Cycling transfers: The changes of the top teams

The transfer window in professional cycling is open and team changes can be announced. In our live blog, we will keep you up to date on the most important changes to the top male and female riders. You can also find an overview of the World Tour teams and their arrivals and departures below the blog.

Last update 27.01.2026

Cycling transfers: The most important changes in the live blog

Departures & new additions to the World Tour teams*

Alpecin - Deceuninck

Additions

• Steff Cras (Team TotalEnergies)
• Sente Sentjens (Alpecin-Deceuninck Development Team)
• Florian Sénéchal (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Tim Marsman (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)
• Hugo Houle (Israel - Premier Tech)
• Jonas Geens (Team Flanders - Baloise)
• Lindsay De Vylder (Team Flanders - Baloise)
• Maurice Ballerstedt (without Team 2025)

Departures

• Edward Planckaert (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Fabio van den Bossche (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Xandro Meurisse (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Quinten Hermans (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Gianni Vermeersch (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• Timo Kielich (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Robbe Ghys (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Stan Van Tricht (Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team)

Arkéa - B&B Hotels

Additions

Departures

• Martin Tjøtta (Uno-X Mobility)
• Jenthe Biermans (Cofidis)
• Luca Mozzato (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Raúl García Pierna (Movistar Team)
• Amaury Capiot (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Donavan Grondin (Veloce Club Rouen 76)
• Kévin Vauquelin (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Cristián Rodríguez (XDS Astana Team)
• Louis Rouland (Cofidis)
• Laurens Huys (Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur)
• Simon Guglielmi (St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93)
• Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Ewen Costiou (Groupama - FDJ United)
• Alessandro Verre (MBH Bank CSB Ballan)
• Florian Sénéchal (Alpecin - Premier Tech)
• Léandre Lozouet (CIC Pro Cycling Academy)
• Victor Guernalec (CIC Pro Cycling Academy)
• Mathis Le Berre (TotalEnergies)
• Pierre Thierry (TotalEnergies)
• Thibault Guernalec (TotalEnergies)
• Clément Venturini (Unibet Rose Rockets)
• Giosuè Epis (Petrolike)

Bahrain - Victorious

Additions

• Attila Valter (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Pau Miquel (Equipo Kern Pharma)
• Alessandro Borgo (Bahrain Victorious Development Team)
• Jakob Omrzel (Bahrain Victorious Development Team)

Departures

• Fred Wright (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Nicolò Buratti (MBH Bank CSB Ballan)
• Finlay Pickering (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Torstein Træen (Uno-X Mobility)
• Jack Haig (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Sergio Tu (Astemo Utsunomiya Blitzen)

Cofidis

Additions

• Alex Kirsch (Lidl - Trek)
• Jamie Meehan (AVC Aix Provence Dole)
• Jenthe Biermans (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Yaël Joalland (CIC - U - Nantes)
• Louis Rouland (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Hugo Page (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Camille Charret (Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais)
• Edoardo Zamperini (Arkéa - B&B Hôtels Continentale)

Departures

• Aimé De Gendt (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Jonathan Lastra (Euskaltel - Euskadi)
• Jesús Herrada (Burgos Burpellet BH)
• Stefano Oldani (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA)

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team

Additions

• Antoine L'Hote (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team)
• Tiesj Benoot (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Olav Kooij (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Robbe Ghys (Alpecin - Deceuninck)
• Cees Bol (XDS Astana Team)
• Daan Hoole (Lidl - Trek)
• Matthews Riccitello (Israel - Premier Tech)
• Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar Team)
• Aubin Sparfel (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team)

Departures

• Clément Berthet (Groupama - FDJ)
• Dries de Bondt (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Bastien Tronchon (Groupama - FDJ)
• Dorian Godon (INEOS Greandiers)
• Andrea Vendrame (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Benoît Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
• Sam Bennett (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Victor Lafay (Unibet Rose Rockets)
• Geoffrey Bouchard (Team TotalEnergies)

EF Education - EasyPost

Additions

• Noah Hobbs (EF Education - Aevolo)
• Mattia Agostinacchio (Ciclistica Trevigliese)
• Luke Lamperti (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Michael Leonard (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Matthias Schwarzbacher (UAE Team Emirates Gen Z)

