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

[Lepp89]

Alex Kirsch 3 years to Cofidis. A very random transfer.

 

[ingsve]

Embret Svestad-Bårdseng from Arkea to Ineos. Its not a lot of Norwegian/Danish climbers available, so Uno-X missing out here.

Ya. Hopefully they can pick him up in a couple of years. He is still young. I wonder if he agreed the deal with Ineos before Tobias Halland Johannesens results in Dauphine and Tour de France. That was sort of the first big indication that Uno-X can be a good place even for a climber.

Any news on Martin Tjötta? Tjötta and Traeen could be some decent pick ups for Uno-X still.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Such a curious list of riders going to Visma-LAB. I like the Armirail and Piganzoli signings.

Rider	Country
Bruno Armirail	France
Filippo Fiorelli	Italy
Timo Kielich	Belgium
Pietro Mattio	Italy
Davide Piganzoli	Italy
Tim Rex	Belgium
Anton Schiffer	Germany

 

[Pozzovivo]

Alex Kirsch 3 years to Cofidis. A very random transfer.

Replacing Renard most likely as leadout for Le Coq and Fretin

 

[Mayomaniac]

Such a curious list of riders going to Visma-LAB. I like the Armirail and Piganzoli signings.

Rider	Country
Bruno Armirail	France
Filippo Fiorelli	Italy
Timo Kielich	Belgium
Pietro Mattio	Italy
Davide Piganzoli	Italy
Tim Rex	Belgium
Anton Schiffer	Germany

Fiorelli was picked for his 1-5min power numbers as a leadout guy/domestique for Brennan, so K assume it's mainly numbers based.
I assume that Piganzoli will improve a lot after leaving such a horrible team.

 

[Pozzovivo]

such a horrible team.

It's a nice team that does make a difference for Italian cycling. It's not an optimal performance environment if that is what you mean of course.

Piganzoli will be exciting.

 

[Mayomaniac]

It's a nice team that does make a difference for Italian cycling. It's not an optimal performance environment if that is what you mean of course.

Piganzoli will be exciting.

Yeah, I was speaking strictly from a performance standpoint.

 

[laarsland]

Replacing Renard most likely as leadout for Le Coq and Fretin

Renard moving on, or getting to ride more for himself?

 

[Pozzovivo]

Renard moving on, or getting to ride more for himself?

I don't know but I'd be surprised if Cofidis managed to extend him. Very good rider.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Owen Cole on his way to the Hincapie team (as confirmed by Benson on X)

10 other riders apparently signed letters of intent, I'm not subscribed so can't give you those

 

[nedhill]

The following riders were rumored to have signed with Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (Hincapie) as of July. Please take this as rumors that may have changed.

US Riders
Tyler Stites, 27, Caja Rural Seguros RSA
Scott McGill, 26 - Project Echelon Racing
Samuel Boardman, 29, Project Echelon Racing
Owen Cole, 21, Kelly Benefits, previously UAE Team Emirates Gen Z
Robin Carpenter, 33, L39ION of LA
Larry Warbasse, 35, Tudor Pro Cycling
Cole Kessler, 22, Lidl -Trek Future Racing

New Zealand
George Jackson, 25, Burgos Burpellet BH

Australia
Jensen Plowright, 25, Alpecin-Decuninck

The source differs from Daniel Benson's excellent Substack but may have overlapping information.

 

[StryderHells]

It would be disappointing to see Plowright drop down, he’s been showing some good sprint lead out skills this season.

 

[Rob5091]

Sir Dave presses the pause button -
https://dnlbenson.substack.com/p/sources-indicate-dave-brailsford

I’ve heard from multiple, yet conflicting sources, that the team has paused negotiations and contract talks with riders and that all transfers are now being overseen by Dave Brailsford ...

 

[search]

Sir Dave presses the pause button -
https://dnlbenson.substack.com/p/sources-indicate-dave-brailsford

rightly so, if anyone really wanted to pay 1 million for Zana.

 

[search]

In Polish media, Paul Magnier (if the translation is accurate) yesterday announced a "big transfer" coming for Quickstep

(gt) "We’ll see what changes happen in the team. A lot will not change for me. I'm focused on the classics. Soon there will be a big transfer to our team, and we have Tim Merlier. We focus on the classics and I believe that the team will find a way to win with other players than Remco"

Paul Magnier: âKilka razy byÅem drugi. ChciaÅem wiÄcejâ

Paul Magnier wygraÅ sprinterski finisz w Cieszynie na 4. etapie Tour de Pologne. Dla Francuza to pierwsze zwyciÄstwo w wyÅcigu World Tour w karierze. 21 - latek nie kryÅ na mecie zadowolenia i na gorÄco skomentowaÅ dzisiejszy etap. Magnier przyznaÅ, że podjazdy na trasie dzisiejszego etapu...

naszosie.pl

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Roglič for the Ardennes and Lombardia would be quite a twist.

 

[Berniece]

In Polish media, Paul Magnier (if the translation is accurate) yesterday announced a "big transfer" coming for Quickstep

(gt) "We’ll see what changes happen in the team. A lot will not change for me. I'm focused on the classics. Soon there will be a big transfer to our team, and we have Tim Merlier. We focus on the classics and I believe that the team will find a way to win with other players than Remco"

Paul Magnier: âKilka razy byÅem drugi. ChciaÅem wiÄcejâ

Paul Magnier wygraÅ sprinterski finisz w Cieszynie na 4. etapie Tour de Pologne. Dla Francuza to pierwsze zwyciÄstwo w wyÅcigu World Tour w karierze. 21 - latek nie kryÅ na mecie zadowolenia i na gorÄco skomentowaÅ dzisiejszy etap. Magnier przyznaÅ, że podjazdy na trasie dzisiejszego etapu...

naszosie.pl

Van Baarle? Foré (CEO) also said nice signings will be announced before the end of august

 

[yaco]

It would be disappointing to see Plowright drop down, he’s been showing some good sprint lead out skills this season.

He is a loose cannon who does not always follow the teams plan.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Quick Step announced Van Baarle on a 2 year deal on social media today

 

[Cycling920]

Such a curious list of riders going to Visma-LAB. I like the Armirail and Piganzoli signings.

Rider	Country
Bruno Armirail	France
Filippo Fiorelli	Italy
Timo Kielich	Belgium
Pietro Mattio	Italy
Davide Piganzoli	Italy
Tim Rex	Belgium
Anton Schiffer	Germany

Enter the name Anton Schiffer on YouTube, and you'll see it's a very interesting Transfer from Visma . He was a triathlete until 2022. He was also his team's data analyst and published all his datas