Rider transfers 2023: Everything you need to know about rider moves in the men’s peloton

This article originally appeared on Velo News

August 1 marked the official start of the transfer season with a number of high profile moves in the men’s WorldTour peloton. Mark Cavendish and Adam Yates are still up for grabs but riders such as Richard Carapaz, Dylan van Baarle and Tim Merlier have been signed to new teams for 2023.

We’ve tracked all the major moves, contract extensions and riders leaving teams in this article. We’ll make updates throughout the coming days and weeks as more transfers are announced.

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Ag2r-Citroen

New signings: Alex Baudin (Tudor), Valentin Retailleau (AG2R Citroen U23).

Extensions: Dorian Godon, Mikael Cherel, Stan Dewulf, Nicolas Prodhomme.

Leaving: Clement Champoussin (Arkea-Samsic), Bob Jungels (Bora-Hansgrohe), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarche), Gijs van Hoecke (Human Powered Health).

Astana Qazaqstan

New signings: Harold Martin Lopez

Extensions:

Leaving: Vincenzo Nibali (retires), Luis Leon Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious).

Bahrain-Victorious

New signings: Andrea Pasqualon (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), Nikias Arndt (Team DSM), Dusan Rajovic (Team Corratec), Fran Miholjevic (Cycling Team Friuli ASD), Rainer Kepplinger (Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang), Cameron Scott (ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast), Sergio Tu.

Extensions: Wout Poels, Matej Mohoric, Pello Bilbao, Heinrich Haussler, Kamil Gradek, Yukiya Arashiro, Phil Bauhaus, Jack Haig, Edoardo Zambanini, Jasha Sutterlin.

Leaving: Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), Domen Novak (UAE Emirates), Jan Tratnik (Jumbo-Visma), Stephen Williams (TBC), Chun Kai Feng.

Bora-Hansgrohe

New signings: Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroen), Florian Lipowitz, Nico Denz (Team DSM).

Extensions: Lennard Kamna, Ben Zwiehoff, Cesare Benedetti, Patrick Gamper, Anton Palzer.

Leaving: Felix Grossschartner (UAE Team Emirates), Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma), Lukas Postlberger (BikeExchange).

Cofidis, Solutions Credits

New signings: Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA), Axel Mariault, Axel Mariault, Harrison Wood.

Extensions: Guillaume Martin, Jose Herrada, Eddy Fine.

Leaving:

Soudal Quick-Step (formerly, Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl)

New signings: Jan Hirt (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), Casper Pedersen (Team DSM), Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix)

Extensions: Yves Lampaert.

Leaving: Mark Cavendish (TBC), Iljo Keisse (retires), Zdenek Stybar (Team BikeExchange), Mikkel Honore (EF Education-EasyPost).

EF Education-EasyPost

New signings: Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), Jefferson Cepeda (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Andrea Piccolo (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Andrey Amador (Ineos Grenadiers), Mikkel Honore (QuickStep).

Extensions: Rigoberto Uran, Simon Carr.

Leaving: Alex Howes and Lachlan Morton (both full-time off-road racing), Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-EasyPost), Sebastian Langeveld (retires).

Groupama-FDJ

New signings:Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ U23 ), Paul Penhoet (Groupama-FDJ U23), Reuben Thompson (Groupama-FDJ U23), Sam Watson (Groupama-FDJ U23), Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ U23).

Extensions: Stefan Kung, David Gaudu, Matthieu Ladagnous, Fabien Lienhard, Clement Davy, Olivier Le Gac, Lars van der Berg, Ignatas Konovalovas.

Leaving: Attila Valter (Jumbo-Visma), Ramon Sinkeldam (B&B Hotels-KTM), Jacopo Guarnieri (Lotto Soudal), Antoine Duchesne (retires), Anthony Roux (retires), Antoine Duchesne (retires).

Ineos Grenadiers

New signings: Leo Hayter (Hagens Berman Axeon), Thymen Arensman (Team DSM), Joshua Tarling, Connor Swift (Arkea-Samsic), Michael Leonard.

Extensions: Filippo Ganna, Tom Pidcock, Ethan Hayter, Michal Kwiatkowski.

Leaving: Dylan van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Eddie Dunbar (BikeExchange-Jayco), Richie Porte (retires), Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost), Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates).

Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert

New signings: Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma), Rui Costa (UAE Emirates), Dries De Pooter (Hagens Berman Axeon), Madis Mihkels (Ampler-Tartu 2024), Lilian Calmejane (AG2R), Dion Smith (Team BikeExchange).

Extensions: Biniam Girmay, Simone Petilli, Boy Van Poppel, Loic Vliegen.

Leaving: Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X), Jan Hirt (Soudal-Quick-Step), Andrea Pasqualon (Bahrain Victorious), Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jan Bakelants, Dmitri Claeys (Retires).

