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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 Be�at Albizuri Euskaltel - Euskadi Unknown Andrey Amador Neo-professional Caisse d'Epargne Santo Anza Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni Nippo Endeka Santo Anz� 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 Barb� Topsport Vlaanderen Landbouwkrediet - T�nissteiner 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 - T�nissteiner 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 Cr�dit par T�l�phone Laszlo Bodrogi Cr�dit Agricole Katyusha Grega Bole Adria Mobil Knauf - Amica Chips Grega Bole Adria Mobil Nippo Endeka Guillaume Bonnafond Neo-professional AG2R La Mondiale William Bonnet Cr�dit Agricole Bouyges Telecom Lars Boom Rabobank Continental Rabobank Alexandre Botcharov Cr�dit Agricole Katyusha Borut Bo�ic Cycle Collstrop Vacansoleil Matthias Br�ndle 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 Cr�dit Agricole Lampre Steve Chainel Auber 93 Bouyges Telecom Dimitri Champion Bouyges Telecom Bretagne Armor Lux Dimitri Champion Bouygues Telecom Unknown Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Quick Step-Specialized Simon Clarke Neo-professional Knauf - Amica Chips Stef Clement Bouygues Telecom Rabobank Aur�lien 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 I�igo Cuesta Team CSC-Saxo Bank Cerv�lo 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 Cr�dit par T�l�phone Quick Step-Specialized Philip Deignan AG2R La Mondiale Cerv�lo TestTeam Thomas Dekker Rabobank Silence-Lotto Hans Dekkers Mitsubishi-Jartazi Garmin-Chipotle Micka�l Delage Fran�aise 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 Mois�s Due�as 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 Cr�dit Agricole Team Heulot Brice Feillu Neo-professional Agritubel Denis Flahaut Scott-American Beef Landbouwkrediet - T�nissteiner Daniel Fleeman Sean Kelly Team Cerv�lo TestTeam Xavier Florencio Bouygues Telecom Cerv�lo TestTeam Fausto Fognini Neo-professional Knauf - Amica Chips Paolo Fornaciari Gerolsteiner Retired Robert F�rster 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 Fr�hlinger Gerolsteiner Team Milram Jakob Fuglsang Team Designa Kokken Saxo Bank-IT Technology Angelo Furlan Cr�dit 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 Cr�dit Agricole Cerv�lo TestTeam Simon Geschke Neo-professional Skil-Shimano Anthony Geslin Bouygues Telecom Fran�aise des Jeux Philippe Gilbert Fran�aise 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 Cerv�lo TestTeam Patrice Halgand Cr�dit Agricole TelTeck-H20 Patrice Halgand Cr�dit Agricole Unknown Roger Hammond Team Columbia Cerv�lo TestTeam Nicolas Hartmann Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Bretagne Armor Lux Nicolas Hartmann Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Unknown Heinrich Haussler Gerolsteiner Cerv�lo TestTeam Mathieu Heijboer Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Unknown Ben Hermans Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Christophe Hern Cr�dit Agricole Unknown S�bastien Hinault Cr�dit Agricole AG2R La Mondiale Jonathan Hivert Cr�dit Agricole Skil-Shimano Frank Hoj Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 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 Cr�dit par T�l�phone Agritubel Jeremy Hunt Cr�dit Agricole Cerv�lo TestTeam Thor Hushovd Cr�dit Agricole Cerv�lo TestTeam Valentin Iglinskiy Neo-professional Astana Sergey Ivanov Astana Katyusha Arnold Jeannesson Auber 93 Caisse d'Epargne Lilian J�gou Fran�aise 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 Cr�dit Agricole Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 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 Cerv�lo TestTeam Tim Klinger Gerolsteiner Unknown Servais Knaven Team Columbia Team Milram Bernhard K�hl Gerolsteiner Suspended Ignatas Konovalovas Cr�dit