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Cycling transfers 2015/16: Who is on the move and where

Team-by-team guide to all the deals ahead of next season

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Cycling’s transfer window opened on August 1, meaning teams can now sign and announce new riders for the 2016 season.

Here is a team-by-team breakdown of which riders are on the move and where in the UCI WorldTour.

We will update this article as and when deals are announced.

AG2R-LA MONDIALE

Ins: Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Francois Bidard, Jesse Sergent (Trek Factory Racing).

Outs: Carlos Betancur (Movistar), Florent Pereira (Roubaix Lille Metropole), Rinaldo Nocentini (Sporting Clube de Portugal/Tavira).

ASTANA

Ins: Gatis Smukulis (Katusha), Eros Capecchi (Movistar).

Outs: Rein Taaramae (Katusha), Mikel Landa (Team Sky), Borut Bozic (Cofidis).

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BMC RACING

Ins: Richie Porte (Team Sky), Floris Gerts.

Outs: Peter Stetina (Trek Factory Racing), Klaas Lodewyck (retiring).

CANNONDALE-GARMIN

Ins: Ryan Mullen (An Post-Chain Reaction), Patrick Bevin (Avanti Racing Team), Wouter Wippert (Drapac Professional Cycling), Michael Woods (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Rigoberto Uran (Etixx - Quick-Step), Matti Breschel (Tinkoff-Saxo), Lawson Craddock (Giant-Alpecin), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Phil Gaimon (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies).

Outs: Ryder Hesjedal (Trek Factory Racing), Dan Martin (Etixx - Quick-Step), Nathan Haas (Team Dimension Data), Matej Mohoric (Lampre-Merida), Ted King (retiring), Lasse Norman Hansen (Cult Energy Stotling Group), Janier Acevedo (Janis-Hagens Berman).

ETIXX – QUICK-STEP

Ins: Fernando Gaviria, Davide Martinelli, Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin), Bob Jungels (Trek Factory Racing), Ariel Richeze (Lampre-Merida), Marcel Kittel (Giant-Alpecin), Laurens De Plus.

Outs: Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Garmin), Michal Golas (Team Sky), Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky), Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data), Mark Renshaw (Team Dimension Data).

FDJ.FR

Ins: Odd Christian Eiking (Team Joker), Sebastien Reichenbach (IAM Cycling), Daniel Hoelgaard (Team Joker), Ignatas Konovalovas (Team Marseille 13 KTM).

Outs: Arnold Jeannesson (Cofidis), Francis Mourey (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), David Boucher (Crelan-Vastgoedservice).

GIANT-ALPECIN

Ins: Soren Kragh Andersen (Trefor-Blue Water), Laurens ten Dam (LottoNL-Jumbo), Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Team Joker).

Outs: Luka Mezgec (Orica-GreenEdge), Lawson Craddock (Giant-Alpecin), Marcel Kittel (Etixx - Quick-Step), Thierry Hupond (Delko-Marseille Provence KTM).

IAM CYCLING

Ins: Vegard Stake Laengen (Team Joker), Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge), Oliver Naesen (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Oliver Zaugg (Tinkoff-Saxo).

Outs: Sebastien Reichenbach (FDJ), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), Thomas Degand (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Jerome Pineau (retiring).

KATUSHA

Ins: Michael Morkov (Tinkoff-Saxo), Rein Taaramae (Astana), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Soudal), Nils Politt (Team Stolting), Matvey Mamykin, Jhonatan Restrepo.

Outs: Yuri Trofimov (Tinkoff-Saxo), Rudiger Selig (Bora-Argon 18), Alexandr Kolobnev (retiring), Gatis Smukulis (Astana), Daniel Moreno (Movistar).

LAMPRE-MERIDA

Ins: Simone Petilli (Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani), Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka), Marko Kump (Adria Mobil), Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar), Matej Mohoric (Cannondale-Garmin).

Outs: Niccolo Bonifazio (Trek Factory Racing), Ariel Richeze (Etixx - Quick-Step), Rafal Valls (Lotto Soudal), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Ruben Plaza (Orica-GreenEdge), Jose Serpa (Orgullo Antiqueno), Filippo Pozzato (Southeast).

