Transfers

Year two of 'Project Pidcock' ramps up with a reloaded roster, an ambitious spring campaign, and expectations of a Tour de France invitation.

The Onley mega-deal to join Ineos Grenadiers delivers one of the biggest contract buyouts in cycling history amid a surge of unprecedented spending and deal-making among cycling's richest teams.

Sources tell Velo that negotiations are nearing completion and that only a late-hour reversal could derail the deal that could be a good fit for both Ineos and Onley.

Girmay provides Team NSN – the squad that was Israel-Premier Tech – a much-needed figurehead for its new era.

Between team mergers and closures, more than 70 riders are competing for just a handful of remaining spots in cycling's most desperate transfer market.

Alison Jackson and Wout Poels join the long list of top stars making high-stakes bets to reboot careers and lift new teams. Will it pay off?

The Lidl buyout is now complete as it becomes a German-registered team with super-sized ambitions for 2026 and beyond.

Ineos let him walk. Pidcock found freedom and delivered a Vuelta podium to stun the doubters. One year later, who really won?

Between salary, bonuses, royalties, and merchandising, the Slovenian cashed in during 2025 to lead a new generation of global stars in cycling's big money era.

Can Kévin Vauquelin reignite the GC ambitions at Ineos Grenadiers and lead the team back to Tour de France glory?

'Irreparable relationship': Canadian star says he’s facing a €30M claim from Israel-Premier Tech after quitting the team over 'just cause.'

Spain's lone WorldTour team is betting the 22-year-old promising Belgian can overcome a rough start to his pro career to deliver the team's first GC win since 2019.

Australian ex-pro will be at the top of the organizational chart in a major backroom reshuffle at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe ahead of Evenepoel's arrival in 2026.

Barta seeks new challenges after four seasons at Movistar: 'The importance Tudor gives to innovation makes me excited.'

Lidl-Trek signs Ayuso through 2030 on long-term bet to win a grand tour: 'Change always brings new energy and ambitions.'

Visma signs Davide Piganzoli on 3-year deal and taps the Italian climber as a future GC successor to Jonas Vingegaard: 'We want to grow with him to the next level.'

Rising US star Riccitello to join Decathlon’s GC project: 'This team will push me to reach my potential.'

Spain's lone men's WorldTour team is doubling down on homegrown talent in rebuild to try to stay even with super teams.

Decathlon goes wild on transfer market with Kooij and four leadout men in push for 'super team' status with new backer CMA AGM.

Explainer: Why pro cycling’s biggest contracts are breaking — money, ambition, ownership shifts, and the race for the yellow jersey.

The budding Spanish star was signed until 2028, but breaks the contract to find a new team that 'shares my same vision.'

Media reports link Spanish star Juan Ayuso in a move to join Lidl-Trek.

'Not an easy decision, but one I made after careful consideration and for legitimate reasons': Rising Canadian star breaks silence as contract dispute with Israel-Premier Tech heats up.

Derek Gee was absent from IPT's Vuelta a España roster, but officials confirm the team is pushing the Canadian to respect his contract through 2028.

Tour de Hoody: Let's take 'silly season' to a new level with these audacious, closer-to-the-truth transfers that would blow up cycling's hierarchy.

'The change I need to take the next step': Vermaerke will race alongside world No. 1 in biggest move in American cycling so far in 2026 transfer season.

Monday’s signings underscore a trend that's emerging in the transfer market: The richest teams like UAE and Lidl-Trek aren’t just chasing the next big thing — they’re signing them to stay for the long haul.

Quick-Step is deploying money saved from Evenepoel's €5.5m salary and seven-figure buyout to sign riders like Van Baarle, Stuyven in classics revival.

Estimated at €8 million per season, the new Red Bull deal launches Evenepoel up cycling's salary rankings. You'll be surprised who is behind him.

The legendary Spanish team is keen for a new marquee rider to recapture its glory days, but is facing headwinds as salaries rise and top riders are locked in to longterm contracts.

Unibet Tietema Rockets signs Dutch WorldTour sprinter ace on two-year deal in one of the surprise signings of the transfer window.

Belgian classics specialist Stuyven inks deal in 'Wolfpack' reboot, Vanthourenhout joins Red Bull in more Evenepoel hints.

Remco Evenepoel’s on-again transfer deal to Red Bull headlines a wild 2025 rider market full of trade rumors, mergers, and team takeovers.

Trade rumors have simmered for more than one year, but sources say negotiations have accelerated for Evenepoel to join Red Bull for 2026.

Can French retailer Decathlon buy its way into Tour de France contention via takeover and spending spree? 'We want to be top-3 in the world.'

UPDATED: Neilson Powless leads a stage-hunting push for EF Education-EasyPost: 'It's the thing that's missing.'

Pidcock says 'the fog has cleared' by his Ineos exit: Can he keep the momentum going in the spring classics?

