Happy August! It is a big month in the world of professional cycling, as from 1 August teams and riders can officially announce transfers. It means rumours can finally be proved or dispelled, and you can start to think about what it might mean for next year.
Rather than announcing each transfer individually, we will collect together all the transfers in the men's and women's WorldTour pelotons here, as and when they are officially revealed.
Officially, August 1 is the opening of the first registration period – 1 to 15 August – in which riders can switch teams, with another registration period from October to the end of the year, but in practice, it is the start of announcements for 2026. However, if a rider is to change teams mid-season, that deal needs to be done now.
The news does not need to be confirmed until 31 December, but those canny marketing departments at teams know when to let things be made public. This page will be updated throughout the rest of the year, as more is confirmed. We will write more about the bigger moves, and list the rest down below.
The move, announced by Soudal Quick-Step at the beginning of August, came after weeks of speculation regarding the 25-year-old's future, which dogged him throughout the recent Tour de France.
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Dylan Groenewegen and Elmar Reinders leave Jayco AlUla
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ProTeam Unibet Tietema Rockets have landed a coup by signing Dylan Groenewegen and Elmar Reinders from Jayco AlUla. The Dutch pair will seek to put the second-division team on the map.
Groenewegen has 77 career victories, including 16 at WorldTour level, with five Tour de France stage wins. Reinders, meanwhile, has never won at a professional level, but adds WorldTour experience to the squad.
Unibet Tietema Rockets emerged out of Dutch former pro cyclist Bas Tietema's YouTube channel, Tour de Tietema, and became a ProTeam in 2024.
Attila Valter signs for Bahrain Victorious
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After three years at Visma-Lease a Bike, Attila Valter will switch to Bahrain Victorious for the next three years, with the Hungarian adding to the team's stage racing pool.
The 27-year-old is a three time Hungarian champion, and spent time in pink at the 2021 Giro d'Italia.
"The team’s goals are perfectly matching with my personal ones," he said. "This gives me a lot of confidence and I’m excited to start this journey together with them!"
Jasper Stuyven joins Soudal Quick-Step
Milan-San Remo winner and chocolatier Jasper Stuyven has signed a three-year deal with Soudal Quick-Step, after spending his whole professional career at Lidl-Trek to date.
In 12 years at Trek, the 33-year-old won San Remo, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, and proved himself as one to watch in the Classics, as well as being a useful foil for Mads Pedersen.
Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW in 2021 he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.
Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to riding bikes.
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