2019 season: World Tour transfers - All professional transfers at a glance

Maximilian Schachmann's move to Bora-hansgrohe, André Greipel's signing with French second-division rider Fortuneo and Tony Martin's departure from Katusha-Alpecin - since the transfer window opened on 1 August, there has been a lot of movement on the cycling transfer market, especially from a German perspective. Marcel Sieberg and Phil Bauhaus (both to Bahrain-Merida) as well as Simon Geschke (after ten years with Sunweb to BMC successor CCC) are also looking for new challenges. The talented Max Kanter, twice consecutive German U23 champion, is venturing into the professional peloton with Sunweb. Also new to the World Tour: Jonas Koch with Team CCC. Roger Kluge moves from Mitchelton-Scott to Lotto-Soudal together with top sprinter Caleb Ewan.

But other promising riders have also signed with another team for 2019 - Michael Valgren is swapping the Astana jersey for the new Dimension Data jersey, Tejay Van Garderen is switching from BMC to Education First and his former captain Richie Porte wants to attack again with Trek-Segafredo. Fernando Gaviria moves from Quick Step, where junior world champion and super talent Remco Evenepoel is set to take his first steps with the pros, to UAE Emirates. The Sky armada loses an important helper in Sergio Henao, who also moves to the Persian Gulf.

Here you will find an overview of the transfers of all WorldTour teams and selected ProContinental teams, professionals from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are marked in bold:

AG2R La Mondiale

• New: Larry Warbasse (Acqua Blue Sport), Geoffrey Bouchard (Neo-pro), Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Neo-pro), Dorian Godon (Cofidis)
• Departures: Cyril Gautier (Vital Concept), Rudy Barbier (Israel Cycling Academy), Jan Bakelants (Team Sunweb)

Astana Pro Team

• New: Yuriy Natarov (Neo-pro), Manuele Boaro (Bahrain-Merida), Davide Ballerini (Androni Giocattoli Sidermec), Rodrigo Contreras (EPM), Ion Izagirre, Gorka Izagirre (both Bahrain-Merida), Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Riwal-Ceramicspeed), Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data), Hernando Bohórquez (Manzana Postobon), Jonas Wilsly, Yuriy Natarov (both Astana City)
• Departures: Michael Valgren (Dimension Data), Jesper Hansen (Cofidis), Tanel Kangert (EF-Drapac), Oscar Gatto (Bora-Hansgrohe), Moreno Moser (Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini), Riccardo Minali (Israel Cycling Academy)

Bahrain-Merida

• New: Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing), Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb), Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Soudal), Stephen Williams (SEG Racing Academy), Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing), Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing), Jan Tratnik (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Andrea Garosio (d'Amico - Utensilnord)
• Departures: Manuele Boaro, Ion Izagirre, Gorka Izagirre (all three Astana), Enrico Gasparotto (Dimension Data), Niccolò Bonifazio (Direct Energie), David Per (Adria Mobil), Ramunas Navardauskas (Delko Marseille Provence KTM)

CCC Team (formerly BMC Racing)

• New: Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Will Barta (Hagens Berman Axeon), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Simon Geschke (Sunweb), Gijs van Hoecke (LottoNL-Jumbo), Josef Cerny (Elkov - Author Cycling Team), Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia), Victor de la Parte (Movistar), Lukasz Wisniowski (Team Sky), Amaro Antunes, Szymon Sajnok, Pawel Bernas, Kamil Gradek, Lukasz Owsian, Jonas Koch (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Riccardo Zoidl
• Departures: Dylan Teuns, Rohan Dennis, Damiano Caruso (all three Bahrain-Merida), Danilo Wyss (Dimension Data), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First-Drapac), Simon Gerrans (end of career), Loïc Vliegen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Tejay van Garderen (EF Education First-Drapac), Stefan Küng, Miles Scotson, Kilian Frankiny (all three Groupama-FDJ), Jurgen Roelandts (Movistar), Brent Bookwalter (Mitchelton-Scott), Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Jean-Pierre Drucker (Bora-Hansgrohe), Nicholas Roche (Team Sunweb), Tom Bohli (UAE Team Emirates)
• taken over from BMC: Greg Van Avermaet, Michael SchärNathan Van Hooydonck, Alessandro De Marchi, Joey Rosskopf, Patrick Bevin, Francisco Ventoso

