Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

[Ricco']

Well, according to PCS - who we know only updates their lists once a signing/extention has been confirmed by the team - QS is still only at 25, with Moscon. So, remind me who the last two riders rumoured to join/have extended are.
Of course, it is possible that the last two riders have in fact been announced, but that PCS just hasn't seen it yet.

Paul Magnier is one of them.

 

[wansteadimp]

Well, according to PCS - who we know only updates their lists once a signing/extention has been confirmed by the team - QS is still only at 25, with Moscon. So, remind me who the last two riders rumoured to join/have extended are.
Of course, it is possible that the last two riders have in fact been announced, but that PCS just hasn't seen it yet.

Knox extended?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Why quickstep will only have 27 riders? Aren't teams allowed 30? Is levefere stupid?

 

[Roku]

James Knox has extended and Paul Magnier is in. They were the 25th and 26th riders on the roster.

PS: Several teams have cut down their roster to 27 / 28 riders and are relying on completing squads with youngsters from their devo team, allowing them to save a bit of budget and use u23 riders to fill-in race schedules rather than using more expensive riders "simply to make numbers".

 

[Salvarani]

James Knox has extended and Paul Magnier is in. They were the 25th and 26th riders on the roster.

PS: Several teams have cut down their roster to 27 / 28 riders and are relying on completing squads with youngsters from their devo team, allowing them to save a bit of budget and use u23 riders to fill-in race schedules rather than using more expensive riders "simply to make numbers".

Thats just the economy these days.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Cycling twitter with it's liberal arts college vibe isn't ready for the Lefevre-Moscon combination...

 

[Berniece]

Why quickstep will only have 27 riders? Aren't teams allowed 30? Is levefere stupid?

Budget constraint is more likely than Lefevere being stupid

 

[Samu Cuenca]

With a devo team, they don't really need 30 riders. It's not like they'll be in any danger of getting relegated.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Budget constraint is more likely than Lefevere being stupid

I would ride for free! I could fetch bottles in small races . I would give my all for Fausto every race, work and suffer like an animal. Maybe we could get a couple of other amatuers from the forum who are happy to give up their weekends and go to levevre, and say, you call us if you need a guy to go in breakaway at Nokere korse or clasica Almeria. Just pay us with a good pasta and we go to work on Monday with a story to tell. No money spent.

 

[RedheadDane]

I would ride for free! I could fetch bottles in small races . I would give my all for Fausto every race, work and suffer like an animal. Maybe we could get a couple of other amatuers from the forum who are happy to give up their weekends and go to levevre, and say, you call us if you need a guy to go in breakaway at Nokere korse or clasica Almeria. Just pay us with a good pasta and we go to work on Monday with a story to tell. No money spent.

Pretty sure that wouldn't be allowed.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pretty sure that wouldn't be allowed.

But he would be allowed to give his salary to Masnada.

 

[jmdirt]

This might be a good pairing for both Moscon and SQS.

Homepage | Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team

Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team

www.soudal-quickstepteam.com

 

[RedheadDane]

But he would be allowed to give his salary to Masnada.

I'm sure there's no UCI rule against some random dude donating all his earnings to a rider.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm sure there's no UCI rule against some random dude donating all his earnings to a rider.

No, but if done incorrectly, you might get into trouble with the tax authorities.

 

[Berniece]

Lefevere also confirmed in an interview that Knox is staying

 

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Mareczko "returns" to Corratec on what sounds like a one-year deal

JAKUB MARECZKO JOINS TEAM CORRATEC – SELLE ITALIA

Montecatini Terme, November 10, 2023 - Another new rider from the World Tour joins Team corratec - Selle Italia, as Jakub Mareczko will ride for the team in 2024. Born in 1994, Mareczko boasts an impressive record with over 50...

teamcorratec.com

 

[Roku]

Good for both parties. Corratec is making this year the signings expected. Bonifazio, Mareczko, Sbaragli will give them placings, some victories and points. Monaco and Mark Stewart are good reinforcements as well.

