Eurosport - Thu, 13 Nov 13:30:00 2008
Your comprehensive guide to who has signed for which team for the 2009 season...
AG2R-La Mondiale
IN: Nicolas Roche (Ire/Credit Agricole); Alexander Efimkin (Rus/Quick Step); Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra/Neo); Sebastien Hinault (Fra/Credit Agricole); Blel Kadri (Fra/Neo); Gatis Smukulis (Lat/Neo)
OUT: Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel/Katyusha); Sylvain Calzati (Fra/Agritubel); Philip Deignan (Ire/Cervelo); Laurent Mangel (Fra/Vivarte-Heulot); Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra/unattached); Alexandre Usov (Blr/unattached); Christophe Edelaine (Fra/unattached)
Astana
IN: Lance Armstrong (USA/unattached); Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spn/Euskaltel-Euskadi); Jesus Hernandez (Spn); Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz/Neo); Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz/Neo); Sergey Renev (Kaz/Neo); Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz/Neo)
OUT: Koen de Kort (Ned/Skil-Shimano); Thomas Frei (Sui/BMC); Antonio Colom Mas (Spn/Katyusha); Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spn/Cervelo); Rene Hasselbacher (Aut/unattached); Sergei Ivanov (Rus/unattached); Benoît Joachim (Lux/unattached); Aaron Kemps (Aus/unattached); Julien Mazet (Fra/unattached); Sergei Yakovlev (Kaz/unattached); Andrei Mizourov (Kaz/unattached); Vladimir Gusev (Rus/unattached)
Bouygues Telecom
IN: William Bonnet (Fra/Credit Agricole); Steve Chainel (Fra/Auber '93); Cyril GautIre (Fra/Bretagne Armor Lux); Guillaume Le Floch (Fra/Bretagne Armor Lux); Pierre Rolland (Fra/Credit Agricole)
OUT: Anthony Geslin (Fra/Française des Jeux); Jerome Pineau (Fra/Quick Step); Stef Clement (Ned/Rabobank); Dimitri Champion (Fra/Bretagne Armor Lux); Franck Renier (Fra/unattached); Aurelien Clerc (Sui/unattached) ; Erki Putsep (Est/unattached); Nicolas Crosbie (Fra/unattached)
Caisse d'Epargne
IN: Andrey Amador Bipkazacova (Crc/Neo); Arnold Jeannesson (Fra/Neo); Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe/Team CSC-Saxo Bank)
OUT: Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spn/Katyusha); Vladimir Karpets (Rus/Katyusha); Jose Rujano (Ven/unattached); Fabien Patanchon (Fra/unattached)
Cervelo (NEW)
IN: Serge Pauwels (Bel/Topsport Vlaanderen); Hayden Roulston (NZ); Carlos Sastre Candil (Spn/Team CSC-Saxo Bank); Jeremy Hunt (GB/Credit Agricole); Thor Hushovd (Nor/Credit Agricole); Andreas Klier (Ger/Team Columbia); Daniel Lloyd (GB/Sean Kelly Team); Philip Deignan (Ire/Ag2r-La Mondiale)
Cofidis
IN: Guillaume Blot (Fra/Neo); Remi Pauriol (Fra/Credit Agricole); Nico Sijmens (Bel/Landbouwkrediet); Christophe Kern (Fra/Credit Agricole)
OUT: Maxime Monfort (Bel/Team Columbia); Sylvain Chavanel (Fra/Quick Step); Kevin De Weert (Bel/Quick Step); Nick Nuyens (Bel/Rabobank); Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel/Silence-Lotto); Frank Hoj (Den/Team CSC-Saxo Bank); Yann Huguet (Fra/Agritubel); Nicolas Hartmann (Fra/Bretagne Armor Lux); Rik Verbrugghe (Bel/retired); Mathieu Heijboer (Ned/unattached); Steve ZampIrei (Sui/unattached)
Credit Agricole
IN: -
OUT: Pierre Rolland (Fra/Bouygues Telecom); William Bonnet (Fra/Bouygues Telecom); Sebastien Hinault (Fra/AG2R-La Mondiale); Remi Pauriol (Fra/Cofidis); Christophe Le Mevel (Fra/Française des Jeux); Pietro Caucchioli (Ita/Lampre); Mark Renshaw (Aus/Team Columbia); Jonathan Hivert (Fra/Skil-Shimano); Cyril Lemoine (Fra/Skil-Shimano); Nicolas Roche (Ire/AG2R-La Mondiale); Simon Gerrans (Aus/Cervelo Team); Jeremy Hunt (GB/Cervelo Team); Thor Hushovd (Nor/Cervelo Team); Alexandre Botcharov (Rus/Katyusha); Jean-Marc Marino (Fra/Vivarte); Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra/Vivarte); Julien Simon (Fra/Vivarte); Christophe Kern (Fra/Cofidis); Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz/suspended)
Saxo Bank-IT Factory (ex-CSC)
