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

[GenericBoonenFan]

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...

teampoltivisitmalta.com

Probably the best Maltese rider out there, and I mean no offense to Buttigieg but Mifsud can atleast hold his own in the French cup races

Edit: If you want a laugh, look up how the Maltese National Championships is set up.

 

[laarsland]

and Tsarenko will stay. Some pro teams showed interest, but while his results were good, the numbers didn't convince them.

Tsarenko torna a casa con un nuovo successo e il contratto in tasca

Altro successo in Asia per Kyrylo Tsarenko, primo al Tour de Kyushu. Nelle gare a tappe l'ucraino è cresciuto, ma il WorldTour resta un sogno

bici.pro

Hope his purple patch this fall carries over to next season

 

[RedheadDane]

Edit: If you want a laugh, look up how the Maltese National Championships is set up.

I'm just looking at Buttigieg's results page on PCS. My plan was to find the national championships through there, and thus found out how many - or rather few - rode.
And... errr... I'm confused. How many national championships do they need? What?

 

[AlfaLum]

I'm just looking at Buttigieg's results page on PCS. My plan was to find the national championships through there, and thus found out how many - or rather few - rode.
And... errr... I'm confused. How many national championships do they need? What?

In May and June, three separate road races were held. The rider with the smallest combined time in those three races was crowned national champion.

And then they have the ITT Championship and another ITT Championship over coastal roads.

What is so strange about that?

 

[RedheadDane]

In May and June, three separate road races were held. The rider with the smallest combined time in those three races was crowned national champion.

And then they have the ITT Championship and another ITT Championship over coastal roads.

What is so strange about that?

I guess the road racing thing kinda makes sense... showing someone who's been consistently good over a longer period of time, rather than just good - with maybe some luck thrown in - in a single day.
The "ITT over costal roads" that's... oddly specific.

 

[Landeirovic]

Benoît Cosnefroy joins UAE Team Emirates-XRG on two-year deal - UAE team Emirates

Frenchman to link up with his new teammates at the squad's Abu Dhabi camp, bringing with him a proven record of one-day success

www.uaeteamemirates.com

 

[Roku]

In May and June, three separate road races were held. The rider with the smallest combined time in those three races was crowned national champion.

And then they have the ITT Championship and another ITT Championship over coastal roads.

What is so strange about that?

Everything, considering the traditional approach in cycling to national / continental / world championships: one day races for road and ITT and no separation between flat and mountain ITT (though I admit i've seen a few other countries that separate regular ITT and mountain climb ITT)

 

[Berniece]

Gerben Thijssen might go to Alpecin

Intermarché dan toch sponsor van de fusieploeg, Gerben Thijssen vertrekt

Op de eerste deadline van 15 oktober voor de registratie voor de UCI-licenties van 2026 ontbrak het sponsordossier van Intermarché nog in de fusieplannen van Lotto Cycling Team. De volgende deadline-dag van 1 november lijkt wel in orde te komen. Volgens onze info hebben Intermarché en de...

www.hln.be

 

[search]

Gerben Thijssen might go to Alpecin

Intermarché dan toch sponsor van de fusieploeg, Gerben Thijssen vertrekt

Op de eerste deadline van 15 oktober voor de registratie voor de UCI-licenties van 2026 ontbrak het sponsordossier van Intermarché nog in de fusieplannen van Lotto Cycling Team. De volgende deadline-dag van 1 november lijkt wel in orde te komen. Volgens onze info hebben Intermarché en de...

www.hln.be

also Senechal, according to that article, who could still be a decent domestique. Makes sense to get him on board.

 

[JRanton]

Anton Kuzmin extends with Astana for another year.

 

[Squire]

Gerben Thijssen might go to Alpecin

Intermarché dan toch sponsor van de fusieploeg, Gerben Thijssen vertrekt

Op de eerste deadline van 15 oktober voor de registratie voor de UCI-licenties van 2026 ontbrak het sponsordossier van Intermarché nog in de fusieplannen van Lotto Cycling Team. De volgende deadline-dag van 1 november lijkt wel in orde te komen. Volgens onze info hebben Intermarché en de...

www.hln.be

How many sprinters do you want in your team?

Yes.

 

[Samamba]

How many sprinters do you want in your team?

Yes.

Partly paid by Lotto-Intermarché so it's a good deal for them.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Partly paid by Lotto-Intermarché so it's a good deal for them.

You know the merger is a mess when they need to subsidise the contract of someone at the level of Thijssen...

 

[search]

You know the merger is a mess when they need to subsidise the contract of someone at the level of Thijssen...

he hardly showed conti level this year, to be fair. Guys like him or Kamp would never got a new WT deal at a normal salary.

 

[Roku]

he hardly showed conti level this year, to be fair. Guys like him or Kamp would never got a new WT deal at a normal salary.

He had a horrible season, but I think that's too harsh

 

[Samamba]

You know the merger is a mess when they need to subsidise the contract of someone at the level of Thijssen...

Bourlart just massively overpaid him.

 

[search]

He had a horrible season, but I think that's too harsh

yeah, a bit to harsh probably. Let's up that by one level.

But last winter he said that he lost weight to be more versatile, and to be honest, the only result that I saw was that he completely lost his sprint. No idea if he can still turn this around or not.