DSM just announced the expected Van den Berg and Liepins.

Notable riders that apparently remain on the market: De la Cruz (guess he has a contract), Eiking, Pernsteiner, Postlberger, Gebhrezhabier, Kudus and Dombrowski.

Cimolai, Edet, Amador, Grondahl Jansen as well but i would expect them all to retire for diferent reasons (age and injuries / illnesses, or a combination of both factors).

 

[Hell-G]

Emils Liepins (Lidl – Trek) and Julius van den Berg (EF Education – EasyPost) to DSM - firmenich.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1722917019190776072

View: https://twitter.com/TDSM_Firmenich/status/1722917019190776072

https://twitter.com/x/status/1722917262804566297

View: https://twitter.com/TDSM_Firmenich/status/1722917262804566297

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

That list from PCS, with my guesses

Ordered by teams where they are out of contact, number with teams is how many they have on the books for next year (according to PCS)

Departing	Rider	age	My guess
AG2R Citroën Team (23)
	Naesen Lawrence	31​	Does his brother still hold enough sway for him to get a Juraj renewal?
	Raugel Antoine	24​	Go Sport Roubaix ???
Alpecin-Deceuninck (30)
	De Bondt Dries	32​	Team captain at Bingoal if he doesn't become an asst DS somewhere.
	Mareczko Jakub	29​	Do Corratec ride Asian races often? EDIT: Coreect!!!
	Stannard Robert	25​	Naughty step
Astana Qazaqstan Team (27)
	Basso Leonardo	29​	retire, even if not voluntarily.
	de la Cruz David	34​	Caja Rural (if not fatally wounded by Ilex) or Burgos
	Dombrowski Joe	32​	I'd say EF, but he's already played that card. Burgos have a few Anglophones.
	Laas Martin	30​	ATT Investments/HRE Mazowsze (yes, I looked up the spelling)
	Natarov Yuriy	26​	No Khazakh PT to go to, so probably Almaty Motors
	Nibali Antonio	31​	Can Vincenzo fit him in at Q36.5? Otherwise Polti
	Nurlykhassym Nurbergen	23​	No Khazakh PT to go to, so probably Almaty Motors
	Riabushenko Alexandr	28​	If not for his nationality, I'd say a Polish or Czech PT team: China Glory or similar?
	Scaroni Christian	26​	Should still be worth WT ride: Ag2R?
	Zeits Andrey	36​	DS contract
Bahrain - Victorious (27)
	Pernsteiner Hermann	33​	retire, even if not voluntarily.
BORA - hansgrohe (28)
	Aleotti Giovanni	24​	re-sign, or Ag2R
	Bennett Sam	33​	Is that AG2R rumour still alive?
	Fabbro Matteo	28​	re-sign
	Koretzky Victor	29​	Enough of this tarmac stuff.
	Palzer Anton	30​	Does he still ski?
Cofidis (30)
	Carvalho Andre	26​	Efapel/Glassdrive
	Cimolai Davide	34​	Bardiani
	Lafay Victor	27​	He seems the archetypal Ag2R rider
EF Education-EasyPost (26)
	Amador Andrey	37​	retire, even if not voluntarily, asst DS somewhere
	Caicedo Jonathan Klever	30​	Stay?
	Doull Owain	30​	some odd deal with British Cycling and a UK team
	Eiking Odd Christian	28​	Uno-X looks full, might not be good for him.
	Kudus Merhawi	29​	Intermarche
	Quinn Sean	23​	Possibly my most left field prediction: Ineos
	Scully Tom	33​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Shaw James	27​	Stay? FdJ?
	van den Berg Julius	27​	Intermarche? TDT Unibet if not. EDIT: wrong, DSM
	Wiśniowski Łukasz	31​	Total Energies
INEOS Grenadiers (26)
	Wurf Cameron	40​	Tried to retire 2 years ago. This time he can.
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty (26)
	Johansen Julius	24​	Corratec (I'd say he deserves better, but better Pro Teams look full)
Jumbo-Visma (27)
	Foss Tobias	26​	Victim of rumour mill: stay on reduced terms?
Movistar Team (28)
	González Abner	23​	Kern Pharma
Soudal - Quick Step (25)
	Knox James	28​	Staying (seems certain, though not on PCS)
Team Arkéa Samsic (28)
	Edet Nicolas	35​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Ries Michel	25​	Total Energies
Team DSM (28)
	Heinschke Leon	24​	Lotto Kern Haus
	Rodenberg Frederik	25​	Back to Colo Quick
Team Jayco AlUla (29)
	Balmer Alexandre	23​	Polti
	Grmay Tsgabu	32​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Jansen Amund Grøndahl	29​	Uno-X looks full, might not be good for him.
	Pöstlberger Lukas	31​	Voralberg/Felbemayr
Trek (28)
	Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel	29​	Intermarche? Caja Rural?
	Hellemose Asbjørn	24​	Polti
	Liepiņš Emīls	31​	retire, even if not voluntarily EDIT: Very wrong, DSM
	Tolhoek Antwan	29​	TDT Unibet
UAE Team Emirates (28)
	Hodeg Álvaro José	27​	I fear that recovery isn't going to happen. Try a MAL/Quintana year at home, so Medellin.
	Vink Michael	31​	retire, even if not voluntarily

