Cycling transfers: The official transfers of the top teams

The transfer window in professional cycling has been open for some time now and numerous changes have been announced. In our live blog, we keep you up to date on the most important transfers of the top male and female riders. You will also find You below the blog an overview of the World Tour teams and their arrivals and departures.

Cycling transfers: The most important changes in the live blog

Departures & new additions to the World Tour teams*

AG2R-CITROËN TEAM

Additions

• Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Victor Lafay (Cofidis)
• Sander De Pestel (Team Flanders-Baloise)
• Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ)
• Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Gianluca Pollefliet (Lotto-Dstny Development)

Departures

• Greg van Avermaet (end of career - 31.12.)
• Michael Schär (end of career - 31.12.)
• Clement Venturini (Arkea - B&B Hotels)
• Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mikael Cherel (end of career - 31.12.)

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Additions

• Timo Kielich (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development Team)
• Axel Laurance (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development Team)
• Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development Team)
• Juri Hollmann (Movistar)
• Stan van Tricht (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Luca Vergallito (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development Team)
• Lars Boven (Jumbo-Visma Development Team)

Departures

• Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto-Dstny)
• Stefano Oldani (Cofidis)
• Alexander Krieger (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Kristian Sbaragli (Team Corratec - Selle Italia)
• Jakub Mareczko (Team Corratec - Selle Italia)

Arkea-Samsic

Additions

• Miles Scotson (Groupama-FDJ)
• Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ - from 01/08/2023)
• Clement Venturini (AG2R-CITROËN TEAM)
• Laurens Huys (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty)
• Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa)
• Florian Senechal (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Raul Garcia Pierna (Equipo Kern Pharma)

Departures

• Maxime Bouet (end of career - 31.12.)
• Nacer Bouhanni (end of career - 31.12.)
• Laurent Pichon (end of career - 31.12.)
• Clement Russo (Groupama-FDJ)
• Andrii Ponomar (Team Corratec - Selle Italia)
• Warren Barguil (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Hugo Hofstetter (Israel-Premier Tech)

Astana Qazaqstan Team

Additions

• Max Kanter (Movistar)
• Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
• Lorenzo Fortunato (Eolo-Kometa)
• Henok Mulubrhan (Green Project - Bardiani CSF - Faizane)
• Nicolas Vinokourov (Astana Qazaqstan Development Team)
• Harold Martin Lopez (Astana Qazaqstan Development Team)
• Davide Ballerini (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Michael Morkov (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Rüdiger Selig (Lotto-Dstny)
• Daniil Marukhin (Vino SKO Team)
• Anton Kuzmin (Almaty Astana Motors)
• Michele Gazzoli (Astana Qazaqstan Development Team)
• Santiago Umba (GW Shimano-Sidermec)

Departures

• Luis Leon Sanchez (end of career - 31.12.)
• Manuele Boaro (end of career - 31.12.)
• Davide Martinelli (end of career - 31.12.)
• Fabio Felline (Lidl-Trek)
• Javier Romo (Movistar)
• Gianni Moscon (Soudal - Quick Step)
• David de la Cruz (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Martin Laas (Ferei Quick-Panda Podium Mongolia Team)

Bahrain-Victorious

Additions

• Alberto Bruttomesso (Cycling Team Friuli ASD)
• Finlay Pickering (Trinity Racing)
• Max van der Meulen (from 2025, from 2024 Cycling Team Friuli ASD, Bahrain's Devo team)
• Torstein Traeen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)

Departures

• Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
• Mikel Landa (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Filip Maciejuk (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Bora-Hansgrohe

Additions

• Alexander Hajek (Tirol KTM Cycling Team)
• Emil Herzog (Hagens Berman Axeon)
• Matteo Sobrero (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Daniel Felipe Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers)
• Roger Adria (Equipo Kern Pharma)
• Sam Welsford (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
• Filip Maciejuk (Bahrain-Victorious)

Departures

• Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates)
• Ide Schelling (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
• Patrick Konrad (Lidl-Trek)
• Matthew Walls (Groupama-FDJ)
• Shane Archbold (career ends 31.12.2023)
• Matteo Fabbro (Polti-Kometa)
• Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)

Cofidis

Additions

• Alexis Gougeard (VC Rouen 76)
• Nicolas Debeaumarche (St Michel - Mavic- Auber93)
• Nolann Mahoudo (CIC U Nantes Atlantique)
• Ludovic Robeet (Bingoal WB)
• Stefano Oldani (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Gorka Izagirre (Movistar)
• Aime De Gendt (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty)
• Milan Fretin (Team Flanders-Baloise)
• Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Human Powered Health)
• Oliver Knight (AVC Aix-en-Provence)
• Ben Hermans (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Kenny Elissonde (Lidl-Trek)

