Transfers

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.

The Italian former world champion had planned to retire this season but will ride on for at least one more year.

Our VeloNews editors face off over the Evenepoel quandary: Will he stay or will he go?

A VeloNews article, an Instagram DM, and one of the most dedicated juniors out there: How 18-year-old Canadian Michael Leonard landed a deal with Ineos Grenadiers.

Classics rider brings valuable experience to the Australian team.

Canadian has been making waves in Europe this season.

Veteran rider set to leave Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl for a new challenge on the Australian team.

Several sources claim that there's interest in the transfer from Ineos Grenadiers and that a deal could be close.

Team DSM sign two new riders for 2023 as Bevin leaves Israel-Premier Tech and Vanhoucke switches from Lotto-Soudal.

'My ambition is to develop myself more as a rider and human,' says GC prospect.

French climber joins non-French team for first time in career.

Sponsor ties see the veteran Italian connected to Ryder's new pro squad.

The 24-year-old will aim to provide the team with some continuity when Annemiek van Vleuten retires next season.

Megan Jastrab set to extend her contract with Team DSM women's team.

The trio joins Dylan van Baarle and Wilco Kelderman as new signings for the next season.

Veteran sprinter is still on the market and talking to Paris Cycling Club for 2023.

A move to BikeExchange looks unlikely as Ineos Grenadiers remains an option.

VeloNews confirms that the British rider will leave Arkéa-Samsic and that Ineos Grenadiers is close to announcing another new signing.

The 18-year-old Canadian won the Trofeo Madonna del Cavatore and the Gran Premio Bermac Gara this season.

Van Dijk has been a part of the team since its inception in 2019.

Former US champion pens one-year extension with French outfit that he joined in 2019.

Dutch squad with revolutionary new business model plans to step up to ProTeam level next season.

The story behind the biggest transfer of the summer as Ecuadorian star switches from Ineos to EF Education-EasyPost.

Van Baarle moves on after five years at Ineos Grenadiers, while Kelderman switches from Bora-Hansgrohe.

'To join Trek-Segafredo is the biggest chance in my career and an opportunity for which I am super happy,' says 26-year-old.

The young Italian finished 13th overall at the Giro d'Italia Donne this summer.

Luka Mezgec, Luke Durbridge, Lucas Hamilton, and Callum Scotson are all confirmed through to 2024 with the Aussie squad.

The Australian leaves BikeExchange-Jayco after 11 years with the team.

Despite offers from other teams, the Colombian star penned a three-year deal to stay with the French squad destined for the WorldTour in 2023.

Former world champion extends with British squad in what will be a full decade in team colors.

Trek-Segafredo continues to invest in young talent to build for future with two new deals for 2023.

The Spanish champion is the team's first major GC signing in several years.

The Ecuadorian joined the American squad in a mid-season transfer.

Now in his prime years, Jungels is moving to a team that feels like a natural fit for both parties.

The 28-year-old Austrian leaves Bora-Hansgrohe.

American WorldTour team snaps up junior world road champion.