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Rider transfers for 2005-2006
The rider transfer season typically starts halfway through the year, especially during the Tour de France when many contracts are agreed upon for the following year. Although UCI rules prohibit a full contract from being signed until September 1, riders can sign preliminary contracts before that date.
The following list details confirmed transfers for next season, and will be updated on a regular basis. If you have a transfer, or even a rumour, then please contact us. A special thanks to Jonas Truwant for his help.
Transfers for 2005-2006
Last update: November 9, 2005
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Rider 2005 Team 2006 Team Beñat Albizuri Orbea Euskatel-Euskadi Rolf Aldag T-Mobile retirement Nicklas Axelsson Universal Caffe' Colombia-Selle Italia Serge Baguet Davitamon-Lotto Quick.Step Gene Bates Zalf Desiree Fior Team LPR Wladimir Belli Domina Vacanze Colombia-Selle Italia Emilien-Benoit Bergès RAGT-Semences Auber 93 Lorenzo Bernucci Fassa Bortolo T-Mobile Eric Berthou RAGT-Semences Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Alessandro Bertuola Naturino-Sapore di Mare Tenax Nobili Rubinetterie Paolo Bossoni Fassa Bortolo Tenax Nobili Rubinetterie Giorgia Bronzini Chirio Forno d'Asolo Team FRW Benjamin Brooks Jelly Belly-Pool Gel Navigators Insurance Graeme Brown Ceramica Panaria Rabobank Manuel Calvente CSC Agritubel Fabian Cancellara Fassa Bortolo CSC Eros Capecchi neo-pro Liquigas-Bianchi Andy Cappelle Chocolade Jacques Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Anthony Charteau Cofidis Credit Agricole Francesco Chicchi Fassa Bortolo Quick.Step Baden Cooke Francaise des Jeux Unibet.com Claudio Corioni Fassa Bortolo Liquigas-Bianchi Inigo Cuesta Saunier Duval-Prodir CSC Alberto Curtolo neo-pro Liquigas-Bianchi Mauro Da Dalto neo-pro Liquigas-Bianchi Scotto d'Abusco Lampre-Caffitta Scott Davis Tenax Nobili Rubinetterie T-Mobile Steven De Jongh Rabobank Quick.Step Marc De Maar Rabobank U23 Rabobank Maarten den Bakker Rabobank Team Milram Ludo Dierckxsens Landbouwkrediet-Colnago retirement Andreas Dietziker Ed' System-Zvvz Team LPR Juan-Carlos Dominguez Saunier Duval-Prodir Unibet.com Moisés Dueñas Relax-Bodysol Agritubel Leonardo Duque Jartazi Gerolsteiner Christophe Edaleine Cofidis Credit Agricole Jimmy Engoulvent Cofidis Credit Agricole Jens Erik Madsen Glud & Marstrand Horsens Team Barloworld Thomas Bruun Eriksen CSC retirement Giairo Ermeti neo-pro Team LPR Tyler Farrar Health Net Cofidis Juan-Antonio Flecha Fassa Bortolo Rabobank Daniela Fusar Poli Nobili Rubinetterie Safi-Pasta Zara-Manhattan John Gadret Jartazi Ag2R Prévoyance Linus Gerdemann CSC T-Mobile Gianluca Geremia Zalf Fior Desire Ceramica Flaminia Mauro Gerosa Liquigas-Bianchi Team Miche Koldo Gil Liberty Seguros-Würth Saunier Duval-Prodir Alex Giraldo neo-pro Colombia-Selle Italia Serguei Gonchar Domina Vacanze T-Mobile Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano Liberty Seguros-Würth retirement Dmytro Grabovskyy neo-pro Quick.Step André Greipel Team Wiesenhof T-Mobile Loes Gunnewijk Vrienden van het Platteland Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Vladimir Gusev CSC Discovery Channel Volodymir Gustov Fassa Bortolo CSC Bo Hamburger Acqua & Sapone Team Miche Aitor Hernández Team LPR Euskatel-Euskadi Ryder Hesjedal Discovery Channel Phonak Torsten Hiekmann T-Mobile Gerolsteiner Tristan Hoffman CSC retirement Chris Horner Saunier Duval-Prodir Davitamon-Lotto Iban Iriondo neo-pro Euskatel-Euskadi Fabian Jeker Saunier Duval-Prodir Unibet.com Vincent Jérôme Vendee U Bouygues Telecom Sébastien Joly Crédit Agricole Française des Jeux Andrei Kashechkin Crédit Agricole Liberty Seguros-Würth Luise Keller Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Kim Kirchen Fassa Bortolo T-Mobile Kasper Klostergaard neo-pro CSC David Kopp Team Wiesenhof Gerolsteiner Roman Kreuziger neo-pro Liquigas-Bianchi Karsten Kroon Rabobank CSC Denis Kudashev neo-pro Relax Fuenlabrada Aleksandr Kuschynski Amore e Vita Ceramica Flaminia Arnaud Labbe Auber 93 Bouygues Telecom Eric Leblacher Credit Agricole Francaise des Jeux Geoffroy Lequatre Crédit Agricole Cofidis Jonas Ljungblad Amore e Vita Unibet.com Marcus Ljungqvist Liquigas-Bianchi CSC Alberto Loddo Bottoli