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Rider transfers for 2008-2009
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.
Transfers for 2008-2009
Last update: October 27, 2008
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Rider 2008 Team 2009 Team Guillaume Bonnafond Neo-professional AG2R La Mondiale Alexandre Efimkin Quick Step AG2R La Mondiale Sébastien Hinault Crédit Agricole AG2R La Mondiale Blel Kadri Neo-professional AG2R La Mondiale Nicolas Roche Crédit Agricole AG2R La Mondiale Gatis Smukulis Neo-professional AG2R La Mondiale Sylvain Calzati AG2R La Mondiale Agritubel Remi Cusin Neo-professional Agritubel Brice Feillu Neo-professional Agritubel Yann Huguet Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Agritubel Christophe Laurent Garmin-Chipotle Agritubel Yoann Le Boulanger Française des Jeux Agritubel Lance Armstrong Retired Astana Valeriy Dmitriyev Neo-professional Astana Valentin Iglinskiy Neo-professional Astana Bolat Raimbekov Neo-professional Astana Sergey Renev Neo-professional Astana Haimar Zubeldia Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi Astana Fabien Bacquet Skil-Shimano Auber 93 Chad Beyer Neo-professional BMC Racing Team Mathias Frank Gerolsteiner BMC Racing Team Thomas Frei Astana BMC Racing Team Florian Stalder Team Volksbank BMC Racing Team Markus Zberg Gerolsteiner BMC Racing Team William Bonnet Crédit Agricole Bouyges Telecom Steve Chainel Auber 93 Bouyges Telecom Cyril Gauthier Bretagne - Armor Lux Bouyges Telecom Guillaume Le Floch Bretagne - Armor Lux Bouyges Telecom Pierre Rolland Crédit Agricole Bouyges Telecom Jean-Marie Bideau Roubaix Lille Metropole Bretagne Armor Lux Dimitri Champion Bouyges Telecom Bretagne Armor Lux Nicolas Hartmann Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Bretagne Armor Lux Lilian Jégou Française des Jeux Bretagne Armor Lux Nicolas Jouanno Neo-professional Bretagne Armor Lux Gaël Malacarne Neo-professional Bretagne Armor Lux Andrey Amador Neo-professional Caisse d'Epargne Rui Alberto Costa Fario Benfica Caisse d'Epargne Arnold Jeannesson Auber 93 Caisse d'Epargne Gustav Erik Larsson Team CSC-Saxo Bank Caisse d'Epargne Angel Madrazo Neo-professional Caisse d'Epargne Massimiliano Gentili Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce Diego Nosotti NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce Enrico Rossi NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce Iñigo Cuesta Team CSC-Saxo Bank Cervélo TestTeam Philip Deignan AG2R La Mondiale Cervélo TestTeam Daniel Fleeman Sean Kelly Team Cervélo TestTeam Xavier Florencio Bouygues Telecom Cervélo TestTeam Simon Gerrans Crédit Agricole Cervélo TestTeam Volodymir Gustov Team CSC-Saxo Bank Cervélo TestTeam Roger Hammond Team Columbia Cervélo TestTeam Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner Cervélo TestTeam Jeremy Hunt Crédit Agricole Cervélo TestTeam Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole Cervélo TestTeam Andreas Klier Team Columbia Cervélo TestTeam Ignatas Konovalovas Crédit Agricole Cervélo TestTeam Daniel Lloyd Sean Kelly Team Cervélo TestTeam Joaquin Novoa Mendez Neo-professional Cervélo TestTeam Serge Pauwels Topsport Vlaanderen Cervélo TestTeam Gabriel Rasch Crédit Agricole Cervélo TestTeam Martin Reimer Neo-professional Cervélo TestTeam Dominique Rollin Toyota-United Cervélo TestTeam Hayden Roulston New Zealand National Team Cervélo TestTeam Carlos Sastre Team CSC-Saxo Bank Cervélo TestTeam Marcel Wyss Neo-professional Cervélo TestTeam Guillaume Blot Neo-professional Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Christophe Kern Crédit Agricole Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Rémi Pauriol Crédit Agricole Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Nico Sijmens Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Alexandre Usov AG2R La Mondiale Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Alessandro Bisolti Neo-professional CSF