IN: Jonathan Bellis (GB/Neo); Jakob Fuglsang (Den/Team Designa Kokken); Frank Hoj (Den/Cofidis); Dominic Klemme (Ger/Team 3C-Gruppe Lamonta); Alex Rasmussen (Den/Team Designa Kokken)
OUT: Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe/Caisse d'Epargne); Inigo Cuesta (Spn/Cervelo Team); Volodymir Gustov (Ukr/Cervelo Team); Carlos Sastre Candil (Spn/Cervelo Team); Michael Blaudzun (Den/retired); Bobby Julich (USA/retired); Bradley McGee (Aus/retired)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
IN: Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spn/Orbea-Oreka S.D.A)
OUT: Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spn/Astana); Antton Luengo Celaya (Spn/retired)
Francaise des Jeux
IN: Anthony Geslin (Fra/Bouygues Telecom); Christophe Le Mevel (Fra/Credit Agricole); Wesley Sulzberger (Aus/Neo)
OUT: Philippe Gilbert (Bel/Silence-Lotto); Michael Delage (Fra/Silence-Lotto); Tom Stubbe (Bel/Silence-Lotto); Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra/Agritubel); Christophe Mengin (Fra/retired); Cyrille Monnerais (Fra/unattached)
Gerolsteiner (Disbanded)
OUT: Stefan Schumacher (Ger/Quick Step); Oliver Zaugg (Sui/Liquigas); Tom Stamsnijder (Ned/Rabobank); Bernhard Kohl (Aut/Silence-Lotto); Sebastian Lang (Ger/Silence-Lotto); Markus Fothen (Ger/Milram); Thomas Fothen (Ger/Milram); Johannes Froehlinger (Ger/Milram); Fabian Wegmann (Ger/Milram); Matthias Russ (Ger/Milram); Mathias Frank (Sui/BMC); Markus Zberg (Sui/BMC); Peter Wrolich (Aut/Milram)
Katyusha (NEW)
IN: Alexandre Botcharov (Rus/Credit Agricole); Antonio Colom Mas (Spn/Astana); Kenny Dehaes (Bel/Topsport Vlaanderen); Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spn/Caisse d'Epargne); Vladimir Karpets (Rus/Caisse d'Epargne); Robbie McEwen (Aus/Silence-Lotto); Filippo Pozzato (Ita/Liquigas); Gert Steegmans (Bel/Quick Step); Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel/Ag2r-La Mondiale); Maxime Vantomme (Bel/Mitshubishi-Jartazi)
Lampre
IN: Vitaliy Buts (Ukr/Neo); Pietro Caucchioli (Ita/Credit Agricole); Mauro Da Dalto (Ita/Liquigas); Enrico GaSpnrotto (Ita/Barloworld); Andrea Grendene (Ita/Neo); Manuele Mori (Ita/Scott-American Beef); Simone Ponzi (Ita/Neo); Volodymyr Zagorodniy (Ukr/NGC-Medical)
OUT: Sylvester Szmyd (Pol/Liquigas); Fabio Baldato (Ita/retired); Paolo Fornaciaro (Ita/retired); Paolo Bossoni (Ita/retired); Christian Murro (Ita/retired); Francisco Vila (Spn/retired)
Landbouwkrediet
IN: Koen Barbe (Bel/Topsport Vlaanderen); Denis Flahaut (Bel/Scott-American Beef); Geert Verheyen (Bel/Mitsubishi-Jartazi)
OUT: Nico Sijmens (Bel/ Cofidis)
Liquigas
IN: Ivan Basso (Ita/comeback); Jacopo GuarnIrei (Ita/Neo); Daniel Oss (Ita/Neo); Fabio Sabatini (Ita/Team Milram); Sylvester Szmyd (Pol/Lampre); Brian Bach Vandborg (Den/Team GLS-Pakke Shop); Oliver Zaugg (Sui/Gerolsteiner)
OUT: Charles Wegelius (GB/Silence-Lotto); Michael Albasini (Sui/Team Columbia); Mauro Da Dalto (Ita/Lampre); Filippo Pozzato (Ita/Katyusha); Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita/Knauf); Manuel Beltran (Spn/suspended); Roberto Petito (Ita/retired)
Milram
IN: Servais Knaven (Ned/Team Columbia); Markus Fothen (Ger/Gerolsteiner); Thomas Fothen (Ger/Gerolsteiner); Johannes Froehlinger (Ger/Gerolsteiner); Thomas Rohregger (Aut/Elk Haus-Simplon); Matthias Russ (Ger/Gerolsteiner); Wim Stroetinga (Ned/Neo); Paul Voss (Ger/Neo); Fabian Wegmann (Ger/Gerolsteiner); Peter Wrolich (Aut/Gerolsteiner)
OUT: Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe/Caisse d'Epargne); Fabio Sabatini (Ita/Liquigas); Marco Velo (Ita/Quick Step); Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr/ISD Danielli); Matej Jurco (Svk/ISD Danielli); Andriy Grivko (Ukr/ISD Danielli)
Quick Step-Innergetic
