The Cyclingnews guide to rider transfers 2010-2011
UPDATED: All the comings and goings from the pro peloton
With the Tour de France over and the countdown to the World Championships beginning in earnest, teams are starting to shore up their rosters for next season. The hottest property on the market, Alberto Contador, has already confirmed his move to Saxo Bank-SunGard. Meanwhile, the arrival of the new Luxembourg team should compensate for the departure of some big-name sponsors and ensure significant movement in the transfer market.
Cunego future undecided, says agent as Liquigas and Geox wait in the wings
Lampre and ISD to join forces in 2011
Transfer news: Ardila, Kozontchuk to follow Menchov to Geox?
Transfer news: Gutierrez to ride for Movistar
Liquigas-Doimo and AG2R announce 2011 signings
Team Sky working to strengthen squad for 2011
Luis León Sánchez signs with Rabobank
Transfer news: Vandborg back to Saxo Bank, Stamsnijder on the move
Transfer news: Geox signs Duarte, Wyss and more
UnitedHealthcare adds Förster, Van Poppel and Meier
Team applications for UCI licences reveal new sponsors for 2011
Reimer completes Skil-Shimano roster
Omega Pharma-Lotto 2011 completed by Sieberg
Team Sky signs Appollonio and Hunt
Cornu pumped about his future at Pegasus
Eight riders to step up from Fly V Australia to Pegasus Sports
Smukulis signs with HTC-Highroad
Voss signs with Endura Racing Team
AG2R-La Mondiale completes 2011 roster
Tosatto to Saxo Bank-Sungard for one year
From here until the end of the season there will be a flurry of transfer activity, so don’t get left behind and bookmark this page. Check back regularly to get up-to-the-minute news from Cyclingnews about who's going where in this transfer period.
Ag2r-La Mondiale
In:
Mathieu Perget (Caisse d’Epargne)
Romain Lemarchand (Big Mat-Auber 93)
Matteo Montaguti (De Rosa-Stac Plastic)
Jean-Christophe Péraud (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Mikael Cherel (FDJ)
Seabastien Minard (Cofidis)
Steve Houanard (Skil-Shimano)
Out:
Vladimir Efimkin
René Mandri
Jose Luis Arrieta (Retired)
Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1)
Nicolas Rousseau (Big Mat-Auber 93)
Gatis Smukulis (HTC-Highroad)
Ludovic Turpin (Saur Sojasun)
Tadej Valjavec
Re-signed:
Nicolas Roche
Cyril Dessel
Sebastien Hinault
Yuriy Kritsov
Guillaume Bonnafond
Martin Elminger
John Gadret
Blel Kadri
Rinaldo Nocentini
Julien Berard
Maxime Bouet
Dimitri Champion
Hubert Dupont
Ben Gastauer
Kristof Goddaert
David Le Lay
Julien Loubet
Lloyd Mondory
Anthony Ravard
Christope Riblon
Androni-Diquigiovanni
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Out:
Cameron Wurf (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Astana
In:
Robert Kirserlovski (Liquigas)
Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
Evgeni Petrov (Katusha)
Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre)
Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua&Sapone)
Tanl Kangert (Estonia)
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Garmin-Transitions)
Remi Di Gregoio (FDJ)
Simon Clark (ISD-Neri)
Out:
Alberto Contador
Jesus Hernandez
Daniel Navarro
Benjamin Noval
Re-signed:
Alexander Vinokourov
Bbox-Bouygues Telecom (becomes Europcar)
In:
Sebastian Chavanel (FDJ)
Out:
Yuri Trofimov (Katusha)
Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ)
Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis)
William Bonnet (FDJ)
Johann Tschopp (BMC)
Steve Chainel (FDJ)
BMC
In:
Yannick Eijssen
Amaël Moinard (Cofidis)
Johann Tschopp (Bbox-Bouygues Telecom)
Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas-Doimo)
Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas-Doimo)
Greg Van Avermaert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Tim Roe
Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong)
Ceramica Flaminia
Out:
Riccardo Riccò (Vacansoleil)
Daniele Colli (Geox)
Cervelo TestTeam
Out:
Carlos Sastre (Geox)
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo)
Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervélo)
Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervélo)
Brett Lancaster (Garmin-Cervélo)
Daniel Lloyd (Garmin-Cervélo)
Roger Hammond (Garmin-Cervélo)
Gabriel Rasch (Garmin-Cervélo)
Xavier Tondo (Movistar)
Ted King (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Martin Reimer (Skil-Shimano)
Jeremy Hunt (Team Sky)
Cofidis
Out:
Amaël Moinard
Colnago-CSF Inox
In:
Out:
Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Doimo)
Staying:
Endura Racing Team
In
Rene Mandri (Ag2R La Mondiale)
Paul Voss (Team Milram)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
In:
Pierre Cazaux (FDJ)
Out:
Beñat Intxausti
Re-signed:
Igor Anton
Egoi Martinez
Samuel Sanchez
Romain Sicard
Amets Txurruka
Gorka Verdugo
Iban Velasco
Française des Jeux
In:
Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox)
William Bonnet (Bbox)
Steve Chainel (Bbox)
Out:
Sebastian Chavanel (Europcar)
Jussi Veikkanen (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Christophe Le Mével (Garmin)
Remi Di Gregorio (Astana)
Re-signed:
Frédéric Guesdon
Sandy Casar
Mathieu Ladagnous
Yoann Offredo
Jérémy Roy
Garmin-Transitions
In:
Christophe Le Mével (FDJ)
Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam)
Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam)
Andreas Klier (Cervélo TestTeam)
Brett Lancaster (Cervélo TestTeam)
Daniel Lloyd (Cervélo TestTeam)
Roger Hammond (Cervélo TestTeam)
Gabriel Rasch (Cervélo TestTeam)
Out:
Trent Lowe (Pegasus)
Christian Meier (United Healthcare)
Svein Tuft (Pegasus)
Ricardo Van der Velde
Robbie Hunter (Pegasus)
Danny Pate (HTC-Columbia)
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana)
Steven Cozza (NetApp)
Timothy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Re-signed:
Murilo Fischer
Geox (Footon-Servetto)
In:
Juan Jose Cobo (Caisse d'Epargne)
David Gutierrez Gutierrez
Carlos Sastre (Cervelo)
Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
Fabio Duarte (Café de Colombia)
Matteo Pelucchi (Trevigiani)
Marko Kump (Adria Mobil)
Marcel Wyss (Cervelo)
Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank)
Dimitry Kozontchuk (Rabobank)
David Blanco (Palmeiras)
Daniele Colli (Ceramica Flaminia)
HTC-Highroad
In:
Matt Brammeier (An Post Sean Kelly Team)
John Degenkolb (neo)
Gatis Smukulis (AG2R La Mondiale)
Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank)
Caleb Fairly (neo)
Danny Pate (Garmin-Transitions)
Out:
André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Marcel Sieberg (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Gert Dockx (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Vicente Reynes (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Michael Rogers (Team Sky)
Maxime Monfort (Luxembourg Pro Cycling)
Aleksejs Saramontins (Cofidis)
Re-signed:
Bert Grabsch
Bernard Eisel
Mark Renshaw
ISD-Neri
Re-signed:
Giovanni Visconti
Jamis-Sutter Home
In:
Fernando Antogna
Eric Shildge
Bradley Ghrig
Jelly Belly
In:
Ken Hanson (Team Type 1)
Alex Hagman (neo)
Nick Hamilton
Emerson Oronte
Cameron Cogburn
Alistair Loutit
Out:
Mike Friedman (Kelly Benefit Strategies)
Will Routley (SpiderTech-C10)