Viviani secures a deal, but nearly a dozen WorldTour pros are still holding out for a lifeline as the 2025 season is already underway.

Pidcock traded the sure bet of the WorldTour for the chance to start something new at Q36.5. How did the deal go down? ‘We all knew it was a game-changer.’

Simon Yates opens up about cycling’s carbohydrate revolution and its transformative impact on his career as he hits re-set in high-profile transfer to Visma-Lease a Bike.

Swiss star expects more freedom after leaving 'super team' UAE for upstart Tudor: 'Here there's no fight internally for any leadership.'

Multiple sources confirm Ewan is facing uncertainty after requesting an exit from his existing contract and a planned transfer fell through.

Breaking down the highs and lows of cycling’s biggest transfer moves in 2024, and what's in store for 2025 in cycling's never-end game of musical chairs.

'La Gazzetta dello Sport' reveals the whopping numbers behind Pogačar's new wallet-busting deal.

Evenepoel chooses loyalty over Red Bull-Bora’s blockbuster contract temptation that would have been cycling's first eight-figure-deal.

The search for a new contract is one of the most stressful parts of pro cycling. Here's why the right team can make or break a cyclist's career.

The long-term contract extension ends when he's 32 and will make him the best-paid rider in the peloton: 'We have watched him blossom.'

Not all transfers have happy endings: These 3 are hoping to turn page for 2025: 'Things just didn't work out, and that's why I'm leaving.'

Milan Vader's arrival is the latest big-name signing for Q36.5 going into the 2025 season as transfer rumors surrounding Tom Pidcock ramp up again.

Transfers are heating up in the rider market, with EF, Movistar, UAE, and FDJ-Suez all making key moves.

The 2025 WorldTour transfer season sees key strategic moves, with Ineos Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek, Israel-Premier Tech, and Astana-Qazaqstan adding firepower.

The 20-year-old will race the Tour de l'Avenir, and then join Ineos Grenadiers for the remainder of the 2024 racing season: 'He's impressed us.'

The 32-year-old blazed to Olympic gold to cap her dazzling off-road racing career, and now she wants to see how far she can go in road racing.

It's rare that these kind of horizontal moves — one rider out, another rider in — works out so well for all parties involved.

August 1 marks the 'official' opening of the transfer market, though deals are sealed months ago: The richest teams continue to pounce on most promising talent.

The transfer window has been busy this year with some big-name moves, from Nairo Quintana's return to the peloton to Veronica Ewers' move to the new EF Education team.

A link to the team's glory days, when the UK squad won seven of eight yellow jerseys in a row with four different riders, Thomas insists he's still looking forward: 'I still love racing my bike.'

'The Tractor' is the latest in a wave of signings for Lidl-Trek, while Movistar confirms 20 for 2024, with promises of more.

From Primož Roglič's move to Bora-Hansgrohe to Mikel Landa's switch to Soudal Quick-Step, rider transfers ahead of the 2024 season.

It has been a busy transfer window with teams folding, merging, and being created ahead of next season.

Beloki, Emond join EF as teams keep picking up riders to fill out their respective 2024 rosters.

Jumbo-Visma ended 2022 as the No. 1 men's WorldTour team. For next year, the team will be under pressure to stay there.

Aussie outfit fortifies sprint train, GC ambitions with key signings for 2023.

Astana Qazaqstan extends with two riders as teams continue to fill out the final roster spots going into 2023.

From big-ticket moves like Lorena Wiebes to promising young riders like Fem van Empel and Zoe Bäckstedt, here are some of the biggest moves for 2023.

It’s entirely subjective, and only the road in 2023 will decide which worked out, but VeloNews has taken on the tricky task of ranking the men’s WorldTour teams by their transfer activity.

Movistar is full for next season, and Sciandri says the story is 'not true'.

20-year-old US talent steps up to ProTeam-ranked Bardiani-CSF after stunner season with Aevolo.

All of the latest transfers in the women's peloton.

All the latest transfers in the men's peloton.

All the major changes in the men's WorldTour with director changes at several major teams.

Spanish veteran returns to former team in 2023 to play climber captain for Miguel Ángel López.

Team DSM adds a mix of youth and experience into the roster for 2023.

'To be honest when Cavendish was on the market with us we were still very much busy with Kristoff,' says Visbeek.

British climber will move on from Team DSM after three years, with Jack Bauer also linked to the team.

The Belgian has been rumored as a potential replacement for John Lelangue at Lotto-Soudal. He is a good fit for the team, but it's a big risk for him.

'I can come back': Dropped by his current team in September, the American rider is fighting tooth and nail to find a new squad for 2023.

Movistar confirms four contract extensions as Spain's lone WorldTour team looks to future without Valverde.

Basque rider gets better with age, and won three times in 2022 and was fifth at the Giro d'Italia.

'Panic' as rider agents try and usher their stars to the exits.