Departures

• Owain Doull (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Yuhi Todome (Aisan Racing Team)
• Jack Rootkin-Gray (Swatt Club)

Groupama - FDJ

Additions

• Matteo Milan (Lidl - Trek Future Racing)
• Clément Berthet (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team)
• Bastien Tronchon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team)
• Victor Loulergue (Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ)
• Josh Kench (Li Ning Star)
• Axel Huens (Unibet Tietema Rockets)
• Titouan Fontaine (Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ

Departures

• Sven Erik Bystrøm (Uno-X Mobility)
• Lewis Askey (Israel - Premier Tech)
• Stefan Küng (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Clément Davy (Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur)

INEOS Grenadiers

Additions

• Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team)
• Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Jack Haig (Bahrain - Victorious)
• Sam Welsford (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL)

Departures

• Michael Leonard (EF Education - EasyPost)

Intermarché - Wanty

Additions

Departures

• Alexander Kamp (Uno-X Mobility)
• Laurenz Rex (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Hugo Page (Cofidis)
• Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team)
• Arne Marit (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• Gerben Thijssen (Alepcin - Premier Tech)
• Francesco Busatto (Alepcin - Premier Tech)
• Dries De Pooter (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Alexy Faure Prost (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Georg Zimmermann (Lotto Intermarché)
• Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Lotto Intermarché)
• Taco van der Hoorn (Lotto Intermarché)
• Luca Van Boven (Lotto Intermarché)
• Jonas Rutsch (Lotto Intermarché)
• Lorenzo Rota (Lotto Intermarché)
• Kamiel Bonneu (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali)
• Louis Barré (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Dion Smith (NSN Cycling Team)

Lidl - Trek

Additions

• Mathias Norsgaard (Movistar Team)
• Max Walscheid (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl - Trek Future Racing)
• Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
• Matteo Sobrero (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• Derek Gee-West (Israel - Premier Tech)

Departures

• Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Alex Kirsch (Cofidis)
• Daan Hoole (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Juan Pedro López (Movistar Team)

Lotto Intermarché

Additions

• Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Luca Van Boven (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Jonas Rutsch (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Wanty - Nippo - ReUz)
• Simone Gualdi (Wanty - Nippo - ReUz)
• Matthew Fox (Veloce Club Rouen 76)
• Vito Braet (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Huub Artz (Intermarché - Wanty)

Departures

Movistar Team

Additions

• Raúl García Pierna (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Adrià Roger (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• Juan Pedro López (Lidl - Trek)
• Pavel Novák (MBH Bank Ballan CSB)
• Cian Uijtdebroeks (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Filip Maciejuk (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)

Departures

• Mathias Norsgaard (Lidl - Trek)
• Will Barta (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Gregor Mühlberger (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA)

NSN Cycling Team

Additions

• Alessandro Pinarello (VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè)
• Ryan Mullen (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• Pau Martí (Israel - Premier Tech Academy)
• Biniam Girmay (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Dion Smith (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Rotem Tene (NSN Development Team)

Departures

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe

Additions

• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Callum Thornley (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies)
• Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin - Deceuninck)
• Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies)
• Mattia Cattaneo (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Adrien Boichis (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies)
• Haimar Etxeberria (Equipo Kern Pharma)
• Arne Marit (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Finn Lorenzo (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies)

Departures

• Adrià Roger (Movistar Team)
• Matteo Sobrero (Lidl - Trek)
• Ryan Mullen (Israel - Premier Tech)
• Sam Welsford (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Filip Maciejuk (Movistar Team)

Soudal Quick-Step

Additions

• Jasper Stuyven (Lidl - Trek)
• Edward Planckaert (Alpecin - Deceuninck)
• Dylan van Baarle (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
• Fabio van den Bossche (Alpecin - Deceuninck)
• Ceriel Desal (Wagner Bazin WB)
• Filippo Zana (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Laurenz Rex (Intermarché - Wanty)

Departures

• Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• Mattia Cattaneo (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)
• James Knox (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Luke Lamperti (EF Education - EasyPost)
• Josef Černý (Elkov - Kasper)

