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2019/2020 Confirmed Transfers
AG2R
In: Clément Champoussin, Nico Denz, Jaakko Hänninen, Lawrence Naesen, Andrea Vendrame.
Out: Samuel Dumoulin (retired), Hubert Dupont (retired).
Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
In: Nicola Bagioli, Mattia Bais, Jefferson Alexander Cepeda, Davide Gabburo, Simon Pellaud, Simone Ravanelli, Jhonatan Restrepo, Nicola Venchiarutti.
Out: Marco Benfatto, Mattia Cattaneo, Leonardo Fedrigo, Fausto Masnada, Matteo Montaguti (retired), Matteo Pelucchi, Andrea Vendrame.
Arkea-Samsic
In: Winner Anacona, Thomas Boudat, Nacer Bouhanni, Benjamin Declercq, Donovan Grondin, Matis Louvel, Dan McLay, Christophe Noppe, Lukasz Owsian, Dayer Quintana, Nairo Quintana, Diego Rosa, Conor Swift.
Out: Maxime Daniel (retired), André Greipel, Brice Feillu (retired), Jeremy Maison, Amaël Moinard (retired), Robert Wagner (retired).
Astana
In: Alex Aranburu, Fabio Felline, Davide Martinelli, Oscar Rodriguez, Harold Tejada, Vadim Pronskiy, Alexander Vlasov.
Out: Davide Ballerini, Pello Bilbao, Dario Cataldo, Magnus Cort, Jan Hirt, Davide Villella, Artyom Zakharov, Andrey Zeits.
B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
In: Frederik Backaert, Cyril Barthe, Jens Debusschere, Luca Mozzato, Tom-Jelte Slagter.
Out: Yoann bagot (retired), Corentin Ermenault, Marc Fournier (retired), Lorrenzo Manzin, Patrick Müller (retired).
Bahrain-Merida
In: Eros Capecchi, Mark Cavendish, Scott Davies, Marco Haller, Kevin Inkelaar, Mikel Landa, Wout Poels, Rafael Valls.
Out: Valerio Agnoli, Rohan Dennis, Kristijan Koren (fired after testing positive), Antonio Nibali, Vincenzo Nibali, Domenico Pozzovivo.
Bardiani-CSF
In: Marco Benfatto, Pello Bilbao, Nicolas Dalla Valle, Iuri Filosi, Filippo Fiorelli, Giovanni Lonardi, Filippo Mazzucco, Alessandro Monaco, Matteo Pelucchi, Filippo Zaccanti, Filippo Zana.
Out: Enric Barbin, Michael Bresciani, Andrea Guardini, Marco Maronese, Luca Wackermann, Lorenzo Rota, Paolo Simion.
Bora-hansgrohe
In: Matteo Fabbro, Lennard Kämna, Martin Laas, Ide Schelling.
Out: Shane Archbold, Sam Bennett, Davide Formolo, Peter Kennaugh, Christoph Pfingsten.
Burgos BH
In: Carlos Canal, Isaac Canton.
Out: Nuno Bico (retired), José Neves, Ricardo Vilela.
Caja Rural
In: Orluis Aular, Juan Fernando Calle, Jefferson Cepeda, Jhohan Garcia, Oier Lazkano, Sergio Roman Martin, Joel Nicolau, Alejandro Osorio.
Out: Alex Aranburu, Sergey Chernetsky, Antonio Molina (retired), Sergio Pardilla (retired), Hector Saez.
CCC
In: Jan Hirt, Pavel Kochetkov, Kamil Malecki, Fausto Masnada, Michal Paluta, Matteo Trentin, Ilnur Zakarin, Georg Zimmermann.
Out: Amaro Antunes, Lukasz Owsian, Laurens ten Dam (retired), Riccardo Zoidl.
Cofidis
In: Piet Allegaert, Fernando Barceló, Simone Consonni, Eddy Finé, Nathan Haas, Guillaume Martin, Fabio Sabatini, Julien Vermote, Attilio Viviani, Elia Viviani.
Out: Darwin Atapuma, Nacer Bouhanni, Loic Chetout, Filippo Fortin, Hugo Hofstetter, Julien Simon, Geoffrey Soupe, Bert Van Lerberghe, Zico Waeytens (retired).
Corendon-Circus
In: Ryan Cortjens, Tim Merlier, Ben Tulett.
Out: Stijn Devolder (retired), Tom Meeusen, Joeri Stallaert.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
In: João Almeida, Davide Ballerini, Andrea Bagioli, Mattia Cattaneo, Ian Garrison, Stijn Steels, Jannik Steimle, Bert Van Lerberghe, Mauri Vansevenant.
Out: Eros Capecchi, Philippe Gilbert, Davide Martinelli, Enric Mas, Maximiliano Richeze, Fabio Sabatini, Elia Viviani.
Delko Marseille Provence
In: Pierre Barbier, Fumiyuki Beppu, Jose Manuel Diaz, Biniam Girmay, Jose Gonçalves, Mulu Hailemichael, Masahiro Ishigami, Justin Jules, Hideto Nakane, Atsushi Oka, Dusan Rajovic.
Out: Joseph Areruya, Iuri Filosi, Brenton Jones, Przemysław Kasperkiewicz, Jérémy Leveau.
EF Education First
In: Stefan Bissegger, Magnus Cort, Ruben Guerreiro, Kristoffer Halvorsen, Sergio Higuita, Jens Keukeleire, Neilson Powless, Jonas Rutsch, Luis Villalobos.
