Cycling transfers: There were still a few changes in the cycling world in October. Among other things, we now know that Christoph Pfingsten will join the Dutch team Jumbo - Visma.
Bitter career end for Konrad Gessner
He was considered one of the greatest sprint talents in Germany. Now Konrad Gessner (Leopard) has to end his career. The only 23-year-old German fell so hard in the spring of 2018 that he broke both his wrists. Since he has never really regained momentum since then, he is now ending his career. But he already has plans for his future. Konrad Gessner began a dual degree in civil engineering. As announced last month, Simon Spilak (Katusha - Alpecin), Jacques Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data), Taylor Phinney (EF Education First), Manuele Mori (UAE Team Emirates) and Adam Blythe (Lotto - Soudal) will also be among the players. hang up their bikes.
Cycling transfers: all transfers at a glance – status: 01.11.
Juri Hollmann (Heizomat – rad-net.de) can look forward to it. After his internship at Katusha - Alpecin, the 20-year-old has now been signed by Movistar. Ricardo Zoidl (CCC), on the other hand, will leave the WorldTour. The Austrian is drawn back to Felbermayr - Simplon - Wels. Bahrain – Merida was also very active on the transfer market in October. In addition to Mikel Landa (Movistar), Wouter Poels (Ineos) and Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data), the transfers of Pello Bilbao (Astana), Eros Capecchi (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Scott Davies (Dimension Data), Marco Haller (Katusha - Alpecin), Rafael Valls (Movistar) and Kevin Inkelaar (Groupama - FDJ CT) reported. Bora – hansgrohe also did something to increase the depth of the squad with newcomers Matteo Fabbro (Katusha – Alpecin) and Martin Laas (Illuminate), after the transfers of Lennard Kämna (Sunweb) and Ide Schelling (SEG Racing Academy) had already made it clear in the weeks before became. Bora - hansgrohe will leave Christoph Pfingsten to Jumbo - Visma and Davide Formolo to UAE Team Emirates.
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), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain - merida)
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 ), Oscar Rodriguez (Euskadi – Murias)
Bahrain-Merida
Departures: Vincenzo Nibali (Trek – Segafredo), Antonio Nibali (Trek – Segafredo), Rohan Dennis (?)
Additions: Mikel Landa (Movistar), Wouter Poels (Ineos), Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data), Pello Bilbao (Astana), Eros Capecchi (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Scott Davies (Dimension Data), Marco Haller (Katusha - Alpecin), Rafael Valls (Movistar), Kevin Inkelaar (Groupama – FDJ CT)
Bora-hansgrohe
Departures: Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates), Christoph Pfingsten (Jumbo – Visma)
Additions: Lennard Kämna (Sunweb), Ide Schelling (SEG Racing Academy), Matteo Fabbro (Katusha – Alpecin), Martin Laas (Illuminate)
CCC
Departures: Laurens Ten Dam (end of career), Lukas Owszian (Arkéa – Samsic), Ricardo Zoidl (Felbermayr – Simplon – Wels), Amaro Antunes (W52/FC Porto)
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), Pavel Kochetkov ( Katusha – Alpecin), Kamil Malecki (CCC Development)
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), Eris Capecchi (Bahrain - Merida)
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), Ian Garrison (Hagens Berman - Axeon)
Dimension Data (from 2020: Team NTT)
Departures: Lars Ytting Bak (retired), Mark Renshaw (retired), Mark Cavendish (Bahrain - Merida), Jacques Janse van Rensburg (retired), Tom Jelte Slagter (Vital Concept - B&B Hotels), Scott Davies (Bahrain - Merida), Julien Vermote (Cofidis)
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), Nathan Brown (Rally – UHC), Daniel McLay (Arkéa – Samsic), Taylor Phinney (retired)
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), Ruben Guerreiro ( Katusha-Alpecin)
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), David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates)
Additions: Richard Carapaz (Movistar), Andrey Amador (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), Chris Harper (Bridgelane), Christoph Pfingsten (Bora – hansgrohe)
Katusha-Alpecin
Departures: Ilnur Zakarin (CCC), Nathan Haas (Cofidis), Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Gazprom – RusVelo), Simon Spilak (end of career), Jose Goncalves (Delko – Marseille), Pavel Kochetkov (CCC), Matteo Fabbro (Bora – hansgrohe), Marco Haller (Bahrain - Merida), Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education First), Jens Debusschere (Vital Concept - B&B Hotels), Dmitrii Strakhov (Gazprom - RusVelo), Steff Cras (Lotto - Soudal)
Additions: (Negotiations on a merger with the Israel Cycling Academy)
Lotto – Soudal
Departures: Lawrence Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale), Tiesj Benoot (Sunweb), Victor Campenaerts (NTT), Maxime Monfort (Retired), Jens Keukeleire (EF Education First), Enzo wouters (Tarteletto – Isorex), Adam Blythe (Retired)
Additions: Kobe Goossens (Lotto - Soudal U23), John Degenkolb (Trek - Segafredo), Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Jonathan Dibben (Madison Genesis), Stefano Oldani (Kometa), Matthew Holmes (Madison Genesis), Steff Cras ( Katusha-Alpecin)
Mitchelton-Scott
Departures: Matteo Trentin (CCC), Brent Bookwalter (?)
Additions: Kaden Groves (SEG), Barnabas Peák (SEG), Andrey Zeits (Astana), Alexander Konychev (Dimension Data for Qhubeka CT)
Movistar
Departures: Mikel Landa (Bahrain - Merida), Nairo Quintana (Arkéa - Samsic), Richard Carapaz (Ineos), Jasha Sütterlin (Sunweb), Winner Anacona (Arkéa - Samsic), Carlos Barbero (NTT), Andrey Amador (Ineos), Jaime Castrillo (Lizarte), Rafael Valls (Bahrain – Merida)
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), Matteo Jorgenson (-), Juri Hollmann (Heizomat - rad-net.de), Sergio Samitier (Euskadi - Basque Country - Murias)
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 (Development Team Sunweb), Nils Eekhoff (Development Team Sunweb), Ilan van Wilder (-)
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), Roberto Ferrari (End of career), Manuele Mori (End of career), Rory Sutherland (Israel Cycling Academy)
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), David de la Cruz (Ineos)