Kiel Reijnen (Team Type 1)
Staying:
Jeremy Powers
Brad Huff
Bernard Van Ulden
Will Dickeson
Sean Mazich
Sergio Hernandez
Katusha
In:
Yuri Trofimov (Bbox Bouygues Telecom)
Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Out:
Evgeni Petrov (Astana)
Robbie McEwen (Pegasus Sports)
Serguei Klimov (Pegasus Sports)
Re-signed:
Vladimir Karpets
Kelly Benefit Strategies
Out
Scott Zwizanski (UnitedHealthCare)
Lampre – Farnese Vini
In:
Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli)
Andrei Kashechkin
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androni Giocattoli)
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Miche)
Out:
Mirco Lorenzetto (Astana)
Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Simone Ponzi (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Re-signed:
Damiano Cunego
Liquigas-Doimo
In:
Paolo Borghini Longho (ISD - Neri)
Eros Capecchi (Footon-Servetto)
Cristiano Salerno (De Rosa - Stac Plastic)
Damiano Caruso (De Rosa - Stac Plastic)
Cameron Wurf (Androni Giocattoli)
Alan Marangoni (CSF-Colnago)
Dominik Nerz (Milram)
Mauro Da Dalto (Lampre)
Simone Ponzi (Lampre)
Timothy Duggan (Garmin-Transitions)
Ted King (Cervelo)
Cameron Wurf (Androni-Giocattoli)
Out:
Francesco Chicchi (Quick Step)
Robert Kiserlovski (Astana)
Roman Kreuziger (Astana)
Manuel Quinziato (BMC)
Ivan Santaromita (BMC)
Oliver Zaugg (Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project)
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project
In:
Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisors)
Stefan Denifl (Cervelo)
Brice Feillu (Vacansoleil)
Daniele Bennati (Liquigas)
Davide Viganò (Team Sky)
Giacomo Nizzolo (neo)
Bruno Pires (Barbot Siper)
Maxime Monfort (HTC-Columbia)
Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step)
Dominic Klemme (Saxo Bank)
Linus Gerdemann (Milram)
Fabian Wegmann (Milram)
Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank)
Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank)
Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank)
Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank)
Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank)
Fabian Cancellara? (Saxo Bank)
Anders Lund (Saxo Bank)
Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil)
Tom Stamsnijder (Rabobank)
Oliver Zaugg (Liquigas-Doimo)
Joost Posthuma (Rabobank)
Miche
Movistar
In:
Beñat Intxausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Xavier Tondo (Cervelo TestTeam)
Ignatus Konovalovas (Cervelo TestTeam)
Franciso José Ventoso (Carmiooro)
Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro)
Branislau Samoilau (Quick Step)
Re-signed:
Ivan Gutierrez
Omega Pharma – Lotto
In:
André Greipel (HTC-Columbia)
Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step)
Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ)
Bart De Clerq
Maarten Neyens
Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia)
Vincente Reynes (HTC-Columbia)
Marcel Sieberg (HTC-Columbia)
Gert Dockx (HTC-Columbia)
David Boucher (Landbouwkrediet)
Jens Debusschere
Klaas Lodewyck (Topsport Vlaanderen)
Oscar Pujol (Cervélo)
Sven Vandousselaere (Jong Vlaanderen)
Frederik Willems (Liquigas-Doimo)
Out:
Leif Hoste (Katusha)
Greg Van Avermaert (BMC)
Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R-La Mondiale)
Pegasus Sports
In
Ben Day (Fly V Australia)
Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V Australia)
Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia)
Aaron Kemps (Fly V Australia)
Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia)
Darren Lill (Fly V Australia)