Departures

• Jose Herrada (end of career - 31.12.)
• Pierre-Luc Perichon (end of career - 31.12.)
• Wesley Kreder (end of career - 31.12.)
• Francois Bidard (end of career - 31.12.)
• Remy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ)
• Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek)
• Max Walscheid (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Alexandre Delettre (St. Michel - Mavic - Auber93)
• Davide Cimolai (Movistar)
• Andre Carvalho (Sabgal - Anicolor)

EF Education EasyPost

Additions

• Michael Valgren (EF Education-NIPPO Development Team)
• Archie Ryan (Jumbo-Visma Development Team)
• Darren Rafferty (Hagens Berman Axeon)
• Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Willebrord Wil Vooruit)
• Jack Rootkin-Gray (Saint Piran)
• Lukas Nerurkar (Trinity Racing)
• Harry Sweeny (Lotto-Dstny)
• Rui Costa (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty)
• Markel Beloki (MMR Cycling Academy)
• Yuhi Todome (EF Education-NIPPO Development Team)

Departures

• Magnus Cort Nielsen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
• Jens Keukeleire (end of career - 31.12.)
• Julius van den Berg (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Jonathan Caicedo (Petrolike)
• Mark Padun (Corratec)

Groupama-FDJ

Additions

• Clement Russo (Arkea-Samsic)
• Sven Erik Byström (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty)
• Remy Rochas (Cofidis)
• Eddy Le Huitouze (Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ)
• Cyril Barthe (Burgos-BH)
• Matthew Walls (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Marc Sarreau (AG2R-Citroën Team)

Departures

• Arnaud Demare (Arkea-Samsic - from 1 August 2023)
• Thibaut Pinot (end of career - 31.12.)
• Mathieu Ladagnous (end of career - 31.12.)
• Miles Scotson (Arkea - B&B Hotels)
• Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Jake Stewart (Israel - Premier Tech)
• Bram Welten (Team dsm-firmenich)

Ineos Grenadiers

Additions

• Oscar Rodriguez (Movistar)
• Andrew August
• Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma)
• Theodor Storm (NPV-Carl Ras Roskilde Junior)

Departures

• Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates)
• Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek)
• Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Ben Tulett (Jumbo-Visma)
• Luke Plapp (Team Jayco-AlUla)

Intermarche-Circus-Wanty

Additions

• Francesco Busatto (Circus ReUz-Technord)
• Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Circus-ReUz-Technord)
• Vito Braet (Team Flanders-Baloise)
• Kevin Colleoni (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Alexy Faure Prost (Circus-ReUz-Technord)

Departures

• Sven Erik Byström (Groupama-FDJ)
• Laurens Huys (Arkea - B&B Hotels)
• Niccolo Bonifazio (Corratec - Selle Italia)
• Aime De Gendt (Cofidis)
• Loic Vliegen (Bingoal WB)
• Rui Costa (EF Education EasyPost)

Jumbo-Visma

Additions

• Johannes Staune-Mittet (Jumbo-Visma Development Team)
• Per Strand Hagenes (Jumbo-Visma Development Team)
• Loe van Belle (Jumbo-Visma Development Team)
• Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar)
• Ben Tulett (Ineos Grenadiers)
• Bart Lemmen (Human Powered Health)
• Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Departures

• Rohan Dennis (end of career - 31.12.)
• Jos van Emden (end of career - 31.12.)
• Sam Oomen (Lidl - Trek)
• Gijs Leemreize (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Timo Roosen (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Primoz Roglic (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Tobias Foss (Ineos Grenadiers)

Lidl Trek

Additions

• Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious)
• Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers)
• Andrea Bagioli (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Simone Consonni (Cofidis)
• Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Fabio Felline (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
• Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates)
• Carlos Verona (Movistar)
• Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma)
• Tim Declercq (Soudal - Quick Step)

Departures

• Tony Gallopin (end of career - 31.12.)
• Filippo Baroncini (UAE Team Emirates)
• Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
• Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Marc Brustenga (Equipo Kern Pharma)
• Kenny Elissonde (Cofidis)
• Emils Liepins (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Antwan Tolhoek (Sabgal - Anicolor)

Movistar

Additions

• Carlos Canal (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
• Manlio Moro (Zalf Euromobil Flor)
• Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH)
• Javier Romo (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
• Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates)
• Remi Cavagna (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural)
• Nairo Quintana
• Davide Cimolai (Cofidis)