Out: Matti Breschel (retired), Nathan Brown, Joe Dombrowski, Dan McLay, Sacha Modolo, Taylor Phinney (retired).
Euskadi-Murias
Out: Mikel Aristi, Aritz Baguez, Fernando Barcelo, Ander Barrenetxea, Cyril Barthe, Urko Berrade, Mikel Bizkarra, Garikoitz Bravo, Mario Gonzales, Beñat Intxausti, Julen Irizar, Mikel Iturria, Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar, Oscar Rodriguez, Sergio Rodriguez, Hector Saez, Sergio Samitier, Enrique Sanz, Gotzon Udondo, Jose Daniel Viejo.
Fundación Euskadi
In: Antonio Angulo, Mikel Arristi, Iker Ballarin, Mikel Bizkarra, Joan Bou, Garikoitz Bravo, Ruben Fernandez, Julen Irizar, Mikel Iturria, Juan Jose Lobato.
Out: Sergio Higuita.
Gazprom-RusVelo
In: Marco Canola, Sergey Chernetsky, Damiano Cima, Imerio Cima, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Cristian Scaroni, Dmitry Strakhov, Simone Velasco.
Out: Ildar Arslanov (retired), Alexander Evtushenko, Alexey Kurbatov, Sergey Shilov, Alexander Vlasov.
Groupama-FDJ
In: Alexys Brunel, Kevin Geniets, Simon Guglielmi, Fabien Lienhard.
Out: Daniel Hoelgaard, Steve Morabito (retired), Georg Preidler (fired after testing positive), Benoît Vaugrenard (retired).
Ineos
In: Richard Carapaz.
Out: David De La Cruz, Kenny Elissonde, Kristoffer Halvorsen, Wout Poels, Diego Rosa.
Israel Cycling Academy
In: Itamar Einhorn, André Greipel, Hugo Hofstetter, Daniel Martin, James Piccoli, Nils Politt, Alexis Renard, Patrick Schelling, Norman Vahtra, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Rory Sutherland.
Out: Clément Carisey, Zakkari Dempster (retired), Sondre Holst Enger, August Jensen, Benjamin Perry, Ruben Plaza (retired), Kristian Sbaragli.
Jumbo-Visma
In: Tom Dumoulin, Tobias Foss, Chris Harper, Christoph Pfingsten.
Out: Floris De Tier, Daan Olivier (retired), Neilson Powless, Danny van Poppel.
Katusha-Alpecin
Out: Enrico Battaglin, Jenthe Biermans, Ias Boswell, Stef Cras, Jens Debusschere, Alex Dowsett, Matteo Fabbro, Jose Gonçalves, Ruben Guerreiro, Nathan Haas, Marco Haller, Reto Hollenstein, Marcel Kittel (retired), Pavel Kochetkov, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Daniel Navarro, Nils Politt, Willie Smit, Simon Spilak (retired), Dmitry Strakhov, Harry Tanfield, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Rick Zabel, Ilnur Zakarin.
Lotto-Soudal
In: Steff Cras, John Degenkolb, Jon Dibben, Philippe Gilbert, Matthew Holmes, Stefano Oldani, Gerben Thijssen, Bert Van Moer.
Out: Adam Blythe (retired), Victor Campenaerts, Jens Keukeleire, Bjorg Lambrecht (deceased), Maxime Monfort (retired), Lawrence Naesen, Jelle Vanendert, Enzo Wouters.
Mitchelton-Scott
In: Kaden Groves, Alexander Konychev, Barnabas Peak, Andrey Zeits.
Out: Mathew Hayman (retired), Matteo Trentin.
Movistar
In: Juan Diego Alba, Dario Cataldo, Gabriel Cullaigh, Iñigo Elosegui, Juri Hollmann, Johan Jacobs, Matteo Jorgenson, Enric Mas, Einer Rubio, Sergio Samitier, Davide Villella.
Out: Winner Anacona, Carlos Barbero, Richard Carapaz, Jaime Castrillo, Mikel Landa, Nairo Quintana, Jaime Roson (fired after testing positive), Jasha Sütterlin, Rafael Valls.
Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia
In: Andrea Bartolozzi, Gianmarco Begnoni, Mattia Bevilacqua, Andrea Di Renzo, Alessandro Iacchi, Roberto Carlos Gonzales, Veljko Stojnic.
Out: Davide Gabburo, Moreno Marchetti, Dayer Quintana, Simone Velasco.
Nippo Vini Fantini Faizanè
Out: Ruben Dario Acosta, Nicola Bagioli, Joan Bou, Marco Canola, Damiano Cima, Imerio Cima, Sho Hatsuyama, Masakazu Ito, Joan Jose Lobato, Giovanni Lonardi, Moreno Moser (retired), Hideto Nakane, Hiroki Nishimura, Alejandro Osorio, Ivan Santaromita, Hayato Yoshida, Filippo Zaccanti.
Novo Nordisk
In: Gerd De Keijzer, Hamish Beaddle.
Out: Fabio Calabria, Emanuel Mini.
NTT
In: Carlos Barbero, Samuele Battistella, Victor Campenaerts, Benjamin Dyball, Michael Gogl, Matteo Sobrero, Andreas Stokbro, Dylan Sunderland, Max Walscheid.