Jay Thomson (Fly V Australia)
Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia)
Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
Dominique Cornu (Skil-Shimano)
Svein Tuft (Garmin-Transitions)
Luke Roberts (Milram)
Christian Knees (Milram)
Serguei Klimov (Katusha)
Robbie Hunter (Garmin-Transitions)
Trent Lowe (Garmin-Transitions)
Daryl Impey (RadioShack)
Rohan Denis (Jayco-Skins)
Clinton Avery (neo)
Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor)
Quick Step
In:
Marc de Maar
Francesco Chicchi
Niki Terpstra
Out:
Kurt Hovelynck (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly)
Kevin Hulsmans (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly)
Jurgen Van de Walle
Maarten Wynants
Marco Velo (retired)
Matteo Tosatto (Saxo Bank-Sungard)
Re-signed:
Sylvain Chavanel
Rabobank
In:
Matti Breschel (Saxo Bank)
Michael Matthews (Jayco-Skins)
Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne)
Theo Bos (Cervelo)
Maarten Wynants (Quick Step)
Carlos Barredo (Quick Step)
Out:
Koos Moerenhout (retired)
Joost Posthuma (Luxembourg team)
Kai Reus (retired)
Denis Menchov (Geox)
Re-signed:
Graeme Brown
RadioShack
In:
Manuel Cardoso (Footon-Servetto)
Jesse Sergent (Trek-Livestrong)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Caja Rural)
Philip Deignan (Cervelo TestTeam)
Nélson Oliveira (Xacobeo Galicia)
Benjamin King (Trek-Livestrong)
Re-signed:
Lance Armstrong
San Bewley
Janez Brajkovic
Matthew Busche
Ben Hermans
Chris Horner
Markel Irizar
Andreas Klöden
Levi Leipheimer
Geoffroy Lequatre
Tiago Machado
Dmitry Muravyev
Sergio Paulinho
Yaroslav Popovych
Gregory Rast
Sebastien Rosseler
Bjorn Selander
Gert Steegmans
Haimar Zubeldia
Out:
Jose Luis Rubiera (Retired)
Daryl Impey (Pegasus Sports)
Saxo Bank – SunGard
In:
Alberto Contador
Jesus Hernandez
Daniel Navarro
Benjamin Noval
Nick Nuyens
Volodymyr Gustov
Manuele Boaro
Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step)
Out:
Fränk Schleck
Andy Schleck
Matti Breschel
Anders Lund
Frank Høj (retired)
Fabian Cancellara
Jens Voigt
Stuart O'Grady
Jakob Fuglsang
Dominic Klemme
Re-signed:
Michael Mørkøv
Skil-Shimano
In:
Johannes Fröhlinger (Milram)
Roman Kluge (Milram)
Marcel Kittel (Thüringer Energie)
Thomas Bonnin
Thomas Damuseau
Martin Reimer
Matthieu Sprick
Ronan van Zandbeek
Out:
Dominique Cornu (Pegasus Sports)
Steve Hounard (AG2R La Mondiale)
Re-signed:
Roy Curvers
Mitchell Docker
Koen de Kort
Steve Houanard
Kenny Van Hummel
Team Sky
In:
Alex Dowsett (Trek-Livestrong)
Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne)
Rigoberto Uran (Caisse d'Epargne)
Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia)
Jeremy Hunt (Cervelo)
Davide Appollonio (Cervelo)
Re-signed:
Russell Downing
Team Type 1
In:
Alexander Efimkin
Alexey Schmidt (neo)
Kiel Reijnen (Jelly Belly)
Ben King (Trek-Livestrong)
Ivan Melero (Burgos 2016 - Castilla y Leon)
Out:
Michael Creed (Kelly Benefit Strategies)
Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly)
Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare)
Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare)
Shawn Milne (Kenda Pro Cycling)
United Healthcare p/b Maxxis
In:
Trent Lowe (Garmin -Transitions)
Robert Förster (Team Milram)
Christian Meier (Garmin-Transitions)
Scott Zwizanski (KBS)
Davide Frattini (Team Type 1)
Chris Jones (Team Type 1)
Charly Wegelius (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Boy Van Poppel (Rabobank Continental)
Vanansoleil
In:
Stijn Devolder
Martijn Keizer
Riccardo Riccò
Ezequiel Mosquera
Out:
Brice Feillu
Bobbie Traksel
Wouter Mol
Re-signed:
Romain Feillu
Bjorn Leukemas