweb), Ide Schelling (SEG Racing Academy)
CCC
Departures: Laurens Ten Dam (retired)
Additions: Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton - Scott), Georg Zimmermann (Tyrol - KTM), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha - Alpecin), Jan Hirt (Astana), Fausto Masnada (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec), Michal Paluta (CCC Development Team)
Deceuninck—Quick Step
Departures: Elia Viviani (Cofidis), Fabio Sabatini (Cofidis), Davide Martinelli (Astana), Enric Mas (Movistar), Maximiliano Richeze (UAE Team Emirates), Philippe Gilbert (Lotto – Soudal)
Additions: Bert van Lerberghe (Cofidis), Stijn Steels (Roompot - Charles), Andrea Bagioli (Colpack), João Almeida (Hagens Berman - Axeon), Mattia Cattaneo (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec), Mauri Vansevenant (-), Davide Ballerini (Astana) , Jannik Steimle (Vorarlberg – Santic)
Dimension Data (from 2020: Team NTT)
Departures: Lars Ytting Bak (Retired), Mark Renshaw (Retired)
Additions: Matteo Sobrero (Dimension Data for Qhubeka CT), Samuele Battistella (Dimension Data for Qhubeka CT), Victor Campenaerts (Lotto - Soudal), Carlos Barbero (Movistar), Max Walscheid (Sunweb), Michael Gogl (Trek - Segafredo), Ben Dyball (Sapura), Dylan Sunderland (Bridgelane), Andreas Stokbro (Riwal Readynez)
EF
Departures: Joseph Dombrowski (UAE Team Emirates)
Additions: Jonasrutsch (Lotto - Kern-Haus), Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana), Stefan Bissegger (Swiss Racing Academy), Neilson Powless (Jumbo - Visma), Kristoffer Halvorsen (Ineos), Jens Keukeleire (Lotto - Soudal)
Groupama - FDJ
Departures: Benoît Vaugrenard (Retired), Steve Morabito (Retired), Daniel Hoelgaard (Uno-X)
Additions: Kevin Geniets (Groupama - FDJ CT), Alexys Brunel (Groupama - FDJ CT), Simon Guglielmi (Groupama - FDJ CT), Fabian Lienhard (IAM Excelsior)
Ineos
Departures: Diego Rosa (Arkéa - Samsic), Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo), Wouter Poels (Bahrain - Merida), Kristoffer Halvorsen (EF Education First)
Additions: Richard Carapaz (Movistar)
Jumbo–Visma
Departures: Daan Olivier (Retired), Danny van Poppel (Wanty – Gobert), Neilson Powless (EF Education First)
Additions: Tobias Foss (Uno-X), Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb)
Katusha-Alpecin
Departures: Ilnur Zakarin (CCC), Nathan Haas (Cofidis), Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Gazprom - RusVelo), Simon Spilak (Bahrain - Merida)
Additions: -
Lotto – Soudal
Departures: Lawrence Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale), Tiesj Benoot (Sunweb), Victor Campenaerts (NTT), Maxime Monfort (End of Career), Jens Keukeleire (EF Education First)
Additions: Kobe Goossens (Lotto - Soudal U23), John Degenkolb (Trek - Segafredo), Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Jonathan Dibben (Madison Genesis), Stefano Oldani (Kometa)
Mitchelton-Scott
Departures: Matteo Trentin (CCC), Brent Bookwalter (?)
Additions: Kaden Groves (SEG), Barnabas Peák (SEG), Andrey Zeits (Astana)
Movistar
Departures: Mikel Landa (Bahrain - Merida), Nairo Quintana (Arkéa - Samsic), Richard Carapaz (Ineos), Jasha Sütterlin (Sunweb), Winner Anacona (Arkéa - Samsic), Carlos Barbero (NTT)
Additions: Gabriel Cullaigh (Wiggins Le Col), Iñigo Elosegui (-), Enric Mas (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), Einem Augusto Rubio Reyes (-), Davide Villella (Astana), Dario Cataldo (Astana), Johan Jacobs (-), Juan Diego Alba Bolivar (Coldeportes Zenu)
Sunweb
Departures: Roy Curvers (end of career), Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo – Visma), Lennard Kämna (Bora – hansgrohe), Max Walscheid (NTT)
Additions: Mark Donovan (Wiggins Le Col), Alberto Dainese (SEG), Thymen Arensman (SEG), Nico Denz (AG2R La Mondiale), Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar), Tiesj Benoot (Lotto – Soudal), Martin Salmon (Development Team Sunweb), Felix Gall (Sunweb Development Team), Nils Eekhoff (Sunweb Development Team)
Trek-Segafredo
Departures: Jarlinson Pantano (end of career), Markel Irizar (end of career), John Degenkolb (Lotto – Soudal), Michael Gogl (NTT), Fabio Felline (Astana)
Additions: Juan Pedro Lopez (Kometa), Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain - Merida), Antonio Nibali (Bahrain - Merida), Charlie Quarterman (Holdsworth - Zappi), Michel Ries (Kometa), Emils Liepins (Wallonia - Bruxelles), Alexander Kamp Egested (Riwal Readynez), Kenny Elissonde (Ineos), Quinn Simmons (-)
UAE Team Emirates
Departures: Simone Consonni (Cofidis), Daniel Martin (Israel Cycling Academy), Simone Petilli (Wanty-Gobert)
Additions: Alessandro Covi (Colpack), Brandon McNulty (Rally - UHC), Camilo Ardila (EPM), Mikkel Bjerg (Hagen Berman - Axeon), Maximiliano Richeze (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Davide Formolo (Bora - hansgrohe), Joseph Dombrowski ( EF Education First)