Group - Navigare Michele Gaia Neo-professional CSF Group - Navigare Marcello Pavarin Neo-professional CSF Group - Navigare Simone Stortoni Neo-professional CSF Group - Navigare Enrico Zen Neo-professional CSF Group - Navigare Matthias Brändle Neo-professional Elk Haus-Simplon Michal Golas Cycle Collstrop Endeka Andrei Kunitski Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Endeka Mikel Nieve Orbea - Oreka S.D.A Euskaltel - Euskadi Pablo Urtasun Perez Liberty Seguros Euskaltel - Euskadi Massimiliano Gentili Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Flaminia Anthony Geslin Bouygues Telecom Française des Jeux Christophe Le Mével Crédit Agricole Française des Jeux Wesley Sulzberger Neo-professional Française des Jeux Hans Dekkers Mitsubishi-Jartazi Garmin-Chipotle Christian Meier Symmetrics Garmin-Chipotle Cameron Meyer Neo-professional Garmin-Chipotle Svein Tuft Symmetrics Garmin-Chipotle Bradley Wiggins Team Columbia Garmin-Chipotle Maxim Belkov Neo-professional ISD Danieli Eros Capecchi Scott-American Beef ISD Danieli Dario David Cioni Silence-Lotto ISD Danieli Volodymyr Dyudya Team Milram ISD Danieli Dmytro Grabovskyy Quick Step ISD Danieli Andry Grivko Team Milram ISD Danieli Matej Jurco Team Milram ISD Danieli Yuri Metlushenko Amore & Vita-McDonald's ISD Danieli Ruslan Pidgornyy LPR Brakes-Ballan ISD Danieli Alessandro Proni Quick Step ISD Danieli Leonardo Scarselli Quick Step ISD Danieli Giovanni Visconti Quick Step ISD Danieli Emmanuele Vona Neo-professional ISD Danieli Laszlo Bodrogi Crédit Agricole Katyusha Alexandre Botcharov Crédit Agricole Katyusha Antonio Colom Mas Astana Katyusha Alberto Contoli Neo-professional Katyusha Kenney De Haes Topsport Vlaanderen Katyusha Massimo Graziato Neo-professional Katyusha Vladimir Gusev Astana Katyusha Joan Horrach Caisse d'Epargne Katyusha Sergey Ivanov Astana Katyusha Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne Katyusha Jaroslaw Marycz Neo-professional Katyusha Robbie McEwen Silence-Lotto Katyusha Christian Pfannberger Barloworld Katyusha Filippo Pozzato Liquigas Katyusha Gert Steegmans Quick Step Katyusha Ben Swift Neo-professional Katyusha Stjin Vandebergh AG2R La Mondiale Katyusha Maxime Vantomme Mitsubishi-Jartazi Katyusha Santo Anzà Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni Knauf - Amica Chips Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas Knauf - Amica Chips Grega Bole Adria Mobil Knauf - Amica Chips Matteo Carrara Quick Step Knauf - Amica Chips Simon Clarke Neo-professional Knauf - Amica Chips Fausto Fognini Neo-professional Knauf - Amica Chips Michal Golas Cycle Collstrop Knauf - Amica Chips Vasil Kiryienka Tinkoff Credit Systems Knauf - Amica Chips Robert Kiserlovski Adria Mobil Knauf - Amica Chips Andrei Kunitski Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Knauf - Amica Chips Matija Kvasina Perutnina Ptuj Knauf - Amica Chips Vitaliy Buts Neo-professional Lampre Pietro Caucchioli Crédit Agricole Lampre Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas Lampre Enrico Gasparotto Barloworld Lampre Manuele Mori Scott-American Beef Lampre Simone Ponzi Neo-professional Lampre Marcin Sapa DHL-Author Lampre Volodymyr Zagorodniy NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte Lampre Koen Barbé Topsport Vlaanderen Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Jonathan Bertrand Neo-professional Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Denis Flahaut Scott-American Beef Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Geert Verheyhen Mitsubishi - Jartazi Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Ivan Basso Suspended Liquigas Jacopo Guarnieri Neo-professional Liquigas Daniel Oss Neo-professional Liquigas Fabio Sabatini Team Milram Liquigas Sylvester Szmyd Lampre Liquigas Brian Vandborg Team GLS - Pakke Shop Liquigas Volodymyr Zagorodny NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte Liquigas Oliver Zaugg Gerolsteiner Liquigas