Rider transfers 2023: Everything you need to know about rider moves in the men’s peloton
All the latest transfers in the men's peloton.
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August 1 marked the official start of the transfer season with a number of high profile moves in the men’s WorldTour peloton. Mark Cavendish and Adam Yates are still up for grabs but riders such as Richard Carapaz, Dylan van Baarle and Tim Merlier have been signed to new teams for 2023.
We’ve tracked all the major moves, contract extensions and riders leaving teams in this article. We’ll make updates throughout the coming days and weeks as more transfers are announced.
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Ag2r-Citroën
New signings: Alex Baudin (Tudor), Valentin Retailleau (AG2R Citroën U23).
Extensions: Dorian Godon, Mikaël Cherel, Stan Dewulf, Nicolas Prodhomme.
Leaving: Clément Champoussin (Arkéa-Samsic), Bob Jungels (Bora-Hansgrohe), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarche), Gijs van Hoecke (Human Powered Health).
Astana Qazaqstan
New signings: Harold Martin López
Extensions:
Leaving: Vincenzo Nibali (retires), Luis Leon Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious).
Bahrain-Victorious
New signings: Andrea Pasqualon (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Nikias Arndt (Team DSM), Dušan Rajović (Team Corratec), Fran Miholjević (Cycling Team Friuli ASD), Rainer Kepplinger (Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang), Cameron Scott (ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast), Sergio Tu.
Extensions: Wout Poels, Matej Mohoric, Pello Bilbao, Heinrich Haussler, Kamil Gradek, Yukiya Arashiro, Phil Bauhaus, Jack Haig, Edoardo Zambanini, Jasha Sütterlin.
Leaving: Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), Domen Novak (UAE Emirates), Jan Tratnik (Jumbo-Visma), Stephen Williams (TBC), Chun Kai Feng.
Bora-Hansgrohe
New signings: Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroen), Florian Lipowitz, Nico Denz (Team DSM).
Extensions: Lennard Kämna, Ben Zwiehoff, Cesare Benedetti, Patrick Gamper, Anton Palzer.
Leaving: Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates), Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma), Lukas Pöstlberger (BikeExchange).
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
New signings: Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA), Axel Mariault, Axel Mariault, Harrison Wood.
Extensions: Guillaume Martin, José Herrada, Eddy Finè.
Leaving:
Soudal Quick-Step (formerly, Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl)
New signings: Jan Hirt (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Casper Pedersen (Team DSM), Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix)
Extensions: Yves Lampaert.
Leaving: Mark Cavendish (TBC), Iljo Keisse (retires), Zdeněk Štybar (Team BikeExchange), Mikkel Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost).
EF Education-EasyPost
New signings: Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), Jefferson Cepeda (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Andrea Piccolo (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Andrey Amador (Ineos Grenadiers), Mikkel Honoré (QuickStep).
Extensions: Rigoberto Uran, Simon Carr.
Leaving: Alex Howes and Lachlan Morton (both full-time off-road racing), Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-EasyPost), Sebastian Langeveld (retires).
Groupama-FDJ
New signings:Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ U23 ), Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ U23), Reuben Thompson (Groupama-FDJ U23), Sam Watson (Groupama-FDJ U23), Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ U23).
Extensions: Stefan Kung, David Gaudu, Matthieu Ladagnous, Fabien Lienhard, Clement Davy, Olivier Le Gac, Lars van der Berg, Ignatas Konovalovas.
Leaving: Attila Valter (Jumbo-Visma), Ramon Sinkeldam (B&B Hotels-KTM), Jacopo Guarnieri (Lotto Soudal), Antoine Duchesne (retires), Anthony Roux (retires), Antoine Duchesne (retires).
Ineos Grenadiers
New signings: Leo Hayter (Hagens Berman Axeon), Thymen Arensman (Team DSM), Joshua Tarling, Connor Swift (Arkea-Samsic), Michael Leonard.
Extensions: Filippo Ganna, Tom Pidcock, Ethan Hayter, Michal Kwiatkowski.
Leaving: Dylan van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Eddie Dunbar (BikeExchange-Jayco), Richie Porte (retires), Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost), Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates).
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert
New signings: Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma), Rui Costa (UAE Emirates), Dries De Pooter (Hagens Berman Axeon), Madis Mihkels (Ampler-Tartu 2024), Lilian Calmejane (AG2R), Dion Smith (Team BikeExchange).
Extensions: Biniam Girmay, Simone Petilli, Boy Van Poppel, Loïc Vliegen.
Leaving: Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X), Jan Hirt (Soudal-Quick-Step), Andrea Pasqualon (Bahrain Victorious), Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jan Bakelants, Dmitri Claeys (Retires).
Israel-Premier Tech
New signings: Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious), Mason Hollyman, Marco Frigo, Derek Gee, Matthew Riccitello, Jens Reynders (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise).