IN: Sylvain Chavanel (Fra/Cofidis); Stefan Schumacher (Ger/Gerolsteiner); Dominique Cornu (Bel/Silence-Lotto); Allan Davis (Aus/Mitsubishi-Jartazi-Protech); Kevin De Weert (Bel/Cofidis); Dries Devenyns (Bel/Silence-Lotto); Kurt Hovelynck (Bel/Topsport Vlaanderen); Davide Malacarne (Ita/Neo); Jerome Pineau (Fra/Bouygues Telecom); Francesco Reda (Ita/NGC Medical); Marco Velo (Ita/Team Milram)
OUT: Giovanni Visconti (Ita/ISD-Danieli); Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr/ISD-Danieli); Alessandro Proni (ISD-Danieli); Leonardo Scarselli (ISD-Danieli); Juan Manuel Garate (Spn/ Rabobank); Wilfried Cretskens (Bel/Silence-Lotto); Gert Steegmans (Bel/Katyusha); Matteo Carrara (Ita/Knauf); Alexander Efimkin (Rus/Ag2r-La Mondiale); Paolo Bettini (Ita/retired); Davide Vigano (Ita/unattached); Andrea Tonti (Ita/unattached)
Rabobank
IN: Lars Boom (Ned/Rabobank CT); Stef Clement (Ned/Bouygues Telecom); Juan Manuel Garate (Spn/Quick Step); Nick Nuyens (Bel/Cofidis); Tom Stamsnijder (Ned/Gerolsteiner); Maarten Tjallingii (Ned/Silence-Lotto); Jos van Emden (Ned/Neo); Juan Manuel Garate (Spn/Quick Step)
OUT: Thomas Dekker (Ned/Silence-Lotto); Michiel Elijzen (Ned/Silence-Lotto); Gerben Lowik (Ned/unattached); Theo Eltink (Ned/unattached)
Scott-American Beef (ex-Saunier Duval)
IN: -
OUT: Manuele Mori (Ita/Lampre); Eros Capecchi (Ita/ISD-Danielli); Denis Flahaut (Fra/Landbouwkrediet); Riccardo Ricco (Ita/suspended); Leonardo Piepoli (Ita/suspended); Aurelien Passeron (Fra/unattached)
Silence-Lotto
IN: Wilfried Cretskens (Bel/ Quick Step); Thomas Dekker (Ned/Rabobank); Michael Delage (Fra/Française des Jeux); Michiel Elijzen (Ned/Rabobank); Philippe Gilbert (Bel/Française des Jeux); Bernhard Kohl (Aut/Gerolsteiner); Sebastian Lang (Ger/Gerolsteiner); Jonas Ljungblad (Swe/Fondas P3Transfer-Batavus); Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel/Cofidis); Tom Stubbe (Bel/Française des Jeux); Charles Wegelius (GB/Liquigas)
OUT: Dries Devenyns (Bel/Quick Step); Dominique Cornu (Bel/Quick Step); Maarten Tjallingii (Ned/Rabobank); Robbie McEwen (Aus/Katyusha); Geert Steurs (Bel/Topsport Vlaanderen); Wim De Vocht (Bel/Vacansoleil); Wim Vansevenant (Bel/retired); Volodymir Bileka (Ukr/retired)
Team Columbia
IN: Maxime Monfort (Bel/Cofidis); Michael Albasini (Sui/Liquigas); Mark Renshaw (Aus/Credit Agricole)
OUT: Servais Knaven (Ned Milram); Andreas KlIre (Ger/Cervelo Team); Bradley Wiggins (GB/Garmin-Chipotle)
Topsport Vlaanderen
IN: Jan Bakelants (Bel/Neo); Tom Criel (Bel/Cycle Collstrop); Thomas de Gendt (Bel/Neo); Ben Hermans (Bel/Neo); Klaas Lodewyck (Bel/Neo); Stijn Neirynck (Bel/Neo); Geert Steurs (Bel/Silence-Lotto)
OUT: Serge Pauwels (Bel/Cervelo Team); Kenny Dehaes (Bel/Katyusha); Koen Barbe (Bel/Landbouwkrediet); Kurt Hovelynck (Bel/Quick Step); Frederik Veuchelen (Bel/Vacansoleil)
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well it looks that sillence lotto did the best job...
Steve48 is correct. Additionally, Lance is NOT being paid from Astana...he rides for free in order to push the Livestrong campaign. Steve#3.
Hi Steve/Hector,
Actually, virtually all of the riders mentioned here departing Astana after this season were announced long before LA's comeback to Astana was publicly announced. Moreover, one of the major causes of many of these riders not finding a team for next season, is due to the fact that several Pro Tour teams (CA and Gerolsteiner) either disbanded, or severely reduced their budgets for next season.
In addition, this list is not 100% accurate. Two riders (Gusev & Ivanov) have found a team (Katyusha) for next season. Finally, Xavier Florencio didn't ride for Astana. He rode for Bouyges Telecom.
Steve, I noticed the same thing. I guess Astana needed to get rid of riders to make up budget for Lance. I hope these riders find a team for next year.
Note most of the riders leaving Bruneels team are not being taken up elsewhere. In the recent past the riders that have left the team have been found +ve in the following year....
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