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