FdJ is the only team not represented: they have 28 riders under contract for 2024.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

OK, so three of those have signed up since I started working on it. I was wrong about Liepins and Van den Berg (at least I got the WT offer correct for the latter), but correct on Marezco. Guaranteed at least a nearly 2% hit already!

 

[Ricco']

That list from PCS, with my guesses

Ordered by teams where they are out of contact, number with teams is how many they have on the books for next year (according to PCS)

Departing	Rider	age	My guess
AG2R Citroën Team (23)
	Naesen Lawrence	31​	Does his brother still hold enough sway for him to get a Juraj renewal?
	Raugel Antoine	24​	Go Sport Roubaix ???
Alpecin-Deceuninck (30)
	De Bondt Dries	32​	Team captain at Bingoal if he doesn't become an asst DS somewhere.
	Mareczko Jakub	29​	Do Corratec ride Asian races often?
	Stannard Robert	25​	Naughty step
Astana Qazaqstan Team (27)
	Basso Leonardo	29​	retire, even if not voluntarily.
	de la Cruz David	34​	Caja Rural (if not fatally wounded by Ilex) or Burgos
	Dombrowski Joe	32​	I'd say EF, but he's already played that card. Burgos have a few Anglophones.
	Laas Martin	30​	ATT Investments/HRE Mazowsze (yes, I looked up the spelling)
	Natarov Yuriy	26​	No Khazakh PT to go to, so probably Almaty Motors
	Nibali Antonio	31​	Can Vincenzo fit him in at Q36.5? Otherwise Polti
	Nurlykhassym Nurbergen	23​	No Khazakh PT to go to, so probably Almaty Motors
	Riabushenko Alexandr	28​	If not for his nationality, I'd say a Polish or Czech PT team: China Glory or similar?
	Scaroni Christian	26​	Should still be worth WT ride: Ag2R?
	Zeits Andrey	36​	DS contract
Bahrain - Victorious (27)
	Pernsteiner Hermann	33​	retire, even if not voluntarily.
BORA - hansgrohe (28)
	Aleotti Giovanni	24​	re-sign, or Ag2R
	Bennett Sam	33​	Is that AG2R rumour still alive?
	Fabbro Matteo	28​	re-sign
	Koretzky Victor	29​	Enough of this tarmac stuff.
	Palzer Anton	30​	Does he still ski?
Cofidis (30)
	Carvalho Andre	26​	Efapel/Glassdrive
	Cimolai Davide	34​	Bardiani
	Lafay Victor	27​	He seems the archetypal Ag2R rider
EF Education-EasyPost (26)
	Amador Andrey	37​	retire, even if not voluntarily, asst DS somewhere
	Caicedo Jonathan Klever	30​	Stay?
	Doull Owain	30​	some odd deal with British Cycling and a UK deal
	Eiking Odd Christian	28​	Uno-X looks full, might not be good for him.
	Kudus Merhawi	29​	Intermarche
	Quinn Sean	23​	Possibly my most left field prediction: Ineos
	Scully Tom	33​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Shaw James	27​	Stay? FdJ?
	van den Berg Julius	27​	Intermarche? TDT Unibet if not.
	Wiśniowski Łukasz	31​	Total Energies
INEOS Grenadiers (26)
	Wurf Cameron	40​	Tried to retire 2 years ago. This time he can.
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty (26)
	Johansen Julius	24​	Corratec (I'd say he deserves better, but better Pro Teams look full)
Jumbo-Visma (27)
	Foss Tobias	26​	Victim of rumour mill: stay on reduced terms?
Movistar Team (28)
	González Abner	23​	Kern Pharma
Soudal - Quick Step (25)
	Knox James	28​	Staying (seems certain, though not on PCS)
Team Arkéa Samsic (28)
	Edet Nicolas	35​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Ries Michel	25​	Total Energies
Team DSM (28)
	Heinschke Leon	24​	Lotto Kern Haus
	Rodenberg Frederik	25​	Back to Colo Quick
Team Jayco AlUla (29)
	Balmer Alexandre	23​	Polti
	Grmay Tsgabu	32​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Jansen Amund Grøndahl	29​	Uno-X looks full, might not be good for him.
	Pöstlberger Lukas	31​	Voralberg/Felbemayr
Trek (28)
	Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel	29​	Intermarche? Caja Rural?
	Hellemose Asbjørn	24​	Polti
	Liepiņš Emīls	31​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Tolhoek Antwan	29​	TDT Unibet
UAE Team Emirates (28)
	Hodeg Álvaro José	27​	I fear that recovery isn't going to happen. Try a MAL/Quintana year at home, so Medellin.
	Vink Michael	31​	retire, even if not voluntarily

FdJ is the only team not represented: they have 28 riders under contract for 2024.

Dries De Bondt is heavily rumoured to Ag2r

 

[pastronef]

Koretzky will stay another year with Bora and Specialized Factory

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Dries De Bondt is heavily rumoured to Ag2r

Koretzky will stay another year with Bora and Specialized Factory

Which was part of my motivation for that list: bring to the forum rumours that I have missed (and probably others) have missed, or other evidence as to why I am wrong.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That list from PCS, with my guesses

Ordered by teams where they are out of contact, number with teams is how many they have on the books for next year (according to PCS)

