It’s that time of year again. August 1 has passed and cycling teams can now announce which new riders will be joining them this winter.
Below is a team-by-team guide to who is on the move and where in the men’s UCI WorldTour in 2022.
AG2R Citroën Team
Ins: Clément Berthet (DELKO), Valentin Paret-Peintre, Antoine Raugel (Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ), Felix Gall (Team DSM)
Outs: Mathias Frank (retires), Tony Gallopin (Trek - Segafredo), Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM), François Bidard (Cofidis, Solution Crédits)
Astana-Premier Tech / Astana Qazaqstan Team
Ins: Vincenzo Nibali (Trek - Segafredo), Gianni Moscon (INEOS Grenadiers), David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates), Joe Dombrowski (UAE Team Emirates), Sebastián Henao (INEOS Grenadiers), Leonardo Basso (INEOS Grenadiers), Miguel Ángel López (Movistar Team), Antonio Nibali (Trek-Segafredo), Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates), Alexandr Riabushenko (UAE Team Emirates), Simone Velasco (Gazprom-RusVelo), Michele Gazzoli (Team Colpack Ballan), Andrey Zeits (Team BikeExchange)
Outs: Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA - hansgrohe), Merhawi Kudus (EF Education-NIPPO), Ion Izagirre (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits), Oscar Rodriguez (Movistar Team), Alex Aranburu (Movistar Team), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar Team), Jakob Fuglsang (Israel Start-up Nation), Hugo Houle (Israel Start-up Nation), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team), Luis Leon Sanchez (Bahrain-Victorious), Omar Fraile (INEOS Grenadiers)
Bahrain-Victorious
Ins: Filip Maciejuk (Leopard Pro Cycling), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana-Premier Tech), Johan Price-Pejtersen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team), Jasha Sütterlin (Team DSM), Alejandro Osorio (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Edoardo Zambanini (Zalf Euromobil Fior)
Outs: Marcel Sieberg (retires), Marco Haller (BORA - hansgrohe), Mark Padun (EF Education-NIPPO)
BORA - hansgrohe
Ins: Cian Uijtdebroeks, Sam Bennett (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Shane Archbold (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo), Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Jai Hindley (Team DSM), Sergio Higuita (EF Education-NIPPO), Marco Haller (Bahrain-Victorious), Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech), Jonas Koch (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux), Luis-Joe Lührs
Outs: Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates), Peter Sagan (Team TotalEnergies), Andreas Schillinger (retires), Rüdiger Selig (Lotto Soudal), Maciej Bodnar (Team TotalEnergies), Daniel Oss (Team TotalEnergies), Michael Schwarzmann (Lotto Soudal), Erik Baska (Dukla Banska Bystrica)
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Ins: Hugo Toumire, Axel Zingle, Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM), Davide Cimolai (Israel Start-up Nation), Alexis Renard (Israel Start-up Nation), Benjamin Thomas (Groupama - FDJ), François Bidard (AG2R Citroen Team), Ion Izagirre (Astana- Premier Tech), Wesley Kreder (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Davide Villella (Movistar Team), Max Walscheid (Team Qhubeka NextHash), Sander Armee (Team Qhubeka NextHash), Alexandre Delettre (DELKO)
Outs: Christophe Laporte (Team Jumbo-Visma, Nicolas Edet (Team Arkéa Samsic), Elia Viviani (INEOS Grenadiers)
Deceuninck - Quick-Step / QuickStep-AlphaVinyl
Ins: Martin Svrček (after July 1, 2022), Ethan Vernon, Stan Van Tricht (SEG Racing Academy), Louis Vervaeke (Alpecin-Fenix), Mauro Schmid (Team Qhubeka NextHash), Ilan Van Wilder (Team DSM)
Outs: Sam Bennett (BORA - hansgrohe), Shane Archbold (BORA - hansgrohe), João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), Álvaro Hodeg (UAE Team Emirates), Ian Garrison (L39ion of Los Angeles)
EF Education-NIPPO
Ins: Esteban Chaves (Team BikeExchange), Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Merhawi Kudus (Astana-Premier Tech), Owain Doull (INEOS Grenadiers), Ben Healy (Trinity Racing), Georg Steinhauser (Tirol KTM Cycling Team), Marijn van den Berg (Equipe Continental Groupama-FDJ), James Shaw (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling), Łukasz Wiśniowski (Team Qhubeka NextHash), Mark Padun (Bahrain-Victorious)
Outs: Mitch Docker (retires), Tejay van Garderen (retires), Sergio Higuita (BORA - hansgrohe), Will Barta (Movistar Team), Lawson Craddock (Team BikeExchange)
Groupama-FDJ
Ins: Michael Storer (Team DSM), Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels p/b KTM), Lewis Askey (Continentale Groupama-FDJ), Bram Welten (Team Arkéa Samsic)
Outs: Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits), Simon Guglielmi (Team Arkéa Samsic)
INEOS Grenadiers
Ins: Luke Plapp, Ben Tulett (Alpecin-Fenix), Magnus Sheffield (Rally Cycling), Omar Fraile (Astana-Premier Tech), Kim Heiduk (Team Lotto-Kern Haus), Ben Turner (Trinity Racing), Elia Viviani (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits)
Outs: Michal Golas (retires), Rohan Dennis (Team Jumbo-Visma), Owain Doull (EF Education-NIPPO), Gianni Moscon (Astana - Premier Tech), Leonardo Basso (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Sergio Henao (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Ivan Sosa (Movistar Team)
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
Ins: Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), Sven Erik Bystrøm (UAE Team Emirates), Biniam Girmay Hailu, Kobe Goossens (Lotto Soudal), Laurens Huys (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Gerben Thijssen (Lotto Soudal), Julius Johansen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team), Hugo Page (Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ), Dimitri Claeys (Qhubeka - Nexthash), Adrien Petit (Team Direct Energie), Barnabas Peak (Team BikeExchange)