Lorenzo Bernucci Cinelli-OPD LPR Brakes-Ballan Damiano Caruso Neo-professional LPR Brakes-Ballan Marco Cattaneo NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte LPR Brakes-Ballan Santo Anza Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni Nippo Endeka Igor Astarloa Team Milram Nippo Endeka Leonardo Bertagnolli Liquigas Nippo Endeka Grega Bole Adria Mobil Nippo Endeka Matteo Carrara Quick Step Nippo Endeka Robert Kiserlovski Adria Mobil Nippo Endeka Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Quick Step-Specialized Dominique Cornu Silence-Lotto Quick Step-Specialized Allan Davis Mitsubishi-Jartazi Quick Step-Specialized Kevin De Weert Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Quick Step-Specialized Dries Devenyns Silence-Lotto Quick Step-Specialized Kurt Hovelynck Topsport Vlaanderen Quick Step-Specialized Davide Malacarne Neo-professional Quick Step-Specialized Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Telecom Quick Step-Specialized Francesco Reda NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte Quick Step-Specialized Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner Quick Step-Specialized Marco Velo Team Milram Quick Step-Specialized Lars Boom Rabobank Continental Rabobank Stef Clement Bouygues Telecom Rabobank Juan Manuel Garate Quick Step Rabobank Nick Nuyens Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Rabobank Tom Stamsnijder Gerolsteiner Rabobank Maarten Tjallingii Silence-Lotto Rabobank Jos Van Emden Rabobank Continental Rabobank Fabio Baldato Gerolsteiner Retired Paolo Bettini Quick Step Retired Volodymyr Bileka Silence-Lotto Retired Michael Blaudzun Team CSC-Saxo Bank Retired Maarten Den Bakker Skil-Shimano Retired Jose Miguel Elias Contentpolis - Murcia Retired Paolo Fornaciari Gerolsteiner Retired Bobby Julich Team CSC-Saxo Bank Retired Antton Luengo Euskaltel - Euskadi Retired Volker Ordowski Gerolsteiner Retired Benoît Poilvet Bretagne - Armor Lux Retired Enrico Poitschke Team Milram Retired Yaroslav Popovych Silence-Lotto Retired Paolo Savoldelli Team LPR Retired Mike Sayers BMC Racing Team Retired Tom Steels Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Retired Wim Vansevenant Silence-Lotto Retired Rik Verbrugghe Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Retired Steffen Wesemann Cycle Collstrop Retired Erik Zabel Team Milram Retired Jonathan Bellis Neo-professional Saxo Bank-IT Technology Jakob Fuglsang Team Designa Kokken Saxo Bank-IT Technology Frank Hoj Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Saxo Bank-IT Technology Dominic Klemme Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta Saxo Bank-IT Technology Michael Mørkøv Team GLS - Pakke Shop Saxo Bank-IT Technology Alex Rasmussen Team Designa Kokken Saxo Bank-IT Technology Thomas Bertolini Neo-professional Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni Wilfried Cretskens Quick Step Silence-Lotto Thomas Dekker Rabobank Silence-Lotto Mickaël Delage Française des Jeux Silence-Lotto Michiel Elijzen Rabobank Silence-Lotto Philippe Gilbert Française des Jeux Silence-Lotto Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner Silence-Lotto Jonas Ljungblad P3 Transfer-Batavus Silence-Lotto Staf Scheirlinckx Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Silence-Lotto Tom Stubbe Française des Jeux Silence-Lotto Jelle Vanendert Française des Jeux Silence-Lotto Charles Wegelius Liquigas Silence-Lotto Bert De Backer Neo-professional Skil-Shimano Koen De Kort Astana Skil-Shimano Mitchell Docker Drapac Porsche Skil-Shimano Theo Eltink Rabobank Skil-Shimano Simon Geschke Neo-professional Skil-Shimano Jonathan Hivert Crédit Agricole Skil-Shimano Steve Houanard Neo-professional Skil-Shimano Cycril Lemoine Crédit Agricole Skil-Shimano Bernhard Köhl Gerolsteiner Suspended Emanuele Sella CSF Group - Navigare Suspended Michael Albasini Liquigas Team Columbia Maxime Monfort Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Team