Cycling transfers 2019: All the ins and outs from the WorldTour

There are plenty of big names on the market this off-season, and with the transfer window having opened on August 1 we're now finding out where they're headed
Cycling Weekly

Cycling’s transfer window swung wide open on August 1, meaning teams are free to announce which riders are coming and going for the 2019 season.

This is expected to be an exciting period of transfers, with a number of big name riders expected to be changing teams for the 2019 season.

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Here is our handy list of the ins and outs from each WorldTour team, which will be updated with all the big moves throughout August and the rest of the season.

Ag2r La Mondiale

Ins: Geoffrey Bouchard, Darian Godon (Cofidis), Larry Warbasse (Aqua Blue Sport)

Outs: Cyril Gautier (Vital Concept)

Renewals: Mathias Frank, Nans Peters, Quentin Jauregui, Benoit Cosnefroy, Clement Chevrier, Alexandre Geniez, Gediminas Bagdonas, Stijn Vandenbergh, Hubert Dupont, Samuel Dumoulin, Alexis Gougeard

Astana

Ins: Yuriy Natarov (Astana City), Manuele Boaro (Bahrain-Merida) Davide Ballerini (Androni-Giocatolli Sidermec), Rodrigo Contreras (EPM), Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida)

Outs: Michael Valgren (Dimension Data), Jesper Hansen (Cofidis), Tanel Kangert (EF Education First-Drapac), Oscar Gatto (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Renewals: Alexey Lutsenko, Laurens De Vreese

Bahrain-Merida

Ins: Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing), Stevie Williams (SEG Racing Academy), Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing), Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Soudal), Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb), Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing), Jan Tratnik (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Andrea Garosio (d’Amico-Utensilnord)

Outs: Manuele Boaro (Astana), Ion Izagirre (Astana), Gorka Izagirre (Astana), Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energie), Enrico Gasparotto (Dimension Data)

Renewals: Hermann Pernsteiner

CCC Sprandi (formerly BMC Racing)

Ins: Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), Michael Schär (BMC Racing), Nathan Van Hooydonck (BMC Racing), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Will Barta (Hagens Berman Axeon), Simon Geschke (Sunweb), Szymon Sajnok (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Lukasz Owsian (CCC Sprandi), Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing), Josef Cerny (Elkov-Author), Gijs Van Hoecke (LottoNL-Jumbo), Amaro Antunes (CCC Sprandi), Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia), Victor de la Parte (Movistar), Lukasz Wisniowski (Team Sky), Laurens ten Dam (Sunweb)

Outs: Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), Loïc Vliegen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Merida), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First-Drapac), Simon Gerrans (Retires), Tejay van Garderen (EF Education First-Drapac), Rohan Dennis (Bahrain-Merida), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida), Kilian Frankiny (Groupama-FDJ), Brent Bookwalter (Mitchelton-Scott), Jean-Pierre Drucker (Bora-Hansgrohe), Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb)

Bora-Hansgrohe

Ins: Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing), Oscar Gatto (Astana), Maximillian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors)

Outs:

Renewals: Rafal Majka, Pawel Poljanski, Jay McCarthy

EF Education First-Drapac

Ins: Alberto Bettiol (BMC Racing), Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), James Whelan (Drapac EF Cycling), Moreno Hofland (Lotto-Soudal), Tanel Kangert (Astana), Luis Villalobos (Aevolo)

Outs: Pierre Rolland (Vital Concept), Will Clarke (Trek-Segafredo)

Renewals: Matti Breschel, Sep Vanmarcke, Sebastian Langeveld, Hugh Carthy

Dimension Data

Ins: Michael Valgren (Astana), Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing), Roman Kreuziger (Mitchelton-Scott), Rasmus Tiller (Joker Icopal), Stefan De Bod (Dimension Data for Qhubeka), Lars Bak (Lotto-Soudal), Enrico Gasparotto (Bahrain-Merida), Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo)

Outs: Serge Pauwels (CCC Sprandi)

Renewals: Ben O’Connor, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Ben King

Groupama-FDJ

Ins: Stefan Küng (BMC Racing), Kilian Frankiny (BMC Racing)

Outs: Arthur Vichot (Vital Concept)

Renewals: Oliver Le Gac, Marc Sarreau, Davide Gaudu, Arnaud Démare, Antoine Duschene, Thibaut Pinot, Sébastian Reichenbach