Outs: Danny van Poppel (BORA - hansgrohe), Odd Christian Eiking (EF Education-NIPPO), Wesley Kreder (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits)
Israel Start-Up Nation
Ins: Corbin Strong (SEG Racing Academy), Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Hugo Houle (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Giacomo Nizzolo (Team Qhubeka NextHash)
Outs: André Greipel (retires), Davide Cimolai (Cofidis), Hugo Hofstetter (Team Arkéa-Samsic), Alexis Renard (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits)
Lotto Soudal
Ins: Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Soudal U23), Rüdiger Selig (BORA - hansgrohe), Michael Schwarzmann (BORA - hansgrohe), Victor Campenaerts (Team Qhubeka NextHash), Cedric Beullens (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
Outs: Tomasz Marczyński (retires), John Degenkolb (Team DSM), Kobe Goossens (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux), Gerben Thijssen (Lotto - Soudal), Stefano Oldani (Alpecin - Fenix), Tosh Van der Sande (Team Jumbo - Visma)
Movistar Team
Ins: Oscar Rodriguez (Astana-Premier Tech), Max Kanter (Team DSM), Alex Aranburu (Astana Premier - Tech), Oier Lazkano (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA), Gorka Izagirre (Astana Premier-Tech), Ivan Sosa (INEOS Grenadiers), Will Barta (EF Education-NIPPO)
Outs: Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), Miguel Ángel López (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Dario Cataldo (Trek-Segafredo), Davide Villella (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits), Gabz Cullaigh (Saint Piran Pro Cycling)
Team BikeExchange
Ins: Matteo Sobrero (Astana-Premier Tech), Jesús David Peña, Lawson Craddock (EF Education-NIPPO), Campbell Stewart (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy), Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jumbo-Visma)
Outs: Brent Bookwalter (retires), Esteban Chaves (EF Education-NIPPO), Robert Stannard (Alpecin-Fenix), Andrey Zeits (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Barnabas Peak (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux)
Team DSM
Ins: Henri Vandenabeele (DSM Development Team), John Degenkolb (Lotto Soudal), Leon Heinschke (Development Team DSM), Marius Mayrhofer (Development Team DSM), Frederik Rodenberg Madsen (UnoX Pro Cycling Team), Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (UnoX Pro Cycling Team)
Outs: Jai Hindley (BORA - hansgrohe), Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ), Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën Team), Max Kanter (Movistar Team), Chad Haga (Rally Cycling), Ilan Van Wilder (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Tiesj Benoot (Team Jumbo-Visma)
Team Jumbo-Visma
Ins: Mick van Dijke (Jumbo-Visma Development Team), Michel Hessman (Jumbo-Visma Development Team), Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto Soudal), Christophe Laporte (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits), Rohan Dennis (INEOS Grenadiers), Milan Vader, Jarrad Drizners (Hagens Berman Axeon), Tiesj Benoot (Team DSM)
Outs: Paul Martens (retires), Maarten Wynants (retires), George Bennett (UAE Team Emirates), Antwan Tolhoek (Trek-Segafredo), Tony Martin (retires), Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange)
Team Qhubeka NextHash
Ins: Henok Mulubrhan (Team Qhubeka CT)
Outs: Lasse Norman Hansen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team), Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Fenix), Dimitri Claeys (Intermarché - Wanty Gobert), Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal), Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel Start-Up Nation), Łukasz Wiśniowski (EF Education-NIPPO), Harry Tanfield (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling), Max Walscheid (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits), Karel Vacek (Tirol KTM Cycling Team), Mauro Schmid (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Bert-Jan Lindeman (VolkerWessels Cyclingteam)
Trek-Segafredo
Ins: Filippo Baroncini (Team Colpack Ballan), Daan Hoole (SEG Racing Academy), Asbjørn Hellemose (VC Mendrisio), Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroën Team), Simon Pellaud (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec), Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team), Otto Vergaerde (Alpecin-Fenix), Jon Aberasturi (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Antwan Tolhoek (Team Jumbo-Visma), Marc Brustenga, Dario Cataldo (Movistar Team)
Outs: Koen de Kort (retires), Ryan Mullen (BORA - hansgrohe), Niklas Eg (Team Uno-X), Michel Ries (Team Arkéa-Samsic), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Antonio Nibali (Astana Qazaqstan Team)
UAE Team Emirates
Ins: Finn Fisher-Black (Jumbo-Visma Development Team), Juan Ayuso (Team Colpack-Ballan), João Almeida (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Pascal Ackermann (BORA - hansgrohe), Marc Soler (Movistar Team), Álvaro Hodeg (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), George Bennett (Team Jumbo-Visma), Felix Gross (Rad-net Rose), Felix Groß (Rad - Net Rose Team), Alexys Brunel (Groupama - FDG)
Outs: Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Sven Erik Bystrøm (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Joe Dombrowski (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Valerio Conti (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Alexandr Riabushenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team)