Columbia Mark Renshaw Crédit Agricole Team Columbia Jimmy Engoulvent Crédit Agricole Team Heulot Jean-Marc Marino Crédit Agricole Team Heulot Maxime Méderel Crédit Agricole Team Heulot Julien Simon Crédit Agricole Team Heulot Yannick Talabardon Crédit Agricole Team Heulot Alessandro Petacchi Team Milram Team LPR Ruslan Podgornyy ISD Danieli Team LPR Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner Team Milram Thomas Fothen Gerolsteiner Team Milram Johannes Fröhlinger Gerolsteiner Team Milram Servais Knaven Team Columbia Team Milram Thomas Rohregger Elk Haus - Simplon Team Milram Matthias Russ Gerolsteiner Team Milram Wim Stroetinga Neo-professional Team Milram Paul Voss Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta Team Milram Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner Team Milram Peter Wrolich Gerolsteiner Team Milram Rubens Bertogliati Scott-American Beef TelTeck-H20 Micula Dematteis Neo-professional TelTeck-H20 Patrice Halgand Crédit Agricole TelTeck-H20 Pedro Merino Neo-professional TelTeck-H20 Jesus Merino Neo-professional TelTeck-H20 Sergio Pardilla Burgos Monumental TelTeck-H20 Aurélien Passeron Scott-American Beef TelTeck-H20 Andrea Tonti Quick Step TelTeck-H20 Jan Bakelants Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Tom Criel Cycle Collstrop Topsport Vlaanderen Thomas de Gendt Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Ben Hermans Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Stijn Joseph Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Klaas Lodewyck Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Tim Mertens Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Stijn Neirynck Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Geert Steurs Silence-Lotto Topsport Vlaanderen Beñat Albizuri Euskaltel - Euskadi Unknown Lander Aperribay Euskaltel - Euskadi Unknown Yon Bru Euskaltel - Euskadi Unknown Dimitri Champion Bouygues Telecom Unknown Aurélien Clerc Bouygues Telecom Unknown Nicolas Crosbie Bouygues Telecom Unknown Scott Davis Team Columbia Unknown Francesco De Bonis Gerolsteiner Unknown Volodymyr Diudia Team Milram Unknown Moisès Dueñas Barloworld Unknown Robert Förster Gerolsteiner Unknown Angelo Furlan Crédit Agricole Unknown Dionisio Galparsoro Euskaltel - Euskadi Unknown David Galvin BMC Racing Team Unknown Oscar Gatto Gerolsteiner Unknown Patrice Halgand Crédit Agricole Unknown Nicolas Hartmann Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Unknown Mathieu Heijboer Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Unknown Christophe Hern Crédit Agricole Unknown Tim Klinger Gerolsteiner Unknown David Le Lay Agritubel Unknown Darren Lill BMC Racing Team Unknown Gerben Löwik Rabobank Unknown Nathan Miller BMC Racing Team Unknown Andrea Moletta Gerolsteiner Unknown Fabien Patanchon Caisse d'Epargne Unknown Leonardo Piepoli Scott-American Beef Unknown Erki Pütsep Bouygues Telecom Unknown Davide Rebellin Gerolsteiner Unknown Franck Rénier Bouygues Telecom Unknown Riccardo Riccò Scott-American Beef Unknown Elia Rigotto Team Milram Unknown Bert Roesems Silence-Lotto Unknown José Rujano Caisse d'Epargne Unknown Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner Unknown Stephan Schreck Gerolsteiner Unknown Davide Vigano Quick Step Unknown William Walker Rabobank Unknown Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner Unknown Borut Božic Cycle Collstrop Vacansoleil Wim De Vocht Silence-Lotto Vacansoleil Johnny Hoogerland Van Vliet-EBH Vacansoleil Sergey Lagutin Cycle Collstrop Vacansoleil Bjorn Leukemans Suspended Vacansoleil Clément Lhotellerie Skil-Shimano Vacansoleil Marco Marcato Cycle Collstrop Vacansoleil Martin Mortensen Designa Kokken Vacansoleil Jens Mouris Mitsubishi - Jartazi Vacansoleil Matthé Pronk Cycle Collstrop Vacansoleil Thijs van Amerongen Neo-professional Vacansoleil Frederik Veuchelen Topsport Vlaanderen Vacansoleil Lieuwe Westra Krolstone Continental Team Vacansoleil