Israel-Premier Tech

New signings: Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious), Mason Hollyman, Marco Frigo, Derek Gee, Matthew Riccitello, Jens Reynders (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise).

Extensions: Simon Clarke, Daryl Impey, Omer Goldstein, Guy Sagiv, Guillaume Boivin, Mads Wurtz Schmidt, Rik Zabel, Tom Van Asbroeck.

Leaving: Patrick Bevin (Team DSM), Jenthe Biermans (Arkea-Samsic), Mathias Brandle (Retires), Alex Dowsett (Retires).

Lotto Dstny

New signings: Jacopo Guarnieri (Groupama-FDJ), Matthijs Paasschens (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces-WB), Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Soudal U23), Pascal Eenkhoorn (Jumbo-Visma), Lennart Van Eetvelt, Arjen Livyns (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces WB), Milan Menten (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Liam Slock (Lotto Soudal Development Team), Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Soudal Development Team).

Extensions: Thomas de Gendt, Maxim Van Gils, Arnaud De Lie, Andreas Kron, Sylvain Moniquet, Sebastien Grignard.

Leaving: Philippe Gilbert (Retiring), Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Harm Vanhoucke (Team DSM), Steff Cras (TotalEnergies).

Movistar

New signings: Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates), Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-EasyPost), Ivan Romeo (Hagens Berman Axeon).

Extensions: Imanol Erviti, Lluis Mas, Albert Torres, Jose Joaquin Rojas.

Leaving: Alejandro Valverde (retires).

Team BikeExchange

New signings: Eddie Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers), Felix Engelhardt (Tyrol), Filippo Zana (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane), Chris Harper (Jumbo-Visma), Elmar Reinders (Riwal), Rudy Porter, Blake Quick, Felix Engelhardt, Zdenek Stybar (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Welay Hagos Berhe (EF Education-NIPPO Development Team),

Extensions: Michael Matthews, Simon Yates, Kevin Colleoni, Jan Maas, Amund Grondahl Jansen, Luka Mezgec, Luke Durbridge, Lucas Hamilton, Callum Scotson.

Leaving: Sam Bewley (retires), Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Tanel Kangert (TBC), Alex Edmondson (Team DSM), Damien Howson, Dion Smith, Cameron Meyer (retires).

Team DSM

New signings: Max Poole (Team DSM Development), Patrick Bevin (Israel Premier Tech), Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto-Soudal), Matthew Dinham, Alex Edmondson (Team BikeExchange) Sean Flynn.

Extensions: Romain Bardet, Chris Hamilton, Nils Eekhoff, Kevin Vermaerke, Martijn Tusveld, Florian Stork.

Leaving: Soren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Cees Bol (B&B Hotels-KTM), Casper Pedersen (Soudal-Quick-Step), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious), Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), Mark Donovan (TBC).

Team Jumbo-Visma

New signings: Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Tom Gloag (Trinity Racing), Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious), Atilla Valter (Groupama-FDJ).

Extensions: Tiesj Benoot Timo Roosen, Lennard Hofstede, Wout van Aert.

Leaving: Tom Dumoulin (retires), Chris Harper (BikeExchange-Jayco), Pascal Eenkoorn (Lotto Dstny), Mike Teunissen (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), David Dekker (Arkea).

Trek-Segafredo

New signings: Thibau Nys, Mathias Vacek, Natnael Tesfatsion (Drone-Hopper).

Extensions: Mads Pedersen, Bauke Mollema, Jasper Stuyven, Toms Skujins, Mattias Skjelmose Jensen.

Leaving: Gianluca Brambilla (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Alexander Kamp (Tudor Pro Cycling), Matteo Moschetti.

UAE-Team Emirates

New signings: Domen Novak (Bahrain Victorious), Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), Felix Grossschartner (BORA – hansgrohe), Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers).

Extensions: Brandon McNulty, Rafal Majka, Diego Ulissi and Mikkel Bjerg, Vegard Stake Laengen, Matteo Trentin, Rui Oliveira, Ivo Oliveira

Leaving: Fernando Gaviria (Movistar), Rui Costa (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert).

ProTeams

Alpecin-Deceuninck (formerly, Alpecin-Fenix)

New signings: Kaden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco), Soren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM), Quinten Hermans (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert)

Extensions: Jasper Philipsen

Leaving: Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick-Step)

Arkea-Samsic

New signings: David Dekker (Jumbo Visma).

Extensions:

Leaving: Connor Swift (Ineos Grenadiers), Nairo Quintana (TBC).

B&B Hotels-KTM

New signings:

Extensions:

Leaving:

Rally Cycling

New signings:

Extensions:

Leaving:

Team TotalEnergies

New signings:

Extensions: Anthony Turgis, Dries Van Gestel, Alexis Vuillermoz.

Leaving:

Uno-X Pro Cycling

New signings: Alexandre Kristoff (Wanty Gobert)

Extensions:

Leaving:

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