Out: Lars Bak (retired), Mark Cavendish, Scott Davies, Mark Renshaw (retired), Tom-Jelte Slagter, Jacques Janse van Rensburg (retired), Julien Vermote.
Rally Cycling
In: Stephen Bassett, Nathan Brown, Nick Zukowsky.
Out: Evan Huffman (retired), Brandon McNulty, Svein Tuft (retired).
Riwal Readynez
In: Martijn Budding, Sondre Holst Enger, August Jensen, Christopher Lisson, Elmar Reinders, James Shaw, Nick van der Lijke.
Out: Krister Hagen (retired), Jonas Aaen Jørgensen (retired), Alexander Kamp, Troels Vinther.
Roompot-Charles
Out: Jesper Asselman, Lars Boom, Sean De Bie, Mathias De Witte, Huub Duijn, Maurits Lammertink, Senne Leysen, Arjen Livyns, Elmar Reinders, Oscar Riesebeek, Stijn Steels, Justin Timmermans, Nick van der Lijke, Sjoerd van Ginneken, Boy van Poppel, Jan-Willem van Schip, Michael Van Staeyen, Pieter Weening.
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
In: Sander De Pestel, Gilles De Wilde, Fabio Van Den Bossche.
Out: Piet Allegaert, Jan Bakelants, Benjamin Declercq, Moreno De Pauw (retired), Christophe Noppe, Dries Van Gestel, Matthias Van Gompel, Preben Van Hecke (retired).
Sunweb
In: Tiesj Benoot, Alberto Dainese, Nico Denz, Mark Donovan, Nils Eekhoff, Felix Gall, Martin Salmon, Florian Stork, Jasha Sütterlin, Ilan Van Wilder.
Out: Roy Curvers (retired), Tom Dumoulin, Lennard Kämna, Max Walscheid.
Trek-Segafredo
In: Kenny Elissonde, Alexander Kamp, Emils Liepins, Juan Pedro Lopez, Jacopo Mosca, Antonio Nibali, Vincenzo Nibali, Charlie Quarterman, Michel Ries, Quinn Simmons.
Out: Fumiyuki Beppu, John Degenkolb, Fabio Felline, Alex Frame, Michael Gogl, Markel Irizar (retired), Jarlinson Pantano (retired after testing positive), Peter Stetina.
Total Direct Energie
In: Jérémy Cabot, Marlon Gaillard, Florian Maitre, Lorrenzo Manzin, Julien Simon, Dries Van Gestel.
Out: Thomas Boudat, Yohann Gène (retired), Axel Journiaux (retired), Bryan Nauleau (retired), Alexandre Pichot (retired), Perrig Quemeneur (retired), Angelo Tulik (retired).
UAE Team Emirates
In: Camilo Ardila, Mikkel Bjerg, Alessandro Covi, David De La Cruz, Joe Dombrowski, Davide Formolo, Brandon McNulty, Maximiliano Richeze.
Out: Simone Consonni, Kristijan Durasek (fired after testing positive), Roberto Ferrari (retired), Daniel Martin, Manuele Mori, Simone Petilli, Rory Sutherland.
Wallonie-Bruxelles
In: Arjen Livyns, Jelle Vanendert.
Out: Kevin Dehaes (retired), Justin Jules, Lukas Spengler (retired).
Wanty-Groupe Gobert
In: Jérémy Bellicaud, Theo Delacroix, Quinten Hermans, Simone Petilli, Corne Van Kessel, Boy van Poppel, Danny van Poppel.
Out: Frederik Backaert, Jérôme Baugnies, Bart De Clercq (retired), Guillaume Martin, Marco Minnaard (retired).
2019 Stagiaires
AG2R
Clément Champoussin, Matteo Jorgenson, Anthony Jullien
Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
Mattia Bais, Simone Ravanelli, Nicola Venchiarutti
Arkea-Samsic
Aurélien Doléatto, Maxime Jarnet, Florentin Lecamus-Lambert
Astana
Vadim Pronskiy
CCC
Fred Wright, Georg Zimmermann
Cofidis
Eddy Finé, Pit Leyder, Attilio Viviani
Corendon-Circus
Antoine Benoist
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
Samuel Gaze, Jannik Steimle
Delko Marseille
Steve Carr, Alexandre Delettre, Mickaël Guichard
Dimension Data
Alexander Konychev
EF Education First
Matthew Walls
Gazprom-RusVelo
Marco Landi, Anton Popov, Anton Vtiurin
Groupama-FDJ
Alexys Brunel, Ziga Jerman, Matis Louvel
Israel Cycling Academy
Yuval Ben Moshe, Freddy Ovett, Alexis Renard
Jumbo-Visma
Stef Krul
Katusha-Alpecin
Dylan Bouwmans, Juri Hollmann
Mitchelton-Scott
James Fouché, Kaden Groves, Barnabas Peak
Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia
Andrea Bartolazzi, Mattia Bevilacqua, Alessandro Iacchi
Nippo Vini Fantini Faizanè
Filippo Fiorelli, Masahiro Hishigami, Keigo Kusaba
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
Fabio Van Den Bossche
Sunweb
Nils Eekhoff, Marten Kooistra, Martin Salmon
Trek-Segafredo
Nicolas Debeaumarché, Juan Pedro Lopez, Charlie Quarterman
Total Direct Energie
Enzo Bernard, Valentin Ferron, Clément Orceau
UAE Team Emirates
Matthew Beers, Nicolas Dalla Valle
Vital Concept
Alan Boileau, Maxime Chevalier, David Rivière
Wallonie-Bruxelles
Jonas Castrique, Laurens Huys, Luc Wirtgen
Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Cédric Beullens, Theo Delacroix, Trond Trondsen
2019/2020 Transfer Rumours
Arkea-Samsic
Alexis Gougeard
Astana
Andrea Piccolo
Bahrain-Merida
Bernhard Eisel, Simon Spilak, Rafael Valls
CCC
Giovanni Aleotti, Rohan Dennis, Michal Kwiatkowski
Cofidis
Laurens De Vreese, Tim Merlier
Corendon-Circus
Louis Vervaeke
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
Shane Archbold, Sam Bennett
Ineos
Tom Pidcock, Carlos Rodriguez
Israel Cycling Academy
Yoann Offredo
Jumbo-Visma
Andreas Leknessund, Filip Maciejuk
Lotto-Soudal
Kobe Goossens, Zico Waeytens
Movistar
Rohan Dennis, Jakob Fuglsang, João Rodrigues, Sergio Samitier
NTT
Sam Bennett, Rohan Dennis
UAE Team Emirates
Esteban Chaves, Primoz Roglic
Vital Concept
Frederik Backert
Retired World Tour and Pro Continental riders in 2018
| Name | Age | Team | Best result of the season |
| Simone Andreetta | 25 | Bardiani-CSF | 8th in Giro dell’Appennino |
| Jesse Anthony | 33 | Rally Cycling | 97th in Tour of Yorkshire stage 1 |
| Igor Anton | 35 | Dimension Data | 4th at Vuelta a Burgos |
| Miguel Benito | 25 | Caja Rural | 19th in Circuito de Getxo |
| Guillaume Bonnafond | 31 | Cofidis | 24th in Volta a Catalunya stage 5 |
| Matteo Bono | 34 | UAE Team Emirates | 17th in Amstel Gold Race |
| Raffaello Bonusi | 26 | Androni Giocattoli | 2nd in Vuelta al Tachira stage 5 |
| Borut Bozic | 38 | Bahrain-Merida | 14th in Tour of Slovenia stage 2 |
| Matthew Brammeier | 33 | Aqua Blue Sport | 59th in Handzame Classic |
| Sylvain Chavanel | 39 | Direct Energie | 2nd overall at Tour Poitou-Charentes |
| Stef Clement | 36 | LottoNL-Jumbo | 3rd in Ruta del Sol stage 5 |
| Marco Coledan | 30 | Wilier Triestina | Won Tour of Maroc stage 8 |
| Erwann Corbel | 27 | Vital Concept | 4th in Boucles de la Mayenne stage 2 |
| Damiano Cunego | 36 | Nippo-Vini Fantini | 16th in Tour of the Alps stage 3 |
| Roy Curvers | 38 | Sunweb | 24th in Giro d’Italia stage 13 |
| Philip Deignan | 35 | Sky | 17th in Tour of Norway GC |
| Sébastien Delfosse | 35 | WB Aqua Protect | 21st in Tour de Luxembourg prologue |
| Rémy Di Gregorio | 33 | Delko Marseille Provence | Won Tour La Provence stage 2 |
| Laurent Didier | 34 | Trek-Segafredo | 4th at National Championships ITT |
| Daniel Eaton | 25 | UnitedHeatlhcare | 12th at National Championships ITT |
| Armindo Fonseca | 28 | Willier-Selle Italia | 3rd in Tour de Langkawi |
| Arnaud Gerard | 34 | Fortuneo-Samsic | 26th in Chrono des Nations |
| Simon Gerrans | 38 | BMC | 5th in Cadel Evans Road Race |
| Adrian Gonzales | 26 | Burgos-BH | 6th in Tour of Taihu Lake stage 6 |
| Gregory Habeaux | 35 | WB Aqua Protect | ––––––– |
| Lucas Sebastian Haedo | 35 | UnitedHealthcare | 2nd in Tour of Taiwan stage 5 |
| Bradley Huff | 39 | Rally Cycling | 8th in Tour of the Gila stage 4 |
| Robert Kiserlovski | 32 | Katusha-Alpecin | 4th in Tour of Yorkshire GC |
| Michal Kolar | 25 | Bora-hansgrohe | 3rd at National Championships RR |
| Truls Korsaeth | 24 | Astana | 33rd in Paris-Roubaix |
| Ilia Koshevoy | 27 | Wilier Triestina | 2nd in Tropicale Amissa Bongo stage 4 |
| Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | 26 | Astana | 9th at National Championships RR |
| Luis Lemus | 26 | Israel Cycling Academy | 2nd at National Championships ITT |
| David Lopez | 37 | Sky | 21st in Route d’Occitanie stage 3 |
| Julien Loubet | 33 | Euskadi-Murias | Won Route du Sud stage 1 |
| Alan Marangoni | 34 | Nippo-Vini Fantini | Won Tour of Okinawa |
| Przemysław Niemiec | 38 | UAE Team Emirates | 30th in Tour of Slovenia stage 3 |
| Danny Pate | 39 | Rally Cycling | 29th in Tour of the Gila stage 4 |
| Franco Pellizotti | 40 | Bahrain-Merida | 3 rd in Vuelta a España stage 11 |
| Filippo Pozzato | 37 | Wilier Triestina | 13th at Dubai Tour GC |
| Gregory Rast | 38 | Trek-Segafredo | 18th at National Championships RR |
| Jérémy Roy | 35 | Groupama-FDJ | 7th at Chrono des Nations |
| Tom Stamsnijder | 33 | Sunweb | 56th in Tour of Oman stage 5 |
| Julien Stassen | 30 | WB Aqua Protect | 22nd in 4 Jours de Dunkerque stage 3 |
| Bram Tankink | 39 | LottoNL-Jumbo | 14th at Scheldeprijs |
| David Tanner | 34 | Verandas Willems-Crelan | 87th in Belgium Tour GC |
| Ruslan Tleubayev | 31 | Astana | 3rd at Tour de Langkawi stage 7 |
| Beñat Txoperena | 26 | Euskadi-Murias | 20th at National Championships ITT |
| Tanguy Turgis | 20 | Vital Concept | 8th in Handzame Classic |
| Alex Turrin | 26 | Wilier Triestina | 5th in Tour of Taiwan stage 4 |
| Quentin Valognes | 22 | Novo Nordisk | 49th in Dubai Tour stage 3 |
| Antoine Warnier | 25 | WB Aqua Protect | 7th in Volta Limburg Classic |
| Calvin Watson | 25 | Aqua Blue Sport | 37th in Herald Sun Tour stage 2 |
| Aviv Yechezkel | 24 | Israel Cycling Academy | 69th in Colombia Oro y Paz stage 1 |
Barnabás Peák: Knocking at World Tour’s door
It’s been some time since Hungary has had a pro rider at the biggest level, but things look like they are about to change, and that’s thanks to Barnabás Peák; hailing from Budapest, this talented all-rounder has steadily moved through the ranks with perseverance in just a few years, showcasing his potential, big engine and catching the eye of many teams.
Since bursting onto the U23 scene in 2017, Barnabás has forged his own path, building a palmares that after just two seasons includes both Elite National Championships titles, Beograd-Banjaluka, GP Kranj and a string of top 10 overall results at the Tour of Hungary, Vuelta al Bidasoa (where he also took a stage after an explosive finish), Paris-Arras Tour and the Tour of Serbia, many of these results being made even more impressive by the fact they came against seasoned riders and professional teams.
Currently racing at the Tour de l’Avenir, arguably the most prestigious multi-stage event for amateur riders, the 19-year-old will fly afterwards from France to Belgium to join World Tour team leader Quick-Step Floors – the most successful squad of 2018 – for which he’ll ride as a stagiaire in the closing weeks of the season, a chance he is ready to grab with both hands and show what he is really made of.
Before that happens, I got to interview Barnabás and find out more about his background and the expectations he nurtures.
– Barnabás, how did you start cycling?
It all began in the winter of 2014, at the age of 16, so my first season was as a junior. Chris Froome’s ride at the Vuelta a España inspired me a lot that year, I decided to pick up cycling because of him and his performance. In the meantime, cycling has become more and more popular in my country, we have some good teams now, people begin appreciating the results you get and have a real interest in cycling, and that motivated me as well.
– How did you end up at the World Cycling Center team?
We had our first contact in January last year, and I raced for them ever since in some really important events and got to learn a lot, but things have changed lately there and I am looking forward to change the scenery next season.
– In 2017, you had a breakthrough season, with several wins and podium finishes.
Yes, it was a good season for me, I gained a lot of confidence and developed my skills, but since then I came to realize that the level of the races where I was prominent wasn’t so high at it should have been, so I am happy that I could improve since then and be more competitive at the harder races this year.
– You also came very close to winning the Tour of Hungary, missing out on the overall victory for a mere two seconds, but in some special circumstances.
Indeed, I broke my collarbone during stage 3, so holding onto my second place in the general classification and taking home the best young rider jersey felt like a win.
– This season brought you victories in one-day races, stage races and at the National Championships. Which of these was the most important?
I’d say the Nationals, winning both the road race and the individual time trial gave me great satisfaction. It wasn’t easy, as I had a big target on my back and some pressure compared to last year, and that’s why I rate these victories as the most important so far.
– After two U23 seasons, what would you say that are your main strengths and what is it that you would still like to improve?
I feel that I have a lot of power now, but still lack skills to get results, which is frustrating. I have a good power peak for my weight, but despite this, I am far from the best in the decisive moments of the races, so there’s still plenty of work to be done.
– This week you are lining up at the start of the prestigious Tour de l’Avenir. What are your goals?
I am looking forward to it, but I don’t know what to expect. The course is again mountainous, especially in the second part, but before reaching the climbs I will try hard to seize any opportunity I’ll get.
– You joined Quick-Step Floors last winter for their first training camp in Calpe, and after L’Avenir, you’ll race with their jersey for the remainder of the season. What are your expectations?
Having the chance to train with them was a great experience and I really enjoyed their professionalism and the high level and attention for every single detail. I can’t wait to pin a number on the Quick-Step Floors jersey and to be in a very good shape for the races I will do with the squad. My dream is to win a Classic as a pro, preferably arriving solo. I think my characteristics match those of the team and there is no better place to learn how to race than as part of the Quick-Step Floors squad.
2018/19 Confirmed Transfers
AG2R
In: Geoffrey Bouchard, Dorian Godon, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Larry Warbasse.
Out: Jan Bakelants, Rudy Barbier, Cyril Gautier, Matteo Montaguti.