Departures

• Imanol Erviti (end of career - 31.12.)
• Jose Joaquin Rojas (end of career - 31.12.)
• Max Kanter (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
• Matteo Jorgenson (Jumbo-Visma)
• Gorka Izagirre (Cofidis)
• Juri Hollmann (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek)
• Oscar Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers)
• Lluis Mas (Illes Baleares Araby Cycling)

Soudal - Quick Step

Additions

• Luke Lamperti (Trinity Racing)
• Gil Gelders (Soudal - Quick Step Devo Team)
• William Junior Lecerf (Soudal - Quick Step Devo Team)
• Warre Vangheluwe (Soudal - Quick Step Devo Team)
• Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious)
• Ayco Bastiaens (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development Team)
• Jordi Warlop (Soudal - Quick Step Devo Team)
• Antoine Huby (Vendee U)
• Gianni Moscon (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
• Paul Magnier (Trinity Racing)

Departures

• Dries Devenyns (end of career - 31.12.)
• Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Fabio Jakobsen (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Andrea Bagioli (Lidl-Trek)
• Jannik Steimle (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Davide Ballerini (Astana Qazqastan Team)
• Florian Senechal (Arkea - B&B Hotels)
• Michael Morkov (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
• Tim Declercq (Lidl-Trek)
• Stan Van Tricht (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Remi Cavagna (Movistar)
• Mauro Schmid (Team Jayco-AlUla)

Team dsm-firmenich

Additions

• Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic)
• Gijs Leemreize (Jumbo-Visma)
• Timo Roosen (Jumbo-Visma)
• Bram Welten (Groupama - FDJ)
• Patrick Eddy (Development Team dsm-firmenich)
• Enzo Leijnse (Development Team dsm-firmenich)
• Frank van den Broek (Development Team dsm-firmenich)
• Emils Liepins (Lidl-Trek)
• Julius van den Berg (EF Education EasyPost)

Departures

• Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
• Marius Mayrhofer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Florian Stork (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
• Henri Vandenabeele (Lotto-Dstny)
• Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto-Dstny - from 15 August 2023)
• Sam Welsford (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Marco Brenner (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar)

Team Jayco-AlUla

Additions

• Mauro Schmid (Soudal - Quick Step)
• Davide De Pretto (Zalf Euromobil Fior)
• Anders Foldager (Biesse-Carrera)
• Max Walscheid (Cofidis)
• Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny)
• Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers)

Departures

• Zdenek Stybar (end of career - 31.12.)
• Matteo Sobrero (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Kevin Colleoni (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty)

UAE Team Emirates

Additions

• Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers)
• Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Filippo Baroncini (Lidl-Trek)
• Igor Arrieta (Equipo Kern Pharma)
• Antonio Morgado (Hagens Berman Axeon)
• Isaac del Toro (A.R Monex Pro Cycling Team)

Departures

• Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech)
• Ryan Gibbons (Lidl-Trek)
• Davide Formolo (Movistar)
• George Bennett (Israel - Premier Tech)
• Felix Groß (Rad-Net Oßwald)

Women's cycling: UCI Women's WorldTour

Women's cycling is also changing. Here is an overview of all the teams in the UCI Women's World Tour for the 2024 season.

Canyon//SRAM Racing

Additions

• Zoe Bäckstedt (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB - from 01/09/2023)
• Justyna Czapla (Canyon//SRAM Generation)

Departures

• Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck)
• Sarah Roy (Cofidis Women Team)

EF Education-TIBCO-SVB

Additions

• -

Departures

• Georga Williams (end of career - 31.12.)
• Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Veronica Ewers (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Lauren Stephens (Cynisca Cycling)
• Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon//SRAM Racing - from 01/09/2023)
• Femke Beuling (VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam)
• Sara Poidevin (DNA Pro Cycling)
• Emma Langley (Virginia's Blue Ridge - TWENTY24)
• Krista Doebel-Hickok (Human Powered Health)
• Abi Smith (Team dsm-firmenich)

FDJ-Suez

Additions

• Alessia Vigilia (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo)
• Nina Buijsman (Human Powered Health)
• Lea Curinier (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Coralie Demay (St Michel - Mavic - Auber93 WE)
• Amber Kraak (Team Jumbo-Visma)
• Lauren Molengraaf

Departures

• Victoire Guilman (St Michel - Mavic - Auber93 WE)
• Maelle Grossetete (Human Powered Health)
• Clara Copponi (Lidl-Trek)
• Emilia Fahlin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)

Fenix-Deceuninck

Additions

• Pauliena Rooijakkers (Canyon//SRAM Racing)

Departures

• Kim De Baat (end of career - 31.12.)
• Julie van de Velde (AG Insurance - Soudal Quick Step)

