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

[Devil's Elbow]

In fairness to Haig, he's had 3x top 5 in the Dauphine, 4x top 10 in Paris-Nice and a top 10 in his only feature in Tirreno-Adriatico. Top 3 in the Vuelta is obviously an outlier but he does have good GC palmares.

With a next-highest GT finish of 19th he belongs there regardless of his one-week results being comparatively decent.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Gee-West, life is peaceful there,
Gee-West, in the open air,
Gee-West, where the skies are blue,
Gee-West, this is what we're gonna do

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[Berniece]

That took a while but good for him everything is straightened out. He should’ve winked in the video though

 

[Samamba]

Dion Smith to NSN, that means that everyone who had a contract at Lotto or Intermarché found a team, and almost all of them a decent or very good team.

 

[search]

Another empty spot at NSN goes to Rotem Tene - but only on from February, after Clarke's retirement:

Dion Smith and Rotem Tene set to bolster NSN Cycling Team - NSN Cycling Team

NSN Cycling Team is excited to announce New Zealander Dion Smith and Rotem Tene will join the WorldTeam in 2026.

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Normally this means that there should be another announcement to come, as Houle's spot is still available.

 

[Netserk]

Gee-West, life is peaceful there,
Gee-West, in the open air,
Gee-West, where the skies are blue,
Gee-West, this is what we're gonna do

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GEE-RO LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Dion Smith to NSN, that means that everyone who had a contract at Lotto or Intermarché found a team, and almost all of them a decent or very good team.

Which is more than can be said for Arkea's and Wagner Bazin's final squads, but sadly I don't think many teams will be kicking themselves over losing those signing opportunities.

Not wanting to doubt you over Lotto/ Intermarché, but did Kevin Colleoni choose to retire, or has he just been left unemployed? And does Gerben Kuypers have a new road team to go with his new CX contract? And from the Lotto side, whither Logan Currie and has Van Der Paar conceded defeat to his injuries? (those are the gaps on PCS destination lists)

 

[Wyndbrook]

Which is more than can be said for Arkea's and Wagner Bazin's final squads, but sadly I don't think many teams will be kicking themselves over losing those signing opportunities.

Not wanting to doubt you over Lotto/ Intermarché, but did Kevin Colleoni choose to retire, or has he just been left unemployed? And does Gerben Kuypers have a new road team to go with his new CX contract? And from the Lotto side, whither Logan Currie and has Van Der Paar conceded defeat to his injuries? (those are the gaps on PCS destination lists)

As well as agreeing with all the riders you name, is it reasonable to believe that six other Intermarche riders all retired by choice.

 

[search]

Not wanting to doubt you over Lotto/ Intermarché, but did Kevin Colleoni choose to retire, or has he just been left unemployed? And does Gerben Kuypers have a new road team to go with his new CX contract? And from the Lotto side, whither Logan Currie and has Van Der Paar conceded defeat to his injuries? (those are the gaps on PCS destination lists)

I think the emphasis was on "who had a contract", so from those 40 or so contracted for 2026, which had to fit into 30 seats. For Colleoni etc this was not the case.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I think the emphasis was on "who had a contract", so from those 40 or so contracted for 2026, which had to fit into 30 seats. For Colleoni etc this was not the case.

I see, thanks.

 

[pastronef]

so Visma has a free spot now. who gets it?

 

[RedheadDane]

so Visma has a free spot now. who gets it?

Well, technically, the always had a free spot (even after Barré's transfer got finalised).
They could just stay at 28...

 

[Leadbelly]

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Radim Kijevský (ATT manager) will decide whether he will pull a joker out of his sleeve. The rider who has ridden in two World teams in the past four years is interested in working for the team. And he is not a rider who is heading towards cycling retirement at the age of 26.

Maciejuk to ATT?

 

[Onizuka999]

The italian team Bardiani Saber buys two Uzbek riders: the national champion Nikita Tsvetkov and the sprinter Sergey Rostovtsev that just switched his nationality previously he was Russian.

 

[Brullnux]

Finally confirmation that Louis Barre has joined Visma on a three year deal.

A shame

 

[Brullnux]

Gee-West, life is peaceful there,
Gee-West, in the open air,
Gee-West, where the skies are blue,
Gee-West, this is what we're gonna do

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I feel like Lidl-Trek went from very focused squad-building, almost Quickstep like ability in classics (minus not having the aliens), to a bit scattergun in the hope of repaying Lidl and becoming the next superteam.

Gee, Ayuso, Skjelmose (maybe even Ciccone) will all expect to be supported in GTs, though none of them can come close to the Tour so to win something there might be a fight for Giro/Vuelta places. Meanwhile they'll also have to cater to Milan and Pedersen for sprints.

In the hilly classics they also have a lot of good, best of the rest type riders - Ciccone, Skjelmose, Simmons, maybe even Ayuso. And that's not to mention the young guns like AWP and Nys. I wonder how/if they'll fit them all in.

 

[hayneplane]

I feel like Lidl-Trek went from very focused squad-building, almost Quickstep like ability in classics (minus not having the aliens), to a bit scattergun in the hope of repaying Lidl and becoming the next superteam.

Gee, Ayuso, Skjelmose (maybe even Ciccone) will all expect to be supported in GTs, though none of them can come close to the Tour so to win something there might be a fight for Giro/Vuelta places. Meanwhile they'll also have to cater to Milan and Pedersen for sprints.

In the hilly classics they also have a lot of good, best of the rest type riders - Ciccone, Skjelmose, Simmons, maybe even Ayuso. And that's not to mention the young guns like AWP and Nys. I wonder how/if they'll fit them all in.

A lot of highly promising riders but yes definitely rich potential for things to get very messy with squabbling over workload and hierarchical pecking order.