Nairo Quintana tops shrinking unsigned rider list as Valgren, Costa renew with EF Education-EasyPost

COMO ITALY OCTOBER 12 Nairo Quintana of Colombia and Movistar Team competes during the 118th Il Lombardia 2024 a 255km one day race from Bergamo to Como UCIWT on October 12 2024 in Como Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
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Pro cycling's annual game of Musical Chairs is weeks away from ending and 44 WorldTour riders have yet to sign new contracts for the 2025 season. Among those yet to be confirmed, Colombian Nairo Quintana topped the list in terms of points scored during this season until Movistar announced they have renewed his contract for 2025.

Quintana was unable to find a team for 2023 after being disqualified from the 2022 Tour de France for testing positive for Tramadol. Movistar signed him for 2024 on a one-year contract. Quintana struggled with illness and injury in the early season and scrapped his GC ambitions for the Giro d'Italia. He finished second on the stage to Livigno but went winless during the year.

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Rider2024 Points2024 Team
Alexander Cepeda246EF Education-EasyPost
Dmitriy Gruzdev234Astana Qazaqstan Team
Axel Mariault232Cofidis
Elia Viviani212Ineos Grenadiers
Matteo Sobrero207Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
Esteban Chaves196EF Education-EasyPost
Gleb Brussenskiy185Astana Qazaqstan Team
Jesus David Peña172Team Jayco-AlUla
Simon Guglielmi134Arkea-B&B Hotels
Taco van der Hoorn130Intermarché-Wanty
Yukiya Arashiro115Bahrain Victorious
Ben Hermans112Cofidis
Ruben Fernandez108Cofidis
Igor Chzhan98Astana Qazaqstan Team
Maurice Ballerstedt96Alpecin-Deceuninck
Dusan Rajovic71Bahrain Victorious
Santiago Umba68Astana Qazaqstan Team
Blake Quick65Team Jayco-AlUla
Jonas Koch60Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
Rudy Porter58Team Jayco-AlUla
Marc Sarreau56Groupama-FDJ
Yevgeniy Gidich55Astana Qazaqstan Team
Ahmed Madan45Bahrain Victorious
Stefan de Bod41EF Education-EasyPost
Cameron Scott40Bahrain Victorious
Alexis Gougeard38Cofidis
Harrison Wood36Cofidis
Vadim Pronskiy35Astana Qazaqstan Team
James Shaw35EF Education-EasyPost
Anton Kuzmin30Astana Qazaqstan Team
Anton Palzer30Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
Martijn Tusveld26Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
Kenny Elissonde21Cofidis
Leo Hayter20Ineos Grenadiers
Senne Leysen20Alpecin-Deceuninck
Alvaro Hodeg15UAE Team Emirates
Fabio Felline7Lidl-Trek
Amund Grøndahl Jansen5Team Jayco-AlUla
Michael Vink5UAE Team Emirates
Christophe Noppe3Cofidis
Lukasz Owsian3Arkea-B&B Hotels
Lukasz Wisniowski0Bahrain Victorious
Cameron Wurf0Ineos Grenadiers
Odd Christian Eiking248Uno-X Mobility
Damien Howson244Q36.5
Negasi Haylu Abreha165Q36.5
Kamil Malecki156Q36.5
Mads Würtz Schmidt142Israel-Premier Tech
Carl Fredrik Hagen141Q36.5
Simon Pellaud115Tudor Pro Cycling
Idar Andersen104Uno-X Mobility
Tom Bohli104Tudor Pro Cycling
Martin Urianstad Bugge81Uno-X Mobility
Johannes Adamietz78Lotto Dstny
Alessandro Fancellu71Q36.5
Marcel Camprubí67Q36.5
Tobias Ludvigsson63Q36.5
Filippo Conca55Q36.5
Szymon Sajnok44Q36.5
Mason Hollyman30Israel-Premier Tech
Nils Brun12Tudor Pro Cycling
Niklas Larsen12Uno-X Mobility
Cyrus Monk8Q36.5
Louis Bendixen5Uno-X Mobility
Sindre Kulset0Uno-X Mobility
Tom Devriendt0Q36.5
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