LOTTONL-JUMBO

Ins: Steven Lammertink (SEG Racing Academy), Victor Campenaerts (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Enrico Battaglin (Bardiani-CSF), Dylan Groenewegen (Roompot Oranje Peloton), Koen Bouwman (SEG Racing), Primoz Roglic (Adria Mobil).

Outs: Nick van der Lijke (Roompot Oranje Peloton), Laurens ten Dam (Giant-Alpecin), Barry Markus (Roompot Oranje Peloton).

LOTTO SOUDAL

Ins: Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida), Tomasz Marczynski (Torku Sekerspor), Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise).

Outs: Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Katusha), Boris Valee (Fortuneo-Vital Concept), Kenny Dehaes (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Vegard Breen (Fortuneo-Vital Concept).

MOVISTAR

Ins: Jorge Arcas, Nelson Oliveira (Lampre-Merida), Carlos Betancur (Movistar), Daniel Moreno (Katusha), Antonio Pedrero Lopez (Inteja-MMR Dominican).

Outs: Benat Intxausti (Team Sky), Eros Capecchi (Astana), Igor Anton (Dimension Data).

MTN-QHUBEKA / DIMENSION DATA

Ins: Mark Cavendish (Etixx - Quick-Step), Mark Renshaw (Etixx - Quick-Step), Bernhard Eisel (Team Sky), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Team Sky), Nathan Haas (Cannondale-Garmin), Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge), Omar Fraile (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Igor Anton (Movistar), Mekseb Debesay (Bike Aid).

Outs: Louis Meintjes (Lampre-Merida), Gerald Ciolek (Cult Energy-Stolting Group), Matthew Goss (ONE Pro Cycling).

ORICA-GREENEDGE

Ins: Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Jack Haig, Chris Juul-Jensen (Tinkoff-Saxo), Robert Power, Alexander Edmondson, Luka Mezgec (Giant-Alpecin), Ruben Plaza (Lampre-Merida).

Outs: Pieter Weening (Team Roompot Oranje Peloton), Adam Blythe (Tinkoff-Saxo), Jens Mouris (Drapac Professional Cycling), Simon Clarke (Cannondale-Garmin), Leigh Howard (IAM Cycling), Cameron Meyer (Team Dimension Data), Ivan Santaromita (Skydive Dubai).

TEAM SKY

Ins: Alex Peters (SEG Racing Academy), Gianni Moscon (Zalf Euromobil Desiree Fior), Michal Golas (Etixx - Quick-Step), Danny van Poppel (Trek Factory Racing), Benat Intxausti (Movistar), Mikel Landa (Astana), Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx - Quick-Step).

Outs: Richie Porte (BMC Racing), Bernhard Eisel (Team Dimension Data), Chris Sutton, Danny Pate (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies), Kanstantsin Siutsou (Team Dimension Data), Nathan Earle (Drapac Professional Cycling).

TINKOFF-SAXO

Ins: Yuri Trofimov (Katusha), Adam Blythe (Orica-GreenEdge), Michael Gogl (Tirol Cycling Team), Erik Baska (AWT Greenway), Oscar Gatto (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec).

Outs: Chris Juul-Jensen (Orica-GreenEdge), Michael Morkov (Katusha), Matti Breschel (Cannondale-Garmin), Ivan Basso (retiring), Oliver Zaugg (IAM Cycling), Bruno Pires (Roth-Skoda).

TREK-SEGAFREDO

Ins: Edward Theuns (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Niccolo Bonifazio (Lampre-Merida), Ryder Hesjedal (Cannondale-Garmin), Peter Stetina (Trek Factory Racing), Jack Bobridge (Team Budget Forklfts), Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare).

Outs: Bob Jungels (Etixx - Quick-Step), Matthew Busche (UnitedHealthcare), Danny van Poppel (Team Sky), Gert Steegmans (retiring), Jesse Sergent (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Calvin Watson (An Post-Chain Reaction).

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