Human Powered Health

Additions

• Romy Kasper (AG Insurance - Soudal Quick Step)
• Maelle Grossetete (FDJ-Suez)
• Ruth Edwards
• Krista Doebel-Hickok (EF-Education-TIBCO-SVB)
• Linda Zanetti (UAE Development Team)
• Katia Ragusa (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Silvia Zanardi (BePink - GOLD)
• Wiktoria Pikulik (MAT Atom Deweloper Wroclaw)
• Yiulia Biriukova (UAE Development Team)

Departures

• Eri Yonamine (Laboral Kutxa Fundacion Euskadi)
• Nina Buijsman (FDJ-Suez)
• Makayla Macpherson (DNA Pro Cycling)
• Marjolein van 't Geloof (Hess Cycling Team)
• Antri Christoforou (Israel-Premier Tech Roland)

Israel Prime Minister Tech Roland

Additions

• Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health)
• Natalie Grinczer (Lifeplus Wahoo)
• Sylvie Swinkels (Team Coop - Hitec Products)
• Giorgia Vettorello (BePink - Gold)

Departures

• Claire Steels (Movistar Team)
• Elizabeth Stannard (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Silvia Magri (Team Grand Est - Komugi - La Fabrique)

Lidl Trek

Additions

• Clara Copponi (FDJ-Suez)
• Felicity Wilson-Haffenden (Team Bridgelane)
• Fleur Moors
• Ava Holmgren
• Isabella Holmgren
• Izzy Sharp

Departures

• -

Liv Racing TeqFind

Additions

• -

Departures

• Mavi Garcia (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Tereza Neumanova (UAE Team ADQ)
• Quinty Ton (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Jeanne Korevaar (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Silke Smulders (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Caroline Andersson (Team Jayco-AlUla)
• Valerie Demey (VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam)
• Sabrina Stultiens (VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam)
• Thalita de Jong (Lotto Dstny Ladies)
• Rachele Barbieri (Team dsm-firmenich)
• Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health)
• Marta Jaskulska (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling)

Movistar Team

Additions

• Laura Ruiz Perez (Eneicat - CMTeam - Seguros Deportivos)
• Lucia Ruiz Perez (Eneicat - CMTeam - Seguros Deportivos)
• Claire Steels (Israel-Premier Tech Roland)
• Olivia Baril (UAE Team ADQ)

Departures

• Annemiek van Vleuten (end of career - 31.12.)
• Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
• Lourdes Oyarbide (Laboral Kutxa Fundacion Euskadi)
• Alicia Gonzalez (Lifeplus Wahoo)
• Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance - Soudal Quick Step)

Team dsm-firmenich

Additions

• Abi Smith (EF Education-Tibco-SVB)
• Rachele Barbieri (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Josie Nelson (Team Coop - Hitec Products)

Departures

• Lea Curinier (FDJ-Suez)

Team Jayco-AlUla

Additions

• Mavi Garcia (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Anna Trevisi (UAE Team ADQ)
• Quinty Ton (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Jeanne Korevaar (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Silke Smulders (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Caroline Andersson (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo)

Departures

• Jessica Allen (end of career - 31.12.)
• Chelsie Wei Shi Tan (end of career - 31.12.)
• Nina Kessler (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Ane Santesteban (Laboral Kutxa Fundacion Euskadi)
• Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Cannondale)

Team Jumbo-Visma

Additions

• Vigie Margau (Lifeplus Wahoo)
• Mijntje Geurts (Lotto Dstny Ladies)
• Lieke Nooijen (Parkhotel Valkenburg)
• Sophie von Berswordt

Departures

• Teuntje Beekhuis (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
• Coryn Labecki (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ)
• Kim Cadzow (EF Education-Cannondale)
• Amber Kraak (FDJ-Suez)

Team SD Worx

Additions

• Femke Gerritse (Parkhotel Valkenburg)

Departures

• -

UAE Team ADQ

Additions

• Karlijn Swinkels (Jumbo-Visma)
• Dominika Wlodarczyk (MAT Atom Deweloper Wrocław)
• Tereza Neumanova (Liv Racing TeqFind)
• Anastasia Carbonari (UAE Development Team)

Departures

• Laura Tomasi (Laboral Kutxa Fundacion Euskadi)
• Olivia Baril (Movistar Team)
• Anna Trevisi (Team Jayco-AlUla)

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

Additions

• Simone Boilard (St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93)
• Teuntje Beekhuis (Team Jumbo-Visma)
• Katrine Aalerud (Movistar)
• Solbjörk Minke Anderson (Team Grand Est - Komugi - La Fabrique)

Departures

• Hannah Barnes (end of career - 31.12.)
• Hannah Ludwig (Cofidis Women Team)

*Source: ProCyclingStats.com