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

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Skil Shimano even got 3rd in a stage if I recall correctly. They also managed to put half of the team in the first echelon in the La Grand Motte stage which was amazing.

They did have 6 riders in that front group of less than 30. Pure cicilisimo.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Burgos signed Cesar Macias, he's a fast little guy that finished behind Kockelmann in that L'Avenir sprint.
Good to see another Mexican get a pro contract, let's hope Carlos Alfonso García and Edgar Cadena are next.

 

[JosephD]

Burgos signed Cesar Macias, he's a fast little guy that finished behind Kockelmann in that L'Avenir sprint.
Good to see another Mexican get a pro contract, let's hope Carlos Alfonso García and Edgar Cadena are next.

Hopefully the Prieto twins too when they age out of U23 next season, espeically Jose Juan

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Quick Question: so the Mexican NC that are coming up are technically part of the 2026 UCI season and so the points count for that year.
Will they count towards Petrolike's tally or Burgos?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Quick Question: so the Mexican NC that are coming up are technically part of the 2026 UCI season and so the points count for that year.
Will they count towards Petrolike's tally or Burgos?

I guess (but only a guess, I haven't researched anything) it is like a mid-season transfer: it is acknowledged that riders sometimes move within the season, so points before the transfer go to the pre-transfer team.

Why the UCI think it's beneficial to declare the end of the year to be at a time other than when the calendar and, more importantly, rider contracts consider the year to end is anyone's guess.

And strictly speaking, the races in Europe last Sunday were after the last WorldTour race of the year, so should they have been regarded as 2026 season events?

 

[RedheadDane]

Why the UCI think it's beneficial to declare the end of the year to be at a time other than when the calendar and, more importantly, rider contracts consider the year to end is anyone's guess.

Is this one of those situations where it's only the UCI who considers some random date in the middle of October to be the end of the year, whereas anyone who's actually in possession of a calendar, and knows how those things works, know that it's still 2025, and whoever win the various races at the Mexican National Championships will be 2025 National Champions?

 

[staubsauger]

Surely you mean Christophe Rinero.

I had forgotten about Skil. On paper they were rather weak, but as you mention they did a decent 2009 Tour. Skil Shimano even got 3rd in a stage if I recall correctly. They also managed to put half of the team in the first echelon in the La Grand Motte stage which was amazing.

Gosh, of course I meant Rinero! 🤣
Total brain error!

 

[Samamba]

Quick Question: so the Mexican NC that are coming up are technically part of the 2026 UCI season and so the points count for that year.
Will they count towards Petrolike's tally or Burgos?

Team he's riding for now as he's under contract there.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So Filippo Agostinacchio will ride CX for EF, but I don't know what that means for his road career. On a similar note, UAE have signed up Jaime Torres for the Gen Z team.

 

[RedheadDane]

So Filippo Agostinacchio will ride CX for EF, but I don't know what that means for his road career.

If he's going to focus on CX, why would they sign him to the WT Team?
Riding CX for EF could just mean that he's still going to be riding CX, and riding as an EF rider just makes sense.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If he's going to focus on CX, why would they sign him to the WT Team?
Riding CX for EF could just mean that he's still going to be riding CX, and riding as an EF rider just makes sense.

At this moment he, unlike his younger brother, doesn't have an official road contract for next year.

 

[RedheadDane]

At this moment he, unlike his younger brother, doesn't have an official road contract for next year.

I might have gotten them mixed up...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Does Froomey have a team yet?

I’d quite like to see what he can do on the Portuguese conti scene.

 

[JRanton]

UAE announced three extensions:

Tim Wellens gets two more years.

Julius Johansen and Vegard Stake Laengen get one more year.

UAE now has 28 riders confirmed for 2026. So two places left with Benoit Cosnefroy strongly rumoured to fill one of those spots.

 

[Netserk]

UAE announced three extensions:

Tim Wellens gets two more years.

Julius Johansen and Vegard Stake Laengen get one more year.

UAE now has 28 riders confirmed for 2026. So two places left with Benoit Cosnefroy strongly rumoured to fill one of those spots.

They should sign Bling.

 

[RedheadDane]

Polti VisitMalta playing "Gotta catch sign them all" with the Maltese riders.

Team Polti VisitMalta doubles its Maltese presence in the roster: welcome Andrea Mifsud - Team Polti Visit Malta

After officially announcing the addition of four Italian riders, one Spanish, one French and one Argentine, Team Polti VisitMalta strengthens its 2026 roster with an athlete whose nationality carries special significance: Maltese. Equally symbolic is the timing of this announcement — during the...

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[Lurkerman]

They should sign Bling.

I have thought about this transfer too, but I can see him wanting to try at MSR every year for as long as he can maintain the level. Just like Pog. So maybe it gets a bit complicated at UAE

 

[SafeBet]

UAE announced three extensions:

Tim Wellens gets two more years.

Julius Johansen and Vegard Stake Laengen get one more year.

UAE now has 28 riders confirmed for 2026. So two places left with Benoit Cosnefroy strongly rumoured to fill one of those spots.

Matthias Schwarzbacher will not be part of the GenZ team for next year so he's either gonna be promoted or already has a contract with another WT team.

 

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Matthias Schwarzbacher will not be part of the GenZ team for next year so he's either gonna be promoted or already has a contract with another WT team.

a couple of months ago, Benson said that EF was most likely, which would also explain why there's no announcement yet.

 

[Cycling111]

Matthias Schwarzbacher will not be part of the GenZ team for next year so he's either gonna be promoted or already has a contract with another WT team.

I think he'll be promoted to the first team, but it's strange that they haven't said anything like they did with Pericas.

 

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in an interview with ATT boss Radim Kijevsky, he confirmed that Marcin Budziński will join MBH Bank Ballan for 2026. Three other riders had pro-level offers as well, but decided to stay.

About their own roster, he only says that it's almost complete, with one spot left to fill. They had 50 riders applying, but no names are brought up. The program will be more or less like this year (Europe only), with the goal to defend their status as best conti team. Contrary to 2025, two .Pro races (Slovenia and Czech Tour) are already confirmed.

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