Extensions: Simon Clarke, Daryl Impey, Omer Goldstein, Guy Sagiv, Guillaume Boivin, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Rik Zabel, Tom Van Asbroeck.
Leaving: Patrick Bevin (Team DSM), Jenthe Biermans (Arkea-Samsic), Mathias Brandle (Retires), Alex Dowsett (Retires).
Lotto Dstny
New signings: Jacopo Guarnieri (Groupama-FDJ), Matthijs Paasschens (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB), Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Soudal U23), Pascal Eenkhoorn (Jumbo-Visma), Lennart Van Eetvelt, Arjen Livyns (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces WB), Milan Menten (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Liam Slock (Lotto Soudal Development Team), Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Soudal Development Team).
Extensions: Thomas de Gendt, Maxim Van Gils, Arnaud De Lie, Andreas Kron, Sylvain Moniquet, Sébastien Grignard.
Leaving: Philippe Gilbert (Retiring), Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Harm Vanhoucke (Team DSM), Steff Cras (TotalEnergies).
Movistar
New signings: Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates), Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-EasyPost), Iván Romeo (Hagens Berman Axeon).
Extensions: Imanol Erviti, Lluis Mas, Albert Torres, José Joaquin Rojas.
Leaving: Alejandro Valverde (retires).
Team BikeExchange
New signings: Eddie Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers), Felix Engelhardt (Tyrol), Filippo Zana (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Chris Harper (Jumbo-Visma), Elmar Reinders (Riwal), Rudy Porter, Blake Quick, Felix Engelhardt, Zdeněk Štybar (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Welay Hagos Berhe (EF Education-NIPPO Development Team),
Extensions: Michael Matthews, Simon Yates, Kevin Colleoni, Jan Maas, Amund Grøndahl Jansen, Luka Mezgec, Luke Durbridge, Lucas Hamilton, Callum Scotson.
Leaving: Sam Bewley (retires), Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Tanel Kangert (TBC), Alex Edmondson (Team DSM), Damien Howson, Dion Smith, Cameron Meyer (retires).
Team DSM
New signings: Max Poole (Team DSM Development), Patrick Bevin (Israel Premier Tech), Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto-Soudal), Matthew Dinham, Alex Edmondson (Team BikeExchange) Sean Flynn.
Extensions: Romain Bardet, Chris Hamilton, Nils Eekhoff, Kevin Vermaerke, Martijn Tusveld, Florian Stork.
Leaving: Søren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Cees Bol (B&B Hotels-KTM), Casper Pedersen (Soudal-Quick-Step), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious), Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), Mark Donovan (TBC).
Team Jumbo-Visma
New signings: Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Tom Gloag (Trinity Racing), Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious), Atilla Valter (Groupama-FDJ).
Extensions: Tiesj Benoot Timo Roosen, Lennard Hofstede, Wout van Aert.
Leaving: Tom Dumoulin (retires), Chris Harper (BikeExchange-Jayco), Pascal Eenkoorn (Lotto Dstny), Mike Teunissen (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), David Dekker (Arkea).
Trek-Segafredo
New signings: Thibau Nys, Mathias Vacek, Natnael Tesfatsion (Drone-Hopper).
Extensions: Mads Pedersen, Bauke Mollema, Jasper Stuyven, Toms Skujiņš, Mattias Skjelmose Jensen.
Leaving: Gianluca Brambilla (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Alexander Kamp (Tudor Pro Cycling), Matteo Moschetti.
UAE-Team Emirates
New signings: Domen Novak (Bahrain Victorious), Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), Felix Großschartner (BORA – hansgrohe), Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers).
Extensions: Brandon McNulty, Rafal Majka, Diego Ulissi and Mikkel Bjerg, Vegard Stake Laengen, Matteo Trentin, Rui Oliveira, Ivo Oliveira
Leaving: Fernando Gaviria (Movistar), Rui Costa (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert).
ProTeams
Alpecin-Deceuninck (formerly, Alpecin-Fenix)
New signings: Kaden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco), Søren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM), Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert)
Extensions: Jasper Philipsen
Leaving: Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick-Step)
Arkéa-Samsic
New signings: David Dekker (Jumbo Visma).
Extensions:
Leaving: Connor Swift (Ineos Grenadiers), Nairo Quintana (TBC).
B&B Hotels-KTM
New signings:
Extensions:
Leaving:
Rally Cycling
New signings:
Extensions:
Leaving:
Team TotalEnergies
New signings:
Extensions: Anthony Turgis, Dries Van Gestel, Alexis Vuillermoz.
Leaving:
Uno-X Pro Cycling
New signings: Alexandre Kristoff (Wanty Gobert)
Extensions:
Leaving: