2018’s Top 5 biggest transfers
Marcel Kittel to Katusha-Alpecin
Mikel Landa to Movistar
Alexander Kristoff to UAE Team Emirates
Simon Gerrans to BMC
Elia Viviani to Quickstep
2018 Pro Cycling Transfers in Full
Ag2r La Mondiale
Ins: Silvan Dillier (BMC Racing), Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal), Clement Venturini (Cofidis), Benoit Cosnefroy
Outs: Sondre Holst Enger (Israel Cycling Academy), Hugo Houle (Astana), Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain-Merida)
Astana
Ins: Magnus Cort Nielsen (Mitchelton-Scott), Omar Fraile (Dimension Data), Jan Hirt (CCC Sprandi Polkowice), Hugo Houle (Ag2r La Mondiale), Davide Villella (Team EF – Drapac)
Outs: Paolo Tiralongo (retired)
Bahrain Merida
Ins: Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Kristijan Koren (Team EF – Drapac), Matej Mohoric (UAE), Hermann Pernsteiner (Amplatz-BMC), Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r La Mondiale)
Outs: Tsgabu Grmay (Trek-Segafredo), Javier Moreno (Delko Marseille Provence KTM)
BMC Racing
Ins: Albert Bettiol (Team EF – Drapac), Patrick Bevin (Team EF – Drapac), Simon Gerrans (Mitchelton-Scott), Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Soudal), Nathan van Hooydunck (BMC Development)
Outs: Silvan Dillier (Ag2r La Mondiale), Ben Hermans (Israel Cycling Academy), Amaël Moinard (Fortuneo-Oscaro), Daniel Oss (Bora-Hansgrohe), Manuel Quinziato (retired), Manuel Senni (Bardiani-CSF)
Bora-Hansgrohe
Ins: Davide Formolo (Team EF – Drapac), Felix Großschartner (CCC Sprandi-Polkowice), Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky), Daniel Oss (BMC Racing)
Outs:
Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Ins: Logan Owen (Axeon Hagens Berman), Dan McLay (Fortneo-Oscaro), Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates)
Outs: Albert Bettiol (BMC Racing), Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing) Davide Formolo (Bora-Hansgrohe), Kristijan Koren (Bahrain-Merida), Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo), Tom-Jelte Slagter (Dimension Data), Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo), Dylan Van Baarle (Team Sky), Woter Wippert (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Davide Villella (Astana)
Dimension Data
Ins: Scott Davies (Team Wiggins), Nicholas Dlamini (Dimension Data Continental), Louis Meintjes (UAE Team Emirates), Tom-Jelte Slagter (Team EF – Drapac), Julien Vermote (Quick-Step Floors)
Outs: Omar Fraile (Astana), Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin)
FDJ
Ins: Bruno Armirail (Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre), Antoine Duchesne (Direct Energie), Valentin Madouas, Georg Preidler (Team Sunweb), Romain Seigle, Ramon Sinkeldam (Team Sunweb), Benjamin Thomas (Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre)
Outs: Arnaud Courteille (Vital Concept), Odd Christian Eiking (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Marc Fournier (Vital Concept), Johan Le Bon (Vital Concept), Jérémy Maison (Fortuneo-Oscaro), Lorrenzo Manzin (Vital Concept), Kevin Reza (Vital Concept)
Katusha-Alpecin
Ins: Ian Boswell (Team Sky), Steff Crass (Belgium U23), Alex Dowsett (Movistar), Nathan Haas (Dimension Data), Matteo Fabbro (Friuli Cycling Team), Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors), Willie Smit (Nippo-Vini Fantini)
Outs: Sven Erik Bystrøm (UAE Team Emirates), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), Michael Mørkøv (Quick-Step Floors), Rein Taaramae (Direct Energie), Angel Vicioso (retired)
LottoNL-Jumbo
Ins: Pascal Eenkhoorn (BMC Development Team), Sep Kuss (Rally Cycling), Neilson Powless (Axeon Hagens Berman), Danny Van Poppel (Team Sky)
Outs: Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal), Steven Lammertink (Vital Concept)
Lotto-Soudal
Ins: Victor Campenaerts (LottoNL-Jumbo), Jens Keukeleire (Mitchelton-Scott), Lawrence Naesen (WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect)
Outs: Sean De Bie (Verandas Willems-Crelan), Bart De Clercq (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Tony Gallopin (Ag2r La Mondiale), Jürgen Roelandts (BMC Racing), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (retired), Louis Vervaeke (Team Sunweb)
Movistar
Ins: Jaime Castrillo (Lizarte), Mikel Landa (Team Sky), Jaime Roson (Caja Rural), Eduardo Sepulveda (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
Outs: Alex Dowsett (Movistar), Jesús Herrada (Cofidis), José Herrada (Cofidis), Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida), Adriano Malori (retired), Rory Sutherland (UAE Team Emirates)
Mitchelton-Scott
Ins: Jack Bauer (Quick-Step Floors), Lucas Hamilton (Mitchelton-Scott), Cameron Meyer (None), Mikel Nieve (Team Sky), Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floors)
Outs: Simon Gerrans (BMC Racing), Jens Keukeleire (Lotto-Soudal)
Quick-Step Floors
Ins: Fabio Jakobsen (SEG Racing Academy), James Knox (Team Wiggins), Michael Mørkøv (Katusha-Alpecin), Jhonathan Narvaez (Axeon Hagens Berman), Florian Sénéchal (Cofidis), Elia Viviani (Team Sky)
Outs: Jack Bauer (Mitchelton-Scott), Tom Boonen (retired), Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo), Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin), Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates), Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott), Julien Vermote (Dimension Data)
Team Sky
Ins: Egan Bernal (Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec), Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), David de la Cruz (Quick-Step Floors), Christopher Lawless (Axeon Hagens Berman), Pavel Sivakov (BMC Development), Dylan Van Baarle (Team EF – Drapac).
Outs: Ian Boswell (Katusha-Alpecin), Peter Kennaugh (Bora-Hansgrohe), Mikel Landa (Movistar), Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott), Danny Van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo), Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)
Team Sunweb
Ins: Jai Hindley (Mitchelton-Scott), Michael Storer (Mitchelton-Scott), Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Martijn Tusveld (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Louis Vervaeke (Lotto-Soudal)
Outs: Warren Barguil (Fortuneo-Oscaro), Bert De Backer (Vital Concept), George Preidler (FDJ), Ramon Sinkeldam (FDJ), Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Fortuneo-Oscaro), Ziko Waeytens (Verandas Willems-Crelan)
Trek-Segafredo
Ins: Gianluca Brambilla (Quick-Step Floors), Nicola Conci (Zaif Euromobil), Niklas Eg (Virtu Cycling), Alex Frame (JLT Condor), Tsgabu Grmay (Bahrain-Merida), Ryan Mullen (Team EF – Drapac), Toms Skujins (Team EF – Drapac)
Outs: Alberto Contador (retired), Edward Theuns (Team Sunweb), Haimar Zubeldia (retired)
UAE Team Emirates
Ins: Sven Erik Bystrøm (Katusha-Alpecin), Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin), Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors), Alexandr Riabushenko (UAE, stagiaire), Rory Sutherland (Movistar)
Outs: Andrea Guardiani (Bardiani-CSF), Marko Kump (CCC Sprandi-Polkowice), Louis Meintjes (Dimension Data), Sacha Modolo (EF Education First-Drapac)