Androni Giocattoli
In: Matteo Busato, Julian Cardona, Miguel Florez, Matteo Montaguti, Daniel Muñoz, Josip Rumac, Matteo Pelucchi, Mattia Viel.
Out: Davide Ballerini, Raffaello Bonusi (retired), Luca Chirico, Matteo Malucelli, Ivan Sosa, Rodolfo Torres.
Aqua Blue Sport
Out: Shane Archbold, Adam Blythe, Matthew Brammeier (retired), Mark Christian, Stefan Denifl, Eddie Dunbar, Conor Dunne, Andrew Fenn, Aaron Gate, Lasse Norman Hansen, Peter Koning, Michel Kreder, Dan Pearson, Casper Pedersen, Larry Warbasse, Calvin Watson (retired).
Arkea-Samsic
In: André Greipel, Thibault Guernalec, Alan Riou, Robert Wagner.
Out: Michael Carbel, Armindo Fonseca (retired), Arnaud Gerard (retired), Sindre Lunke, Pierre-Luc Périchon.
Astana
In: Davide Ballerini, Manuele Boaro, Hernando Bohorquez, Rodrigo Contreras, Jonas Gregaard, Merhawi Kudus, Gorka Izagirre, Ion Izagirre, Yuriy Natarov.
Out: Sergey Chernetsky, Oscar Gatto, Andriy Grivko, Jesper Hansen, Tanel Kangert, Truls Korsaeth (retired), Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (retired), Riccardo Minali, Moreno Moser, Ruslan Tleubayev (retired), Michael Valgren.
Bahrain-Merida
In: Phil Bauhaus, Damiano Caruso, Rohan Dennis, Andrea Garosio, Marcel Sieberg, Dylan Teuns, Jan Tratnik, Stephen Williams.
Out: Manuele Boaro, Niccolo Bonifazio, Borut Bozic (retired), Enrico Gasparotto, Gorka Izagirre, Ion Izagirre, Ramunas Navardauskas, Franco Pellizotti (retired), David Per, Kanstantsin Sioutsou (fired after testing positive), Giovanni Visconti.
Bardiani-CSF
In: Luca Covili, Alessandro Pessot, Francesco Romano.
Out: Simone Andreetta (retired), Giulio Ciccone, Simone Sterbini.
Bora-hansgrohe
In: Jean-Pierre Drucker, Oscar Gatto, Maximilian Schachmann.
Out: Matteo Pelucchi, Michal Kolar (retired), Aleksejs Saramotins.
Burgos-BH
In: Jetse Bol, Matthew Gibson, Jose Fernandes, Angel Madrazo, Manuel Peñalver, Jaume Sureda, Ricardo Vilela.
Out: Adrian Gonzales (retired), Matvey Mamykin, Ibai Salas (fired after testing positive), Jordi Simon, Pablo Torres.
Caja Rural
In: Jon Aberasturi, Alan Banaszek, Xavi Cañellas, Sergey Chernetsky, David Gonzales, Domingos Gonçalves, Matteo Malucelli.
Out: Miguel Benito (retired), Danilo Celano, Fabricio Ferrari, Lluis Mas, Justin Oien, Rafael Reis, Joaquim Silva, Nick Schultz, Yannis Yssaad, Josu Zabala.
CCC
In: Amaro Antunes, William Barta, Pawel Bernas, Josef Cerny, Victor de la Parte, Simon Geschke, Kamil Gradek, Jakub Mareczko, Łukasz Owsian, Serge Pauwels, Szymon Sajnok, Laurens ten Dam, Gijs Van Hoecke, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Lukasz Wisniowski, Riccardo Zoidl.
Out: Alan Banaszek, Alberto Bettiol, Tom Bohli, Brent Bookwalter, Piotr Brozyna, Damiano Caruso, Pawel Cieslik, Rohan Dennis, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Pawel Franczak, Kilian Frankiny, Simon Gerrans (retired), Marco Kump, Stefan Küng, Adrian Kurek, Kamil Malecki, Michal Paluta, Leszek Plucinski, Richie Porte, Nicolas Roche, Jürgen Roelandts, Michal Schlegel, Miles Scotson, Frantisek Sisr, Patrik Stosz, Mateusz Taciak, Dylan Teuns, Tejay van Garderen, Loïc Vliegen, Danilo Wyss.
Cofidis
In: Darwin Atapuma, Natnael Berhane, Filippo Fortin, Jesper Hansen, Victor Lafay, Marco Mathis, Emmanuel Morin, Pierre-Luc Périchon, Damien Touzé, Zico Waeytens.
Out: Guillaume Bonnafond (retired), Dorian Godon, Daniel Navarro, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Anthony Turgis, Jimmy Turgis, Michael Van Staeyen.
Corendon-Circus
In: Dries De Bondt, Stijn Devolder, Petter Fagerhaug, Lasse Norman Hansen, Roy Jans, Jimmy Janssens, Jonas Rickaert, Loris Rouiller, Joeri Stallaert, Maarten van Trijp, Otto Vergaerde, Philipp Walsleben.
Out: Wietse Bosmans, Stijn Caluwe, Kevin Cant, Jens Dekker, Timo Kielich, Valentijn Lauwers, Gert Smets, Adam Toupalik, Ben Turner, Toon Vandebosch, Pieter-jan Vliegen.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
In: Remco Evenepoel, Mikkel Honoré.
Out: Laurens De Plus, Fernando Gaviria, Jhonatan Narvaez, Maximilian Schachmann, Niki Terpstra.
Delko Marseille
In: Alessandro Fedelli, Eduard Grosu, Alexis Guerin, Ramunas Navardauskas, Rémy Rochas, Fabien Schmidt.
Out: Rémy Di Gregorio (retired), Yannick Martinez, John Anderson Rodriguez.
Dimension Data
In: Lars Bak, Stefan De Bod, Enrico Gasparotto, Roman Kreuziger, Gino Mader, Giacomo Nizzolo, Rasmus Tiller, Michael Valgren, Danilo Wyss.
Out: Igor Anton (retired), Natnael Berhane, Mekseb Debesay, Nicolas Dougall, Merhawi Kudus, Lachlan Morton, Serge Pauwels, Scott Thwaites, Johann van Zyl.
Direct Energie
In: Niccolo Bonifazio, Mathieu Burgaudeau, Pim Ligthart, Niki Terpstra, Anthony Turgis.
Out: Sylvain Chavanel (retired), Jérémy Cornu.
EF Education First
In: Sean Bennett, Alberto Bettiol, Jonathan Caicedo, Sergio Higuita, Moreno Hofland, Tanel Kangert, Lachlan Morton, Julius van den Berg, Tejay van Garderen, Luis Villalobos, James Whelan.
Out: Brendan Canty, Julian Cardona, William Clarke, Kim Magnusson, Daniel Moreno, Pierre Rolland, Tom Van Asbroeck.
Euskadi-Murias
In: Urko Berrade, Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar, Mario Gonzales, Beñat Intxausti, Jose Daniel Viejo.
Out: Jon Aberasturi, Julien Loubet (retired), Eduard Prades, Beñat Txoperena (retired).
Gazprom-RusVelo
In: Alexander Evtushenko, Vladislav Kulikov, Alexander Kulikovskiy, Denis Nekrasov, Petr Rikunov, Mamyr Stash, Anton Vorobyev.
Out: Alexander Foliforov, Dmitry Kozontchuk, Sergey Lagutin, Roman Maikin, Nikolay Trusov.
Groupama-FDJ
In: Kilian Frankiny, Stefan Küng, Miles Scotson.
Out: Davide Cimolai, Jérémy Roy (retired), Arthur Vichot.
Hagens Berman Axeon
In: André Carvalho, Jacob Egholm, Liam Holowesko, Sean Quinn, Karel Vacek, Kevin Vermaerke.
Out: William Barta, Sean Bennett, Christopher Blevins, Ivo Oliveira, Rui Oliveira, Jasper Philipsen, Michael Rice.
Israel Cycling Academy
In: Rudy Barbier, Matthias Brändle, Clément Carisey, Alexander Cataford, Davide Cimolai, Conor Dunne, Riccardo Minali, Tom Van Asbroeck.
Out: Jose Manuel Diaz, Luis Lemus (retired), Aviv Yechezkel (retired), Tyler Williams.
Jumbo-Visma
In: Laurens De Plus, Lennard Hofstede, Tony Martin, Mike Teunissen, Wout van Aert, Taco van der Hoorn, Jonas Vingegaard.
Out: Enrico Battaglin, Lars Boom, Stef Clement (retired), Bram Tankink (retired), Gijs Van Hoecke, Robert Wagner.
Katusha-Alpecin
In: Enrico Battaglin, Jens Debusschere, Ruben Guerreiro, Daniel Navarro, Dmitry Strakhov, Harry Tanfield.
Out: Maxim Belkov, Robert Kiserlovski (retired), Maurits Lammertink, Tiago Machado, Tony Martin, Marco Mathis, Baptiste Planckaert, Jhonatan Restrepo.
Lotto-Soudal
In: Adam Blythe, Stan Dewulf, Caleb Ewan, Carl Fredrik Hagen, Rasmus Iversen, Roger Kluge, Brian van Goethem, Harm Vanhoucke.
Out: Lars Bak, Jens Debusschere, André Greipel, Moreno Hofland, James Shaw, Marcel Sieberg, Robert Wagner.
Manzana Postobon
In: Brayan Gomez, Luis Carlos Chia, Daniel Jaramillo, Omar Mendoza, Diego Ochoa, Carlos Quintero, Jhonatan Restrepo.
Out: Hernan Aguirre, Hernando Bohorquez, Jetse Bol, Sergio Higuita, Juan Sebastian Molano, Fernando Orjuela, Ricardo Vilela, Juan Pablo Villegas.
Mitchelton-Scott
In: Edoardo Affini, Brent Bookwalter, Tsgabu Grmay, Callum Scotson, Nick Schultz, Dion Smith, Robert Stannard.
Out: Caleb Ewan, Roger Kluge, Roman Kreuziger, Robert Power, Svein Tuft, Carlos Verona.
Movistar
In: Lluis Mas, Eduard Prades, Jürgen Roelandts, Carlos Verona.
Out: Nuno Bico, Victor de la Parte.
Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia
In: Francesco Manuel Bongiorno, Lorenzo Fortunato, Davide Gaburro, Moreno Marchetti, Umberto Marengo, Dayer Quintana, Sebastian Schönberger, Etienne Van Empel, Giovanni Visconti.
Out: Matteo Busato, Marco Coledan (retired), Miguel Florez, Giuseppe Fonzi, Ilia Koshevoy (retired), Jakub Mareczko, Jacopo Mosca, Flippo Pozzato (retired), Alex Turrin (retired), Eugert Zhupa.
Nippo-Vini Fantini Faizanè
In: Ruben Acosta, Juan Jose Lobato, Giovanni Lonardi, Moreno Moser, Alejandro Osorio.
Out: Damiano Cunego (retired), Eduard Grosu, Marino Kobayashi, Alan Marangoni (retired), Simone Ponzi, Ivan Santaromita, Marco Tizza, Kohei Uchima.
Novo Nordisk
In: Oliver Behringer, Declan Irvine, Peter Kusztor, Samuel Munday, Ulugbek Saidov.
Out: Roman Gioux, Andrea Peron, Umberto Poli, Quentin Valognes (retired), Rik van Ijzendoorn, Christopher Wiliams.
Rally Cycling
In: Pier-André Coté, Gavin Mannion, John Murphy, Svein Tuft.
Out: Jesse Anthony (retired), Bradley Huff (retired), Danny Pate (retired), Eric Young.
Riwal Readynez
In: Nicolai Brøchner, Lucas Eriksson, Krister Hagen, Alexander Kamp, Sindre Lunke, Kim Magnusson, Rasmus Quaade, Torkil Veyhe, Emil Vinjebo. Rasmus Wallin.
Out: Patrick Clausen, Stefan Djurhuus, Jonas Gregaard, Peter Haslund, Sebastian Lander, Martin Mortensen, Jesper Mørkøv, Søren Siggaard, Chris Anker Sørensen (retired).
Roompot-Charles
In: Lars Boom, Sean De Bie, Mathias De Witte, Huub Duijn, Maurits Lammertink, Sanne Leysen, Arjen Livyns, Stijn Steels, Justin Timmermans, Boy Van Poppel, Michael Van Staeyen.
Out: Tim Ariesen, Martijn Budding, Luuc Bugter, Robbert De Greef, Floris Gerts, Stan Godrie, Michael Goolaerts (deceased), Pim Ligthart, Tim Merlier, Guillaume Seye, David Tanner (retired), Wout van Aert, Elias Van Breussegem, Taco van der Hoorn, Etienne Van Empel, Brian van Goethem, Coen Vermeltfoort, Zico Waeytens, Wouter Wippert.
Sky
In: Eddie Dunbar, Filippo Ganna, Jhonatan Narvaez, Ivan Sosa, Ben Swift.
Out: Philip Deignan (retired), Jonathan Dibben, Sergio Henao, Beñat Intxausti, David Lopez (retired), Lukasz Wisniowski.
Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
In: Aaron Van Poucke, Sasha Weemaes, Thimo Willems.
Out: Aimé De Gendt, Maxime Farazijn, Jonas Rickaert, Dries Van Gestel.
Sunweb
In: Jan Bakelants, Cees Bol, Marc Hirschi, Max Kanter, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen, Joris Nieuwenhuis, Casper Pedersen, Robert Power, Nicolas Roche.
Out: Phil Bauhaus, Roy Curvers (retired), Simon Geschke, Lennard Hofstede, Tom Stamsnijder (retired), Laurens ten Dam, Mike Teunissen, Edward Theuns.
Trek-Segafredo
In: Giulio Ciccone, William Clarke, Alex Kirsch, Matteo Moschetti, Richie Porte, Edward Theuns.
Out: Eugenio Alafaci, Matthias Brändle, Greg Daniel, Laurent Didier (retired), Tsgabu Grmay, Ruben Guerreiro, Giacomo Nizzolo, Gregory Rast (retired), Boy Van Poppel.
UAE Team Emirates
In: Tom Bohli, Alessandro Covi, Fernando Gaviria, Sergio Henao, Ivo Oliveira, Rui Oliveira, Juan Sebastian Molano, Cristian Muñoz, Jasper Philipsen, Tadej Pogacar.
Out: Darwin Atapuma, Matteo Bono (retired), Filippo Ganna, Przemysław Niemiec (retired), Ben Swift.
UnitedHealthcare
Out: Janier Acevedo, Carlos Alzate, Alexander Cataford, Jonathan Clarke, Daniel Eaton (retired), Lucas Sebastian Haedo (retired), Adrian Hegyvary, Daniel Jaramillo, Luke Keough, Gavin Mannion, Eric Marcotte, Travis McCabe, Lachlan Norris, Tanner Putt, Serghei Tvetcov, Hugo Velazquez.
Vital Concept
In: Maxime Cam, Cyril Gautier, Pierre Rolland, Jimmy Turgis, Arthur Vichot.
Out: Erwann Corbel (retired), Tanguy Turgis (retired).
W52/FC Porto
In: Francisco Campos, Jorge Magalhães, Daniel Mestre, Edgar Pinto, Rafael Reis, Joaquim Silva.
Out: Jose Fernandes, Daniel Freitas.
Wanty-Groupe Gobert
In: Aimé De Gendt, Alfdan De Decker, Ludwig De Winter, Loïc Vliegen.
Out: Simone Antonini, Mark McNally, Dion Smith, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck.
WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
In: Emils Liepins, Kenny Molly, Aksel Nõmmela, Baptiste Planckaert, Lionel Taminiaux, Tom Wirtgen.
Out: Sébastien Delfosse (retired), Thomas Deruette, Gregory Habeaux (retired), Alex Kirsch, Christophe Masson, Julien Stassen (retired), Antoine Warnier (retired).
