The Cyclingnews guide to rider transfers 2010-2011

With the Tour de France over and the countdown to the World Championships beginning in earnest, teams are starting to shore up their rosters for next season. The hottest property on the market, Alberto Contador, has already confirmed his move to Saxo Bank-SunGard. Meanwhile, the arrival of the new Luxembourg team should compensate for the departure of some big-name sponsors and ensure significant movement in the transfer market.

From here until the end of the season there will be a flurry of transfer activity, so don’t get left behind and bookmark this page. Check back regularly to get up-to-the-minute news from Cyclingnews about who's going where in this transfer period.

Ag2r-La Mondiale

In:
Mathieu Perget (Caisse d’Epargne)
Romain Lemarchand (Big Mat-Auber 93)
Matteo Montaguti (De Rosa-Stac Plastic)
Jean-Christophe Péraud (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Mikael Cherel (FDJ)
Seabastien Minard (Cofidis)
Steve Houanard (Skil-Shimano)

Out:
Vladimir Efimkin
René Mandri
Jose Luis Arrieta (Retired)
Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1)
Nicolas Rousseau (Big Mat-Auber 93)
Gatis Smukulis (HTC-Highroad)
Ludovic Turpin (Saur Sojasun)
Tadej Valjavec

Re-signed:
Nicolas Roche
Cyril Dessel
Sebastien Hinault
Yuriy Kritsov
Guillaume Bonnafond
Martin Elminger
John Gadret
Blel Kadri
Rinaldo Nocentini
Julien Berard
Maxime Bouet
Dimitri Champion
Hubert Dupont
Ben Gastauer
Kristof Goddaert
David Le Lay
Julien Loubet
Lloyd Mondory
Anthony Ravard
Christope Riblon

Androni-Diquigiovanni

In:
Emanuele Sella
Josè Rujano

Out:
Cameron Wurf (Liquigas-Cannondale)

Astana

In:

Robert Kirserlovski (Liquigas)
Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
Evgeni Petrov (Katusha)
Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre)
Francesco Masciarelli (Acqua&Sapone)
Tanl Kangert (Estonia)
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Garmin-Transitions)
Remi Di Gregoio (FDJ)
Simon Clark (ISD-Neri)

Out:
Alberto Contador
Jesus Hernandez
Daniel Navarro
Benjamin Noval

Re-signed:
Alexander Vinokourov

Bbox-Bouygues Telecom (becomes Europcar)

In:
Sebastian Chavanel (FDJ)

Out:
Yuri Trofimov (Katusha)
Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ)
Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis)
William Bonnet (FDJ)
Johann Tschopp (BMC)
Steve Chainel (FDJ)

BMC

In:
Yannick Eijssen
Amaël Moinard (Cofidis)
Johann Tschopp (Bbox-Bouygues Telecom)
Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas-Doimo)
Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas-Doimo)
Greg Van Avermaert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Tim Roe
Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong)

Ceramica Flaminia

Out:
Riccardo Riccò (Vacansoleil)
Daniele Colli (Geox)

Cervelo TestTeam

Out:
Carlos Sastre (Geox)
Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo)
Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervélo)
Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervélo)
Brett Lancaster (Garmin-Cervélo)
Daniel Lloyd (Garmin-Cervélo)
Roger Hammond (Garmin-Cervélo)
Gabriel Rasch (Garmin-Cervélo)
Xavier Tondo (Movistar)
Ted King (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Martin Reimer (Skil-Shimano)
Jeremy Hunt (Team Sky)

Davide Appollonio (Team Sky)

Cofidis

In:
Nicolas Vogondy (Bbox)

Out:
Amaël Moinard

Colnago-CSF Inox

In:

Angelo Pagani (neo)
Andrea Pasqualon (neo)
Paolo Locatelli (neo)
Omar Lombardi (neo)
Manuele Caddeo
Andrea Piechele (Carmiooro NGC)

Out:

Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Doimo)

Staying:

Domenico Pozzovivo
Manuel Belletti
Sacha Modolo
Marco Frapporti
Federico Canuti
Gianluca Brambilla
Stefano Pirazzi
Simone Stortoni
Filippo Savini
Alberto Contoli

Endura Racing Team

In
Rene Mandri (Ag2R La Mondiale)
Paul Voss (Team Milram)

Euskaltel-Euskadi

In:
Pierre Cazaux (FDJ)

Out:
Beñat Intxausti

Re-signed:
Igor Anton
Egoi Martinez
Samuel Sanchez
Romain Sicard
Amets Txurruka
Gorka Verdugo
Iban Velasco

Française des Jeux

In:
Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox)
William Bonnet (Bbox)
Steve Chainel (Bbox)

Out:
Sebastian Chavanel (Europcar)
Jussi Veikkanen (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Christophe Le Mével (Garmin)
Remi Di Gregorio (Astana)

Re-signed:
Frédéric Guesdon
Sandy Casar
Mathieu Ladagnous
Yoann Offredo
Jérémy Roy

Garmin-Transitions

In:
Christophe Le Mével (FDJ)
Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam)
Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam)
Andreas Klier (Cervélo TestTeam)
Brett Lancaster (Cervélo TestTeam)
Daniel Lloyd (Cervélo TestTeam)
Roger Hammond (Cervélo TestTeam)
Gabriel Rasch (Cervélo TestTeam)

Out:
Trent Lowe (Pegasus)
Christian Meier (United Healthcare)
Svein Tuft (Pegasus)
Ricardo Van der Velde
Robbie Hunter (Pegasus)
Danny Pate (HTC-Columbia)
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana)
Steven Cozza (NetApp)
Timothy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale)

Re-signed:
Murilo Fischer

Geox (Footon-Servetto)

In:
Juan Jose Cobo (Caisse d'Epargne)
David Gutierrez Gutierrez
Carlos Sastre (Cervelo)
Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
Fabio Duarte (Café de Colombia)
Matteo Pelucchi (Trevigiani)
Marko Kump (Adria Mobil)
Marcel Wyss (Cervelo)
Mauricio Ardila (Rabobank)
Dimitry Kozontchuk (Rabobank)
David Blanco (Palmeiras)
Daniele Colli (Ceramica Flaminia)

HTC-Highroad

In:
Matt Brammeier (An Post Sean Kelly Team)
John Degenkolb (neo)
Gatis Smukulis (AG2R La Mondiale)
Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank)
Caleb Fairly (neo)
Danny Pate (Garmin-Transitions)

Out:
André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Marcel Sieberg (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Gert Dockx (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Vicente Reynes
(Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Michael Rogers (Team Sky)
Maxime Monfort (Luxembourg Pro Cycling)
Aleksejs Saramontins (Cofidis)

Re-signed:
Bert Grabsch
Bernard Eisel
Mark Renshaw

ISD-Neri

Re-signed:
Giovanni Visconti

Jamis-Sutter Home

In:
Fernando Antogna
Eric Shildge
Bradley Ghrig

Out:
Ivan Dominguez (retired)

Staying:
Luis Amaran
Alejandro Borrajo
Anibal Borrajo
Tyler Wren
Jamey Driscoll
Ignacio Pereyra
Andy Guptill
Tucker Brown
Nick Frey
Jackie Simes, III

Jelly Belly

In:

Ken Hanson (Team Type 1)
Alex Hagman (neo)
Nick Hamilton
Emerson Oronte
Cameron Cogburn
Alistair Loutit

Out:

Mike Friedman (Kelly Benefit Strategies)
Will Routley (SpiderTech-C10)
Kiel Reijnen (Team Type 1)

Staying:

Jeremy Powers
Brad Huff
Bernard Van Ulden
Will Dickeson
Sean Mazich
Sergio Hernandez

Katusha

In:
Yuri Trofimov (Bbox Bouygues Telecom)
Leif Hoste (Omega Pharma-Lotto)

Out:
Evgeni Petrov (Astana)
Robbie McEwen (Pegasus Sports)
Serguei Klimov (Pegasus Sports)

Re-signed:
Vladimir Karpets

Kelly Benefit Strategies

In
Michael Creed (Team Type 1)
Jason Donald (Bahati Foundation)
Mike Friedman (Jelly Belly)
Daniel Holloway (Bissell)

Out
Scott Zwizanski (UnitedHealthCare)

Lampre – Farnese Vini

In:
Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli)
Andrei Kashechkin
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androni Giocattoli)
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Miche)

Out:
Mirco Lorenzetto (Astana)
Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale)
Simone Ponzi
(Liquigas-Cannondale)

Re-signed:
Damiano Cunego

Liquigas-Doimo

In:
Paolo Borghini Longho (ISD - Neri)
Eros Capecchi (Footon-Servetto)
Cristiano Salerno (De Rosa - Stac Plastic)
Damiano Caruso (De Rosa - Stac Plastic)
Cameron Wurf (Androni Giocattoli)
Alan Marangoni (CSF-Colnago)
Dominik Nerz (Milram)
Mauro Da Dalto (Lampre)
Simone Ponzi (Lampre)

Timothy Duggan (Garmin-Transitions)
Ted King (Cervelo)
Cameron Wurf (Androni-Giocattoli)

Out:
Francesco Chicchi (Quick Step)
Robert Kiserlovski (Astana)
Roman Kreuziger (Astana)
Manuel Quinziato (BMC)
Ivan Santaromita (BMC)

Oliver Zaugg (Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project)

Re-signed:
Valerio Agnoli
Maciej Bodnar
David Cimolai
Mauro Finetto
Jacopo Guarnieri
Kristjan Koren
Maciej Paterski
Daniel Oss
Fabio Sabatini
Elia Viviani
Ivan Basso
Vincenzo Nibali
Sylwester Szmyd
Alessandro Vanotti
Francesco Bellotti
Tiziano Dall’Antonia

Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project

In:
Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisors)
Stefan Denifl (Cervelo)
Brice Feillu (Vacansoleil)

Daniele Bennati (Liquigas)
Davide Viganò (Team Sky)
Giacomo Nizzolo (neo)
Bruno Pires
(Barbot Siper)
Maxime Monfort (HTC-Columbia)
Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step)
Dominic Klemme
(Saxo Bank)
Linus Gerdemann (Milram)
Fabian Wegmann (Milram)
Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank)

Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank)
Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank)
Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank)
Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank)

Fabian Cancellara? (Saxo Bank)
Anders Lund (Saxo Bank)
Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil)
Tom Stamsnijder (Rabobank)

Oliver Zaugg (Liquigas-Doimo)
Joost Posthuma (Rabobank)

Miche

In:
Stefan Schumacher

Movistar

In:
Beñat Intxausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Xavier Tondo (Cervelo TestTeam)
Ignatus Konovalovas (Cervelo TestTeam)
Franciso José Ventoso (Carmiooro)
Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro)

Branislau Samoilau (Quick Step)

Re-signed:
Ivan Gutierrez

Omega Pharma – Lotto

In:
André Greipel (HTC-Columbia)
Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step)
Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ)
Bart De Clerq
Maarten Neyens

Adam Hansen (HTC-Columbia)
Vincente Reynes (HTC-Columbia)
Marcel Sieberg (HTC-Columbia)
Gert Dockx (HTC-Columbia)
David Boucher (Landbouwkrediet)
Jens Debusschere
Klaas Lodewyck (Topsport Vlaanderen)
Oscar Pujol (Cervélo)
Sven Vandousselaere (Jong Vlaanderen)
Frederik Willems (Liquigas-Doimo)

Out:
Leif Hoste (Katusha)
Greg Van Avermaert (BMC)
Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R-La Mondiale)

Pegasus Sports

In
Ben Day (Fly V Australia)
Bernard Sulzberger (Fly V Australia)
Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia)
Aaron Kemps (Fly V Australia)
Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia)
Darren Lill (Fly V Australia)
Jay Thomson (Fly V Australia)
Phil Zajicek (Fly V Australia)

Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
Dominique Cornu (Skil-Shimano)
Svein Tuft (Garmin-Transitions)
Luke Roberts (Milram)
Christian Knees (Milram)
Serguei Klimov (Katusha)

Robbie Hunter (Garmin-Transitions)
Trent Lowe (Garmin-Transitions)
Daryl Impey (RadioShack)
Rohan Denis (Jayco-Skins)
Clinton Avery (neo)
Darren Lapthorne (Rapha Condor)

Quick Step

In:
Marc de Maar
Francesco Chicchi
Niki Terpstra

Out:
Kurt Hovelynck (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly)
Kevin Hulsmans (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly)
Jurgen Van de Walle
Maarten Wynants
Marco Velo (retired)
Matteo Tosatto (Saxo Bank-Sungard)

Re-signed:
Sylvain Chavanel

Rabobank

In:
Matti Breschel (Saxo Bank)
Michael Matthews (Jayco-Skins)
Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne)
Theo Bos (Cervelo)
Maarten Wynants (Quick Step)
Carlos Barredo (Quick Step)

Out:
Koos Moerenhout (retired)
Joost Posthuma (Luxembourg team)
Kai Reus (retired)
Denis Menchov (Geox)

Re-signed:
Graeme Brown

RadioShack

In:

Manuel Cardoso (Footon-Servetto)
Jesse Sergent (Trek-Livestrong)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Caja Rural)

Philip Deignan (Cervelo TestTeam)
Nélson Oliveira (Xacobeo Galicia)
Benjamin King (Trek-Livestrong)

Re-signed:
Lance Armstrong
San Bewley
Janez Brajkovic
Matthew Busche
Ben Hermans
Chris Horner
Markel Irizar
Andreas Klöden
Levi Leipheimer
Geoffroy Lequatre
Tiago Machado
Dmitry Muravyev
Sergio Paulinho
Yaroslav Popovych
Gregory Rast
Sebastien Rosseler
Bjorn Selander
Gert Steegmans
Haimar Zubeldia

Out:
Jose Luis Rubiera (Retired)
Daryl Impey (Pegasus Sports)

Saxo Bank – SunGard

In:
Alberto Contador
Jesus Hernandez
Daniel Navarro
Benjamin Noval
Nick Nuyens
Volodymyr Gustov
Manuele Boaro

Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step)

Out:
Fränk Schleck
Andy Schleck

Matti Breschel
Anders Lund
Frank Høj (retired)
Fabian Cancellara
Jens Voigt
Stuart O'Grady
Jakob Fuglsang
Dominic Klemme

Re-signed:
Michael Mørkøv

Skil-Shimano

In:
Johannes Fröhlinger (Milram)
Roman Kluge (Milram)
Marcel Kittel (Thüringer Energie)
Thomas Bonnin
Thomas Damuseau

Martin Reimer
Matthieu Sprick
Ronan van Zandbeek

Out:
Dominique Cornu (Pegasus Sports)
Steve Hounard (AG2R La Mondiale)

Re-signed:
Roy Curvers
Mitchell Docker
Koen de Kort
Steve Houanard
Kenny Van Hummel

Team Sky

In:
Alex Dowsett (Trek-Livestrong)
Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne)
Rigoberto Uran
(Caisse d'Epargne)
Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia)
Jeremy Hunt (Cervelo)
Davide Appollonio (Cervelo)

Re-signed:
Russell Downing

Team Type 1

In:
Alexander Efimkin
Alexey Schmidt (neo)
Kiel Reijnen (Jelly Belly)
Ben King (Trek-Livestrong)
Ivan Melero (Burgos 2016 - Castilla y Leon)

Out:
Michael Creed (Kelly Benefit Strategies)
Ken Hanson (Jelly Belly)
Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare)
Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare)
Shawn Milne (Kenda Pro Cycling)

Staying:
Alex Bowden
Fabio Calabria
Will Dugan
Joe Eldridge
Aldo Ino Ilesic
Valeriy Kobzarenko
Javier Megias Leal
Scott Stewart
Martijn Verschoor

United Healthcare p/b Maxxis

In:
Trent Lowe (Garmin -Transitions)
Robert Förster (Team Milram)
Christian Meier
(Garmin-Transitions)
Scott Zwizanski (KBS)
Davide Frattini (Team Type 1)
Chris Jones (Team Type 1)

Charly Wegelius (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Boy Van Poppel (Rabobank Continental)

Re-signed:
Rory Sutherland
Karl Menzies
Brad White
Adrian Hegyvary
Jonny Clarke
Hilton Clarke
Max Jenkins
Jake Keough
Morgan Schmitt

Vanansoleil

In:

Stijn Devolder
Martijn Keizer
Riccardo Riccò
Ezequiel Mosquera

Out:
Brice Feillu
Bobbie Traksel
Wouter Mol

Re-signed:
Romain Feillu
Bjorn Leukemas

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