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

[GenericBoonenFan]

Henri-François Renard-Haquin to Picnic according to wielerflits

 

[Samamba]

Henri-François Renard-Haquin to Picnic according to wielerflits

PicNic has to be in some financial trouble too. Lots of the more traditional teams are in deep ***. No place in this sport for teams that aren't financed by states, billionaires or states that are in it for sportswashing or prestige and as a result don't care about normal ROI.

 

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Alexander Krieger (Tudor) retires.

there's quite a good interview with him on the Tudor website

Alex Krieger: From The Bike To The DS Car

September 24, 2025 , Omloop van het Houtland in Lichtervelde, Belgium. Regardless of the TV cameras, Alex Krieger crosses a finish line for the last time, 25 years after his first cycling race; Krieger ends his career. A loyal team player, cunning lead-out man, and intelligent tactician is...

www.tudorprocycling.com

From what it sounds like, main reason for his retirement was his bad crash in the Napoli stage of the 2024 Giro

"When I returned to the scene of the accident during the 2025 Giro d'Italia, I felt like I had come full circle. It helped me process the accident. There's a tree at the scene, and at my crash 2024 I was thrown into it. The result was a broken pelvis and multiple rib fractures. Seeing that tree completely intact showed me how small and vulnerable we are as humans"

Asked for a main reason for ending his career he says "It is the fear of crashing and seriously injuring myself. It's not just the fear of crashing itself; I still feel the necessary willingness to take risks. The fear of injuring myself so badly that permanent damage is expected — this fear is paralysing."

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

there's quite a good interview with him on the Tudor website

Alex Krieger: From The Bike To The DS Car

September 24, 2025 , Omloop van het Houtland in Lichtervelde, Belgium. Regardless of the TV cameras, Alex Krieger crosses a finish line for the last time, 25 years after his first cycling race; Krieger ends his career. A loyal team player, cunning lead-out man, and intelligent tactician is...

www.tudorprocycling.com

From what it sounds like, main reason for his retirement was his bad crash in the Napoli stage of the 2024 Giro

"When I returned to the scene of the accident during the 2025 Giro d'Italia, I felt like I had come full circle. It helped me process the accident. There's a tree at the scene, and at my crash 2024 I was thrown into it. The result was a broken pelvis and multiple rib fractures. Seeing that tree completely intact showed me how small and vulnerable we are as humans"

Asked for a main reason for ending his career he says "It is the fear of crashing and seriously injuring myself. It's not just the fear of crashing itself; I still feel the necessary willingness to take risks. The fear of injuring myself so badly that permanent damage is expected — this fear is paralysing."

I'll never forget José De Cauwer's quote after a great lead-out by Krieger in the 2022 TDF: "Krieger, a man you can count on during war times".

 

[RedheadDane]

I'll never forget José De Cauwer's quote after a great lead-out by Krieger in the 2022 TDF: "Krieger, a man you can count on during war times".

I just remember being rather amused last year by the fact that Tudor had both Alexander Kamp and Alexander Krieger on their team.

 

[ingsve]

I think you calculated it with the correct points, but his name is actually Groves

Ya, I always mix up Kaden and Corbin.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think you calculated it with the correct points, but his name is actually Groves

I was so confused about how Strong got involved.

 

[ingsve]

UCI points don't matter for them at margins anywhere near them as long as they'll have VdP and Phil.

Ya, I suppose that's true. It just feels a little vulnerable to rely so heavily on just a few riders. I guess even if they would crash out like Lotto did this year with their points, they would still have two other years to make it right to not get relegated.

It's funny really how little the rankings mean to anyone except for the relegation battle. Back when they replaced the World Cup with the World Tour the idea was to broaden the fight to be the best riders beyond just 10 one-day races but when it fills the whole calendar it seems like the whole competition sort of evaporated.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Looks like Flanders has announced a whole lot of new transfers.
Amongst them the most interesting is probabyl Henri Vandenabeele, once a promising climber he faded away at DSM. He showed some flashes earlier in the season but the rest of the year was more of the usual unremarkable racing. I do hope he gets to fulfill his potential someday.

Michiel Lambrecht & Leander Van Hautegem jump ship from WBWB.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Barré to Visma as previously rumoured here, excellent potential

Visma | Lease a Bike haalt Louis Barré binnen door vrijgekomen plek Cian Uijtdebroeks

Ontdek hoe Visma | Lease a Bike Louis Barré toevoegt aan het team na vertrek Uijtdebroeks. Lees meer over zijn prestaties en impact. Blijf op de hoogte!

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[Netserk]

Barré to Visma as previously rumoured here, excellent potential

Visma | Lease a Bike haalt Louis Barré binnen door vrijgekomen plek Cian Uijtdebroeks

Ontdek hoe Visma | Lease a Bike Louis Barré toevoegt aan het team na vertrek Uijtdebroeks. Lees meer over zijn prestaties en impact. Blijf op de hoogte!

www.wielerflits.nl

Missed Niklas Larsen, but otherwise it has been the perfect transfer window.