Bora-Hansgrohe

• New: Oscar Gatto (Astana), Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC), Maximilian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors)
• Departures: Michael Kolar (end of career), Matteo Pelucchi (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Alex Saramotins (Inter Pro Cycling Academy)

Dimension Data

• New: Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing), Michael Valgren (Astana), Roman Kreuziger (Mitchelton-Scott), Stefan De Bod, Matteo Sobrero (both Dimension Data for Qhubeka/neo-pros), Rasmus TIlller (Team Joker), Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto Soudal), Enrico Gasparotto (Bahrain-Merida), Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo)
• Departures: Serge Pauwels (BMC Racing), Merhawi Kudus (Astana), Natnael Berhan (Cofidis), Lachlan Morton (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale)

EF Education First-Drapac

• New: Alberto Bettiol (BMC Racing), Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), James Whelan (neo-pro), Julius van den Bergh (neo-pro), Moreno Hofland (Lotto Soudal), Tanel Kangert (Astana), Luis Villalobos (from June 2019/neo), Jonathan Caicedo (Medellin), Sean Bennett (Hagens Berman Axeon), Lachlan Morton (Dimension Data), Sergio Higuita (Manzana Postobon)
• Departures: Pierre Rolland (Vital Concept), Will Clarke (Trek-Segafredo)

Groupama-FDJ

• New: Stefan Küng, Kilian Frankiny, Miles Scottson (all BMC Racing)
• Departures: Jeremy Roy (end of career), Arthur Vichot (Vital Concept), Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy)

Katusha-Alpecin

• New: Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal), Harry Tanfield (Neo-pro), Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo), Ruben Guerrerio (Trek-Segafredo), Daniel Navarro (Cofidis), Dmitry Strakhov (Lokosphinx)
• Departures: Marco Mathis (Cofidis), Tony Martin (LottoNL-Jumbo), Maurits Lammertink (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Tiago Machado (Sporting Clube de Portugal/Tavira), Jhonatan Restrepo (Manzana Postobon)

LottoNL-Jumbo

• New: Wout Van Aert (from 1.3.19), Jonas Vingegaard (ColoQuick Cycling Team), Lennard Hofstede (Sunweb), Mike Teunissen (Team Sunweb), Laurens De Plus (Quick-Step Floors), Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin), Taco van der Hoorn (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij)
• Departures: Gijs van Hoecke (BMC/CCC), Robert Wagner (Fortuneo-Samsic), Enrico Battaglin (Katusha-Alpecin), Lars Boom (Roompot-Charles), Bram Tankink and STef Clement (both end of career)

Lotto Soudal

• New: Caleb Ewan, Roger Kluge (both Mitchelton-Scott), Gerben Thijssen, Stefan Wulf, Brent Van Moer (all three Lotto Soudal U23), Carl Fredrik Hagen (Joker Icopal), Adam Blythe (Aqua Blue Sport), Brian van Goethem (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij)
• Departures: André Greipel (Fortuneo-Samsic), Marcel Sieberg (Bahrain-Merida), Jens Debusschere (Katusha-Alpecin), Moreno Hofland (EF-Drapac), Lars Ytting Bak (Dimension Data)

Mitchelton-Scott

• New: Robert Stannard, Callum Scotson (both Mitchelton-BikeExchange), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Nicholas Schultz (Caja-Rural), Edoardo Affini (SEG Racing Academy), Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Tsgabu Grmay (Trek-Segafredo)
• Departures: Caleb Ewan, Roger Kluge (both Lotto Soudal), Carlos Verona (Movistar), Roman Kreuziger (Dimension Data), Robert Power (Team Sunweb), Svein Tuft (Rally Cycling)

Movistar Team

• New: Carlos Verona (Mitchelton-Scott), Jurgen Roelandts (BMC Racing), Eduard Prades (Euskadi-Murias), Lluís Mas (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
• Departures: Victor de la Parte (CCC Team), Dayer Quintana (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia)

Quick-Step Floors

• New: Remco Evenepoel (Neo-Pro), Mikkel Honoré (Team Virtu Cycling)
• Departures: Niki Terpstra (Direct Energie), Laurens De Plus (LottoNL-Jumbo), Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jhonatan Narvaez (Team Sky), Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates)

Team Sky

• New: Filippo Ganna, Ben Swift (both UAE Team Emirates), Iván Ramiro Sosa (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec, Eddie Dunbar (Aqua Blue Sport), Jhonatan Narvaez (Quick-Step)
• Departures: Lukasz Wisniowski (CCC Team), Beñat Intxausti (Euskadi-Murias), Sergio Henao (UAE Team Emirates)

Team Sunweb

• New: Cees Bol (SEG Racing Academy), Max Kanter, Joris Nieuwenhuis, Marc Hirschi (all Development Team Sunweb), Nicholas Roche (BMC), Robert Power (Mitchelton-Scott), Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Team Virtu Cycling), Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale), Casper Pedersen (Aqua Blue)
• Departures: Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Merida), Roy Curvers (end of career), Simon Geschke (CCC), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL-Jumbo), Laurens ten Dam (CCC), Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Lennard Hofstede (Team LottoNL-Jumbo)

Trek-Segafredo

• New: Matteo Moschetti, Michel Ries (Neo-Pro), Ivan Sosa (Androni-Giocattoli), Richie Porte (BMC), Alex Kirsch (WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic), Will Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac), Giulio Ciccone (Bardiani-CSF), Edward Theuns (Team Sunweb)
• Departures: Grégory Rast (end of career), Matthias Brändle (Isreal Cycling Academy), Giacomo Nizzolo (Dimension Data), Tsgabu Grmay (Mitchelton-Scott), Boy van Poppel (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Eugenio Alafaci (EvoPro Racing), Ruben Guerreiro (Team Katusha Alpecin)

UAE Team Emirates

• New: Alessandro Covi (from 2020), Tadej Pogacar, Christian Munoz (all neo-pros), Tom Bohli (BMC), Rui Oliveira, Ivo Oliveira, Jasper Philipsen (all Hagens Berman Axeon), Juan Sebastián Molano (Manazana Postobon), Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors), Sergio Henao (Team Sky)
• Departures: Ben Swift (Team Sky), Filippo Ganna (Team Sky), Przemysław Niemiec (end of career), Darwin Atapuma (Cofidis)

UCI Pro Continental teams

Androni Giocattoli

• New:
• Departures: Davide Ballerini (Astana), Ivan Sosa (Trek-Segafredo)

Aqua Blue Sport

• Team is dissolved

Bardiani CSF

• Departures: Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo)

CCC Sprandi Polkowice

• New: Team will merge with BMC in 2019 and ride as Team CCC
• Departures: Szymon Sajnok (CCC)

Cofidis

• New: Zico Waeytens (Veranda's Willems-Crelan), Jesper Hansen (Astana), Filippo Fortin (neo), Marco Mathis (Katusha-Alpecin), Damien Touzé (neo), Victor Lafay (neo)
• Departures: Jimmy Turgis (Vital Concept), Daniel Navarro (Katusha-Alpecin), Anthony Turgis (Direct Energie)

Delko Marseille Provence KTM

• New: Eduard Grosu (Nippo Vini Fantini), Alessandro Fedi, Alexis Guerin, Fabien Schmidt (all three neo-pros)
• Departures:

Direct Energy

• New: Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors), Pim Ligthart (Roompot), Niccolo Bonifazio (Bahrain-Merida), Mathieu Burgaudeau (neo), Anthony Turgis (Cofidis)
• Departures: Sylvain Chavanel (end of career)

Euskadi-Murias

• New: Beñat Intxausti (Team Sky)
• Departures: Eduard Prades (Movistar)

Fortuneo Samsic

• New: Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal), Thibaut Guernalec, Alan Riou (both neo-pros)
• Departures:

Israel Cycling Academy

• New: Matthias Brändle (Trek-Segafredo), Rudy Barbier (AG2R La Mondiale)
• Departures:

Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini

• New: Giovanni Lonardi, Alejandro Osorio (both neo-pros), Moreno Moser (Astana)
• Departures: Damiano Cunego (end of career)

Rally Cycling

• New: John Murphy (Holowesko-Citadel), Pier-André Coté (Silber Pro Cycling), Gavin Mannion (UHC)

Vital Concept

• New: Pierre Rolland (EF-Drapac), Arthur Vichot (Groupama-FDJ), Cyril Gautier (AG2R La Mondiale), Jimmy Turgis (Cofidis), Maxime Cam (neo)
• Departures:

Wanty-Groupe Gobert