Departing	Rider	age	My guess
AG2R Citroën Team (23)
	Naesen Lawrence	31​	Does his brother still hold enough sway for him to get a Juraj renewal?
	Raugel Antoine	24​	Go Sport Roubaix ???
Alpecin-Deceuninck (30)
	De Bondt Dries	32​	Team captain at Bingoal if he doesn't become an asst DS somewhere.
	Mareczko Jakub	29​	Do Corratec ride Asian races often? EDIT: Coreect!!!
	Stannard Robert	25​	Naughty step
Astana Qazaqstan Team (27)
	Basso Leonardo	29​	retire, even if not voluntarily.
	de la Cruz David	34​	Caja Rural (if not fatally wounded by Ilex) or Burgos
	Dombrowski Joe	32​	I'd say EF, but he's already played that card. Burgos have a few Anglophones.
	Laas Martin	30​	ATT Investments/HRE Mazowsze (yes, I looked up the spelling)
	Natarov Yuriy	26​	No Khazakh PT to go to, so probably Almaty Motors
	Nibali Antonio	31​	Can Vincenzo fit him in at Q36.5? Otherwise Polti
	Nurlykhassym Nurbergen	23​	No Khazakh PT to go to, so probably Almaty Motors
	Riabushenko Alexandr	28​	If not for his nationality, I'd say a Polish or Czech PT team: China Glory or similar?
	Scaroni Christian	26​	Should still be worth WT ride: Ag2R?
	Zeits Andrey	36​	DS contract
Bahrain - Victorious (27)
	Pernsteiner Hermann	33​	retire, even if not voluntarily.
BORA - hansgrohe (28)
	Aleotti Giovanni	24​	re-sign, or Ag2R
	Bennett Sam	33​	Is that AG2R rumour still alive?
	Fabbro Matteo	28​	re-sign
	Koretzky Victor	29​	Enough of this tarmac stuff.
	Palzer Anton	30​	Does he still ski?
Cofidis (30)
	Carvalho Andre	26​	Efapel/Glassdrive
	Cimolai Davide	34​	Bardiani
	Lafay Victor	27​	He seems the archetypal Ag2R rider
EF Education-EasyPost (26)
	Amador Andrey	37​	retire, even if not voluntarily, asst DS somewhere
	Caicedo Jonathan Klever	30​	Stay?
	Doull Owain	30​	some odd deal with British Cycling and a UK team
	Eiking Odd Christian	28​	Uno-X looks full, might not be good for him.
	Kudus Merhawi	29​	Intermarche
	Quinn Sean	23​	Possibly my most left field prediction: Ineos
	Scully Tom	33​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Shaw James	27​	Stay? FdJ?
	van den Berg Julius	27​	Intermarche? TDT Unibet if not. EDIT: wrong, DSM
	Wiśniowski Łukasz	31​	Total Energies
INEOS Grenadiers (26)
	Wurf Cameron	40​	Tried to retire 2 years ago. This time he can.
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty (26)
	Johansen Julius	24​	Corratec (I'd say he deserves better, but better Pro Teams look full)
Jumbo-Visma (27)
	Foss Tobias	26​	Victim of rumour mill: stay on reduced terms?
Movistar Team (28)
	González Abner	23​	Kern Pharma
Soudal - Quick Step (25)
	Knox James	28​	Staying (seems certain, though not on PCS)
Team Arkéa Samsic (28)
	Edet Nicolas	35​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Ries Michel	25​	Total Energies
Team DSM (28)
	Heinschke Leon	24​	Lotto Kern Haus
	Rodenberg Frederik	25​	Back to Colo Quick
Team Jayco AlUla (29)
	Balmer Alexandre	23​	Polti
	Grmay Tsgabu	32​	retire, even if not voluntarily
	Jansen Amund Grøndahl	29​	Uno-X looks full, might not be good for him.
	Pöstlberger Lukas	31​	Voralberg/Felbemayr
Trek (28)
	Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel	29​	Intermarche? Caja Rural?
	Hellemose Asbjørn	24​	Polti
	Liepiņš Emīls	31​	retire, even if not voluntarily EDIT: Very wrong, DSM
	Tolhoek Antwan	29​	TDT Unibet
UAE Team Emirates (28)
	Hodeg Álvaro José	27​	I fear that recovery isn't going to happen. Try a MAL/Quintana year at home, so Medellin.
	Vink Michael	31​	retire, even if not voluntarily

FdJ is the only team not represented: they have 28 riders under contract for 2024.

I doubt Julius Johansen will be going to Corratec since he's based in Spain, but stranger things has happened.

 

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Dries De Bondt is heavily rumoured to Ag2r

Lafay to Ag2R was also confirmed in French press. So looks like they are just late with the official announcements in general.

Palzer today was confirmed to stay with Bora

BORA - hansgrohe extends contract with Anton Palzer

www.bora-hansgrohe.com