Katusha-Alpecin

Ins: Jens Debusschere (Lotto-Soudal), Harry Tanfield (Canyon-Eisberg), Daniel Navarro (Cofidis), Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo)

Outs: Tony Martin (LottoNL-Jumbo)

Renewals: Alex Dowsett, Willie Smit, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Reto Hollenstein, Marco Haller, Rick Zabel, Nils Politt, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Jenthe Biermans

LottoNL-Jumbo

Ins: Lennard Hofstede (Sunweb), Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin), Laurens De Plus (Quick-Step Floors), Mike Teunissen (Sunweb)

Outs: Bram Tankink (Retired), Gijs Van Hoecke (CCC Sprandi), Enrico Battaglin (Katusha-Alpecin), Robert Vagner (Fortuneo-Samsic)

Renewals: Armund Grøndahl Jansen, Steven Kruijswijk, Maarten Wynants, Floris De Tier, George Bennett, Antwan Tolhoek, Robert Gesink, Daan Olivier

Lotto-Soudal

Ins: Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott), Roger Kluge (Mitchelton-Scott), Rasmus Iversen Byriel, Carl Hagen (Team Joke Icopal), Brian van Goethem (Roompot Nederlandse Loterij), Adam Blythe (Aqua Blue Sport)

Outs: Jens Debusschere (Katusha-Alpecin), André Greipel (Fortuneo-Samsic), Marcel Sieberg (Bahrain-Merida), Jürgen Roelandts (Movistar), Moreno Hofland (EF Education First-Drapac), Lars Bak (Dimension Data)

Renewals: Tim Wellens, Thomas De Gendt

Movistar

Ins: Carlos Verona (Mitchelton-Scott), Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Soudal)

Outs: Victor de la Parte (CCC)

Renewals: Marc Soler, Imano Erviti, Andrey Amador, Daniele Bennati

Mitchelton-Scott

Ins: Robert Stannard (Mitchelton-BikeExchange), Callum Scotson (Mitchelton-BikeExchange), Nick Schultz (Caja-Rural), Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing), Edoardo Affini (SEG Racing Academy), Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)

Outs: Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Carlos Verona (Movistar), Roman Kreuziger (Dimension Data), Roger Kluge (Lotto-Soudal), Robert power (Team Sunweb), Svein Tuft (Rally Cycling)

Renewals: Simon Yates, Adam Yates

Quick-Step Floors

Ins: Remco Evenepoel

Outs: Niki Terpstra (Direct Energie), Laurens De Plus (LottoNL-Jumbo), Maximillian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Renewals: Yves Lampaert

Team Sky

Ins: Filippo Ganna (UAE Team Emirates), Eddie Dunbar (Aqua Blue Sport)

Outs: Sergio Henao (UAE Team Emirates), Lukasz Wisniowski (CCC)

Renewals: Vasil Kiryienka

Team Sunweb

Ins: Max Canter (Sunweb Development), Joris Nieuwenhuis (Sunweb Development), Cees Bol (SEG Racing Academy), Nicolas Roche (BMC Racing), Robert Power (Mitchelton-Scott), Casper Pedersen (Aqua Blue Sport), Marc Hirschi (Sunweb Development),

Outs: Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Merida), Simon Geschke (CCC), Mike Teunissen (LottoNL-Jumbo), Laurens ten Dam (CCC)

Renewals: Chris Hamilton

Trek-Segafredo

Ins: Richie Porte (BMC Racing), Matteo Moschetti (Polartec-Kometa), Ivan Sosa (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec), Alex Kirsch (WB Aquaprotect-Veranclassic), Will Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac), Giulio Ciccone (Bardiani-CSF)

Outs: Gregory Rast (Retire), Matthias Brändle (Israel Cycling Academy), Giacomo Nizzolo (Dimension Data)

Renewals: Koen De Kort, Markel Irizar, Jasper Stuyven, Mads Pedersen, Fumiyuki Beppu, Bauke Mollema

UAE Team Emirates

Ins: Alessandro Covi (Team Colpack), Cristian Camilo Muñoz (Coldeportes Zenu Sello Rojo), Tom Bohli (BMC Racing), Sergio Henao (Team Sky)

Outs: Filippo Ganna (Team Sky)

Renewals: