Cycling transfer tracker: keep up with all the ins and outs
With cycling's contract negotiation window opening on August 1, teams have been busy already. Find out who's moving where and who's not going anywhere
Ryder Hesjedal, Michal Kwiatkowski, Marcel Kittel (Watson)
Ag2r La Mondiale
Ins: François Bidard (trainee), Romain Campistrous (trainee), Nico Denz (trainee), Florent Pereira (trainee) Cyril Gautier (Europcar)
Outs:
Astana
Ins: Eros Capecchi (Movistar), Gatis Smukulis (Katusha)
Outs: Rein Taaramae (Katusha), Mikel Landa (Team Sky), Borut Bozic (Cofidis)
BMC
Ins: Richie Porte (Team Sky) Tom Bohli (trainee), Kilian Frankiny (trainee), Floris Gerts (trainee)
Outs: Peter Stetina (Trek)
Cannondale-Garmin
Ins: Jasper Bovenhuis (trainee), Ryan Mullen (An Post - Chain Reaction), Wouter Wippert (Drapac Pro Cycling), Michael Woods (Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies), Patrick Bevin (Avanti Racing), Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-Quick Step), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Lawson Craddock (Giant-Alpecin), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo)
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Outs: Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step), Ryder Hesjedal (Trek), Matej Mohoric (Lampre-Merida), Nathan Haas (Dimension Data)
Etixx-Quick-Step
Ins: Fernando Gaviria, Rodrigo Contreras, Laurens de Plus, Davide Martinelli, Bob Jungels (Trek), Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin), Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Lampre-Merida), Marcel Kittel (Giant-Alpecin)
Outs: Michal Kwiatkowsi (Team Sky), Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Garmin), Michal Golas (Team Sky)
FDJ
Ins: Fabien Doubey (trainee), Marc Fournier (trainee), Elie Gesbert (trainee), Ignatas Konovalovas (Team Marseille 13 KTM), Sebastian Reichenback (IAM Cycling) Daniel Hoelgaard (Team Joker)
Outs: Arnold Jeannesson (Cofidis)
Giant-Alpecin
Ins: Daan Olivier (trainee), Max Walscheid (trainee), Soren Kragh Andersen (Team Trefor-Blue Water), Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Team Joker), Max Walscheid (Kuota-Lotto), Laurens Ten Dam (LottoNL-Jumbo)
Outs: Luka Mezgec (Orica-GreenEdge), Lawson Craddock (Cannondale-Garmin), Thierry Hupont (Delko Marseille - Provence KTM), Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step)
IAM Cycling
Ins: Vegard Steke Laengen (Team Joker), Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge), Oliver Naesen (Topsport Vlaanderen)
Outs: Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), Sebastian Reichenbach (team unknown), Jerome Coppel (team unknown)
Katusha
Ins: Nils Politt (Team Stolting), Jhonatan Restrepo (trainee), Michael Morkov (Tinkoff-Saxo), Rein Taaramae (Astana), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Soudal), Matvei Mamykin
Outs: Yury Trofimov (Tinkoff-Saxo), Gatis Smukulis (Astana), Rudi Selig (Bora-Argon 18)
Lampre-Merida
Ins: Filippo Ganna (trainee), Luca Pacioni (trainee), Edward Ravasi (trainee) Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka), Matej Mohoric (Cannondale-Garmin), Marko Kump,
Outs: Niccolo Bonifazio (Trek), Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Etixx-Quick Step), Rafael Valls (Lotto-Soudal), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Ruben Plaza (Orica-GreenEdge)
LottoNL-Jumbo
Ins: Koen Bouwman (SEG Racing), Twan Castelijns (trainee), Steven Lammertink (trainee), Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani CSF), Victor Campenaerts (Topsport Vlaanderen), Primoz Roglic (Adria Mobil
Outs: Nick Van Der Lijke (Rompoot Oranje Peloton)
Lotto-Soudal
Ins: Frederik Frison (trainee), Kenneth Van Rooy (trainee), Dries Van Gestel (trainee), Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen), Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida), Tomasz Marczynski (Torku Sekerspor), Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen)
Outs: Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Katusha), Kenny De Haes (Wanty Groupe-Gobert)
Movistar
Ins: Jorge Arcas (Lizarte), Nelson Oliveira (Lampre-Merida)
Outs: Beñat Intxausti (Team Sky), Eros Capecchi (Astana)
Orica-GreenEdge
Ins: Chris Juul-Jensen (Tinkoff-Saxo), Jack Haig, Alexander Edmondson, Robert Power, Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural), Luka Mezgec (Giant-Alpecin), Ruben Plaza (Lampre-Merida)
Outs: Simon Clarke (Cannondale-Garmin), Pieter Weening (Team Roompot Oranje Peloton), Leigh Howard (IAM Cycling), Cameron Meyer (Dimension Data)
Team Sky
Ins: Alex Peters, Tao Geoghegan Hart (trainee), Mikel Landa (Astana), Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick Step), Gianni Moscon, Michal Golas (Etixx-Quick Step), Beñat Intxausti (Movistar), Danny Van Poppel (Trek Factory Racing)
Outs: Richie Porte (BMC), Kanstantin Siutsou (Dimension Data) Bernie Eisel (Dimension Data), Danny Pate (Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies), Nathan Earle (Drapac), Chris Sutton
Tinkoff-Saxo
Ins: Michael Gogl (trainee), Felix Großschartner (trainee), Antwan Toelhoek (trainee) Adam Blythe (Orica-GreenEdge), Yury Trofimov (Katusha)
Outs: Chris Juul-Jensen (Orica-GreenEdge), Michael Morkov (Katusha), Chris Anker Sorensen, Matti Breschel (Cannondale-Garmin)
Trek Factory Racing
Ins: Leonardo Basso (trainee), Julien Bernard (trainee) Niccolo Bonifazio (Lampre-Merida), Edward Theuns (Topsport-Vlaanderen), Ryder Hesjedal (Trek), Peter Stetina (BMC), Jack Bobridge (Budget Forklifts)
Outs: Bob Jungels (Etixx-Quick Step), Danny Van Poppel (Team Sky)
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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.