All the pro cycling transfers for 2026: Italian champion joins Jayco AlUla immediately from club team

Happy August! It is a big month in the world of professional cycling, as from 1 August teams and riders can officially announce transfers. It means rumours can finally be proved or dispelled, and you can start to think about what it might mean for next year.

Rather than announcing each transfer individually, we will collect together all the transfers in the men's and women's WorldTour pelotons here, as and when they are officially revealed.

Officially, August 1 is the opening of the first registration period – 1 to 15 August – in which riders can switch teams, with another registration period from October to the end of the year, but in practice, it is the start of announcements for 2026. However, if a rider is to change teams mid-season, that deal needs to be done now.

The news does not need to be confirmed until 31 December, but those canny marketing departments at teams know when to let things be made public. This page will be updated throughout the rest of the year, as more is confirmed. We will write more about the bigger moves, and list the rest down below.

Big moves

Filippo Conca rides for Jayco AlUla immediately

After winning the Italian National Championships for a club team, Filippo Conca has been swept up by Jayco AlUla. The 26-year-old is no stranger to the professional peloton, having ridden for Lotto Soudal and Q36.5 Pro Cycling in the past, but was left without a contract for 2025, meaning he has been riding for Swatt Club.

Conca's first race for Jayco will be the Circuit Franco-Belge on Friday.

Dylan van Baarle heads to Soudal Quick-Step

Remco Evenepoel might be leaving Quick-Step, but the team have signed two Monument winners for 2026. The first was Jasper Stuyven, and now Dylan van Baarle has been revealed as a member of the Belgian team.

The 33-year-old won Paris-Roubaix when riding for Ineos Grenadiers in 2022, before he moved to Visma-Lease a Bike, with whom he won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2023. The Dutchman is therefore a man for the Classics, but has also emerged as a key domestique for Grand Tours, too.

Remco Evenepoel leaves Soudal Quick-Step, bound for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

In potentially the biggest move of the summer, Remco Evenepoel is to leave Soudal Quick-Step after mutual agreement, breaking his contract early, and will join Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe for 2026.

The move, announced by Soudal Quick-Step at the beginning of August, came after weeks of speculation regarding the 25-year-old's future, which dogged him throughout the recent Tour de France.

Dylan Groenewegen and Elmar Reinders leave Jayco AlUla

ProTeam Unibet Tietema Rockets have landed a coup by signing Dylan Groenewegen and Elmar Reinders from Jayco AlUla. The Dutch pair will seek to put the second-division team on the map.

Groenewegen has 77 career victories, including 16 at WorldTour level, with five Tour de France stage wins. Reinders, meanwhile, has never won at a professional level, but adds WorldTour experience to the squad.

Unibet Tietema Rockets emerged out of Dutch former pro cyclist Bas Tietema's YouTube channel, Tour de Tietema, and became a ProTeam in 2024.

Attila Valter signs for Bahrain Victorious

After three years at Visma-Lease a Bike, Attila Valter will switch to Bahrain Victorious for the next three years, with the Hungarian adding to the team's stage racing pool.

The 27-year-old is a three time Hungarian champion, and spent time in pink at the 2021 Giro d'Italia.

"The team’s goals are perfectly matching with my personal ones," he said. "This gives me a lot of confidence and I’m excited to start this journey together with them!"

Jasper Stuyven joins Soudal Quick-Step

Milan-San Remo winner and chocolatier Jasper Stuyven has signed a three-year deal with Soudal Quick-Step, after spending his whole professional career at Lidl-Trek to date.

In 12 years at Trek, the 33-year-old won San Remo, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, and proved himself as one to watch in the Classics, as well as being a useful foil for Mads Pedersen.

Men's WorldTour transfers

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Out: Edward Planckaert (Soudal Quick-Step)

Arkéa-B&B Hotels

Out: Martin Tjøtta (Uno-X Mobility)

Bahrain Victorious

In: Attila Valter (Visma-Lease a Bike), Alec Segaert (Lotto)

Cofidis

In: Alex Kirsch (Lidl-Trek)

Groupama-FDJ

In: Matteo Milan (Lidl-Trek Future Racing)

Out: Sven Erik Bystrøm (Uno-X Mobility)

Jayco AlUla

In: Filippo Conca (Swatt Club)

Out: Dylan Groenewegen and Elmar Reinders (both Unibet Tietema Rockets)

Lidl-Trek

Out: Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step), Alex Kirsch (Cofidis)

Picnic PostNL

Out: Kevin Vermaerke (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)

Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe

In: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)

Soudal Quick-Step

In: Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), Edward Plackaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan van Baarle (Visma-Lease a Bike), Alberto Dainese (Tudor Pro Cyling)

Out: Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)

UAE Team Emirates-XRG

In: Adrià Pericas (UAE Team Emirates Gen Z), Kevin Vermaerke (Picnic PostNL)

Visma-Lease a Bike

In: Tim Rex (Visma-Lease a Bike Development)

Out: Attila Valter (Bahrain Victorious), Dylan van Baarle (Soudal Quick-Step)

Women's WorldTour transfers

Liv AlUla Jayco

In: Erin Boothman (Liv AlUla Jayco Continental), Noä Janesen, Mackzenie Coupland and Matilde Vitillo (all Liv AlUla Jayco Continental)