Team Jayco AlUla

Additions

• Filippo Conca (Swatt Club)
• Dries de Bondt (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team)
• Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
• Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team)
• Amaury Capiot (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Pascal Ackermann (Israel - Premier Tech)
• Finlay Pickering (Bahrain - Victorious)
• Rudy Porter (without Team 2025)
• Dries De Pooter (Intermarché - Wanty)

Departures

• Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet Tietema Rockets)
• Elmar Reinders (Unibet Tietema Rockets)
• Eddie Dunbar (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Chris Harper (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Max Walscheid (Lidl - Trek)
• Filippo Zana (Soudal Quick-Step)

Team Picnic PostNL

Additions

• James Knox (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Oliver Peace (Development Team Picnic PostNL)
• Dillon Corkery (St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93)
• Milan De Ceuster (Development Team Picnic PostNL)
• Mattia Gaffuri (Swatt Club)
• Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Wagner Bazin WB)
• Tim de Jong (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)
• Frits Biesterbos (BEAT Cycling Club)
• Alexy Faure Prost (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Mees Vlot (Development Team Picnic PostNL)

Departures

• Kevin Vermaerke (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
• Enzo Leijnse (Anicolor / Tien 21)
• Oscar Onley (INEOS Grenadiers)

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Additions

• Tim Rex (Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development)
• Alec Segaert (Lotto)
• Anton Schiffer (BIKE AID)
• Filippo Fiorelli (VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè)
• Timo Kielich (Alpecin - Deceuninck)
• Davide Piganzoli (Team Polti VisitMalta)
• Owain Doull (EF Education - EasyPost)
• Louis Barré (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Matisse Van Kerckhove (Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development)

Departures

• Attila Valter (Bahrain - Victorious)
• Dylan van Baarle (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Tiesj Benoot (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Thomas Gloag (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
• Cian Uijtdebroeks (Movistar Team)

UAE Team Emirates - XRG

Additions

• Adrià Pericas (UAE Team Emirates Gen Z)
• Kevin Vermaerke (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team)

Departures

• Alessandro Covi (Team Jayco AlUla)
• Juan Ayuso (Lidl - Trek)

XDS Astana Team

Additions

• Cristián Rodríguez (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)
• Marco Schrettl (Tirol KTM Cycling Team)
• Arjen Livyns (Lotto)
• Gleb Syritsa (XDS Astana Development Team)
• Guillermo Thomas Silva (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA)
• Lev Gonov (XDS Astana Development Team)

Departures

• Fausto Masnada (MBH Bank Ballan CSB)
• Cees Bol (Decathlon CMA CGM)
• Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility)
• Wout Poels (Unibet Rose Rockets)
• Michele Gazzoli (Team Solution Tech - Vini Fantini)

Women's cycling: UCI Women's WorldTour

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AG Insurance - Soudal Team

Additions

• Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Oatly)

Departures

• Gaia Masetti (Team Picnic PostNL)

Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto

Additions

Departures

• Ricarda Bauernfeind (Lidl - Trek)
• Alice Towers (EF Education-Oatly)

Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team

Additions

Departures

• Daniek Hengeveld (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Marta Jaskulska (Human Powered Health)
• Kristýna Burlová (Cofidis Women Team)
• Sarah van Dam (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Dilyxine Miermont (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Célia Le Mouël (Ma Petite Entreprise)
• Sara Fiorin (Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi)
• Mylène de Zoete (Fenix - Premier Tech)
• Franziska Brauße (REMBE | rad-net Women)
• Fariba Hashimi (Vini Fantini - BePink)ro

EF Education - Oatly

Additions

• Caoimhe O'Brien (Cynisca Cycling)
• Axelle Dubau-Prévot (no previous team)

Departures

FDJ - Suez

Additions

• Lauren Dickson (Handsling Alba Development Road Team)
• Franziska Koch (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Eva van Agt (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ)

Departures

• Loes Adegeest (Lidl - Trek)
• Alessia Vigilia (Uno-X Mobility)
• Nina Buijsman (Human Powered Health)
• Lauren Molengraaf (Fenix-Premier Tech Development Team)

Fenix-Deceuninck

Additions

• Charlotte Kool (Team Picnic PostNL - from 15/08/2025)
• Fien Van Eynde (Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team)
• Mylène de Zoete (CERATIZIT Pro Cycling Team)
• Lotte Claes (Arkéa - B&B Hotels Women)
• Xaydee Van Sinaey (Fenix-Deceuninck Development Team)

Departures

• Pauliena Rooijakkers (UAE Team ADQ)
• Cecilia van Zuthem (Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team)

Human Powered Health

Additions

• Marta Jaskulska (Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team)
• Petra Stiasny (Roland Le Dévoluy)
• Titia Ryo (Arkéa - B&B Hotels Women)
• Nina Buijsman (FDJ - Suez)
• Jente Koops (NXTG Racing U19 Development Team)

Departures

Lidl - Trek

Additions

• Ricarda Bauernfeind (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto)
• Loes Adegeest (FDJ - Suez)
• Margot Vanpachtenbeke (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)
• Marine Lenehan (Dan Morissey Primor by Pissei)

Departures

• Izzy Sharp (Handsling Alba Development Road Team)

Liv AlUla Jayco

Additions

• Matilde Vitillo (Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team)
• Mackenzie Coupland (Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team)
• Noä Jansen (Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team)
• Nadia Gontova (Winspace Orange Seal)
• Vinnie Manion (Hagens Berman Jayco)

Departures

• Amber van der Hulst (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)
• Mavi García (UAE Team ADQ)

Movistar Team

Additions

• Francesca Barale (Team Picnic PostNL)

Departures

• Jelena Erić (Uno-X Mobility)
• Paula Patiño (Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi)

Roland Le Dévoluy

Additions

Departures

• Petra Stiasny (Human Powered Health)
• Mia Griffin (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Morgane Coston (Ma Petite Entreprise)
• Elena Pirrone (Team Mendelspeck E-Work)
• Giulia Giuliani (Team Mendelspeck E-Work)
• Vittoria Ruffilli (Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi)

Team Picnic PostNL

Additions

• Daniela Hezinová (Grouwels-Watersley R&D Road Team)
• Megan Arens (Grouwels-Watersley R&D Road Team)
• Lucie Fityus (St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 WE)
• Robyn Clay (DAS - Hutchinson)
• Mia Griffin (Roland Le Dévoluy)
• Dilyxine Miermont (Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team)
• Audrey De Keersmaeker (Lotto Ladies)
• Gaia Masetti (AG Insurance - Soudal Team)

Departures

• Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Deceuninck - as of 15/08/2025)
• Franziska Koch (FDJ - Suez)
• Francesca Barale (Movistar Team)
• Esmée Pederkamp (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)
• Megan Jastrab (UAE Team ADQ)
• Nienke Vinke (Team SD Worx - Protime)

Team SD Worx - Protime

Additions

• Valentina Cavallar (Arkéa - B&B Hotels Women)
• Nienke Vinke (Team Picnic PostNL)

Departures

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Additions

• Daniek Hengeveld (Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team)
• Sarah van Dam (Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team)
• Katharina Sadnik (no previous team)

Departures

• Eva van Agt (FDJ - Suez)
• Mijntje Geurts (Cofidis Women Team)
• Sophie von Berswordt (VolkerWessels Cycling Team)
• Linda Riedmann (Lotto Intermarché Ladies)

UAE Team ADQ

Additions

• Federica Venturelli (UAE Development Team)
• Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix - Deceuninck)
• Megan Jastrab (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Mavi García (Liv AlUla Jayco)
• Febe Jooris (UAE Development Team)
• Safia Alsayegh (UAE Development Team)

Departures

• Sofia Bertizzolo (FDJ - Suez)

Uno-X Mobility

Additions

• Laura Tomasi (Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi)
• Alessia Vigilia (FDJ - Suez)
• Jelena Erić (Movistar Team)
• Francesca Pellegrini (UAE Development Team)
• Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Team Coop - Repsol)

Departures

• Simone Boilard (St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 WE)
• Solbjørk Minke Anderson (EF Education-Oatly)

*Source: Pro Cycling Stats