Agricole Cerv�lo 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 Fran�aise des Jeux Agritubel Guillaume Le Floch Bretagne - Armor Lux Bouyges Telecom David Le Lay Agritubel Unknown Christophe Le M�vel Cr�dit Agricole Fran�aise des Jeux Cycril Lemoine Cr�dit Agricole Skil-Shimano Bjorn Leukemans Suspended Vacansoleil Cl�ment Lhotellerie Skil-Shimano Vacansoleil Darren Lill BMC Racing Team Unknown Jonas Ljungblad P3 Transfer-Batavus Silence-Lotto Daniel Lloyd Sean Kelly Team Cerv�lo TestTeam Klaas Lodewyck Neo-professional Topsport Vlaanderen Gerben L�wik Rabobank Unknown Antton Luengo Euskaltel - Euskadi Retired Angel Madrazo Neo-professional Caisse d'Epargne Ga�l Malacarne Neo-professional Bretagne Armor Lux Davide Malacarne Neo-professional Quick Step-Specialized Marco Marcato Cycle Collstrop Vacansoleil Jean-Marc Marino Cr�dit Agricole Team Heulot Jaroslaw Marycz Neo-professional Katyusha Robbie McEwen Silence-Lotto Katyusha Maxime M�derel Cr�dit 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 Cr�dit par T�l�phone Team Columbia Manuele Mori Scott-American Beef Lampre Michael M�rk�v 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 Cerv�lo TestTeam Nick Nuyens Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Rabobank Volker Ordowski Gerolsteiner Retired Daniel Oss Neo-professional Liquigas Sergio Pardilla Burgos Monumental TelTeck-H20 Aur�lien Passeron Scott-American Beef TelTeck-H20 Fabien Patanchon Caisse d'Epargne Unknown R�mi Pauriol Cr�dit Agricole Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Serge Pauwels Topsport Vlaanderen Cerv�lo 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 J�r�me Pineau Bouygues Telecom Quick Step-Specialized Ruslan Podgornyy ISD Danieli Team LPR Beno�t 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 Matth� Pronk Cycle Collstrop Vacansoleil Erki P�tsep Bouygues Telecom Unknown Bolat Raimbekov Neo-professional Astana Gabriel Rasch Cr�dit Agricole Cerv�lo 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 Cerv�lo TestTeam Sergey Renev Neo-professional Astana Franck R�nier Bouygues Telecom Unknown Mark Renshaw Cr�dit Agricole Team Columbia Bernardo Riccio Tinkoff Credit Systems Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce Riccardo Ricc� Scott-American Beef Unknown Elia Rigotto Team Milram Unknown Nicolas Roche Cr�dit Agricole AG2R La Mondiale Bert Roesems Silence-Lotto Unknown Thomas Rohregger Elk Haus - Simplon Team Milram Pierre Rolland Cr�dit Agricole Bouyges Telecom Dominique Rollin Toyota-United Cerv�lo TestTeam Enrico Rossi NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce Hayden Roulston New Zealand National Team Cerv�lo TestTeam Jos� 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 Cerv�lo TestTeam Paolo Savoldelli Team LPR Retired Mike Sayers BMC Racing Team Retired Leonardo Scarselli Quick Step ISD Danieli Staf Scheirlinckx Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone 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 - T�nissteiner Cofidis - Le Cr�dit par T�l�phone Julien Simon Cr�dit 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 - T�nissteiner Retired Geert Steurs Silence-Lotto Topsport Vlaanderen Simone Stortoni Neo-professional CSF Group - Navigare Wim Stroetinga Neo-professional Team Milram Tom Stubbe Fran�aise des Jeux Silence-Lotto Wesley Sulzberger Neo-professional Fran�aise des Jeux Ben Swift Neo-professional Katyusha Sylvester Szmyd Lampre Liquigas Yannick Talabardon Cr�dit 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 Cr�dit par T�l�phone 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 Fran�aise 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 Cr�dit par T�l�phone Retired Geert Verheyhen Mitsubishi - Jartazi Landbouwkrediet - T�nissteiner 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 Cerv�lo 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