Zoccorinese Colombia-Selle Italia Trent Lowe Subaru-Gary Fisher Discovery Channel Jörg Ludewig Domina Vacanze T-Mobile Fabiana Luperini Team FRW Top Girls-Fassa Bortolo Massimiliano Maisto neo-pro Universal Caffé Francisco Mancebo Illes Balears-Caisse d'EpargneAg2R Prévoyance Rene Mandri neo-pro Auber 93 Juan Manuel Garate Saunier Duval-Prodir Quick.Step Martin Mares Ed' System-Zvvz Naturino-Sapore Di Mare Paul Martens neo-pro Skil-Shimano Egoi Martinez Eusklatel-Euskadi Discovery Channel Samuele Marzano Lampre-Caffitta Team LPR Iban Mayoz Relax Fuenlabrada Euskatel-Euskadi Eddy Mazzoleni Lampre-Caffitta T-Mobile Jonathan Patrick McCarty Discovery Channel Phonak Juan Miguel Mercado Quick.Step Agritubel Axel Merckx Davitamon-Lotto Phonak Peter Mertens Chocolade Jacques Davitamon-Lotto Christoph Meschenmoser neo-pro Skil-Shimano Koos Moerenhout Davitamon-Lotto Phonak Steve Morabito neo-pro Phonak Christophe Moreau Crédit Agricole Ag2R Prévoyance Carl Naibo neo-pro Ag2R Prévoyance Daniele Napolitano Team LPR Lampre-Fondital Kirk O'Bee Navigators Insurance Health Net pb Maxxis Carlos Ochoa neo-pro Team LPR Stuart O'Grady Cofidis CSC Fernandez Oliveira neo-pro Phonak Christophe Oriol Ag2R Prévoyance retirement Luca Paolini Quick.Step Liquigas-Bianchi Ivan Parra Colombia-Selle Italia Cofidis Fabien Patanchon neo-pro Française des Jeux Rémi Pauriol VC La Pomme-Marseille Crédit Agricole Martin Pedersen neo-pro CSC Walter Pedraza neo-pro Colombia-Selle Italia Christina Peick Team S.A.T.S Colavita/Cooking Light Oscar Pereiro Phonak Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Rubén Pérez neo-pro Euskatel-Euskadi Francisco Pérez Sanchez Milaneza-Maia Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Alessandro Petacchi Fassa Bortolo Team Milram Mickaël Pichon Bouygues Telecom retirement Alexandre Pichot Vendee U Bouygues Telecom Dario Pieri Lampre-Caffitta Team LPR Nicolas Portal Ag2R Prévoyance Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Alessandro Proni neo-pro Ceramica Flaminia Manuel Quinziato Saunier Duval-Prodir Liquigas-Bianchi Frantisek Rabon PSK Whirlpool T-Mobile Viktor Rapinski Phonak Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Eddy Ratti Team Nippo Naturino Sapore di Mare Mark Renshaw Francaise des Jeux Credit Agricole Kai Reus Rabobank U23 Rabobank Michael Rogers Quick.Step T-Mobile Maxim Rudenko Jartazi Ceramica Flaminia José Rujano Colombia-Selle Italia Quick.Step Cristiano Salerno neo-pro Tenax Nobili Rubinetterie Fabien Sanchez Francaise des Jeux Cofidis Nicolas Sanderson neo-pro Davitamon-Lotto Ivan Santaromita neo-pro Quick.Step Stefan Schumacher Skil-Shimano Gerolsteiner Eddy Seigneur RAGT-Semences retirement Luigi Sestili neo-pro Naturino Sapore di Mare Denis Shkarpeta Ceramica Pagnoncelli Team Miche Gilberto Simoni Lampre-Caffita Saunier Duval-Prodir Patrik Sinkewitz Quick.Step T-Mobile Alessandro Spezialetti Lampre-Caffita Liquigas-Bianchi Bertine Spijkerman @Work Therme Skincare Florian Stalder Ed' System-Zvvz Phonak Tobias Steinhauser T-Mobile retirement Antonio Tauler Illes Balears-Caisse d'EpargneUnibet.com Laurens Ten Dam Shimano-Memory Corp Unibet.com Maarten Tjallingii MTB - Heijdens-Ten Tusscher Skil-Shimano Pavel Tonkov Team LPR retirement Matteo Tosatto Fassa Bortolo Quick.Step Guido Trenti Fassa Bortolo Quick.Step Unai Uribarri neo-pro Euskatel-Euskadi Tadej Valjavec Phonak Lampre-Fondital Greg Van Avermaet neo-pro Bodysol-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen Jurgen Van De Walle Landbouwkrediet - Colnago Quick.Step Jurgen Van Goolen Quick.Step Discovery Channel Kevin Van Impe Chocolade Jacques Quick.Step Cédric Vasseur Cofidis Quick.Step Marco Velo Fassa Bortolo Team Milram Rik Verbrugghe Quick.Step Cofidis Gert Verheyen Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Quick.Step Aart Vierhouten Davitamon-Lotto Skil-Shimano Alexandre Vinokourov T-Mobile Liberty Seguros-Würth David Vitoria neo-pro Phonak René Weissinger Volksbank-Ideal-Leingruber Skil-Shimano Matthew White Cofidis Discovery Channel Remmert Wielinga Rabobank Quick.Step Bradley Wiggins Crédit Agricole Cofidis Kirsten Wild @Work Team van Bemmelen-AA Drink Arkadiusz Wojtas Skil-Moser Team Miche Erik Zabel T-Mobile Team Milram Stefano Zanini Quick.Step Liquigas-Bianchi Carlos Zárate Comunidad Valenciana Saunier Duval-Prodir
