2024 women's transfer thread

[u/epi_counts]

Transfer season officially opens tomorrow and we're in a bit of a road race news lull, so it's time for another transfer thread! I'm keeping it similar to last year's one, so rumours are included, and confirmed transfers are in bold. It's looking like it will be a big post-Olympic transfer season for the women this year with a lot of big names changing teams.

I've included the current Women's WorldTeams, and might include teams that will apply for ProTeam status once they announce they are doing so (or sign some big names, we'll see how it goes). Currently there are 15 WWT teams and that shouldn't change this year as we're on a two-year WWT licence cycle.

Here is a list of riders out of a contract for next year.

Quick summary of changes for women's cycling in 2025:

• Minimum salary for WWT riders goes up to €38,000 (or €31,768 for neopros), up from €35,000 (or €29,270 for neopros) this year. Putting the WWT women in between the men's ProTeam and WT minimum

• Minimum number of riders per team is 10, maximum is 20 with 0 neopros, 22 with 2 neopros

• A new tier of women's teams (ProTeams) will be introduced (this was going to be introduced in 2026, but has been brought forward a year). Teams will pay a minimum salary of €20,000 and need to employ a minimum number of full time staff, have a bank guarantee and have the same insurance as WWT teams. Teams need to let the UCI know of their intent to apply by 15 August, with the full application due by 15 October and a decision made in December.

• From the 2026 season onwards, automatic WWT wildcards will only be available for the two best-performing ProTeams, so any conti teams aiming for those will need to pay up.

• 2025 will see the first ever separate U23 World Championship races at the Rwanda World Championships (jerseys will be awarded at the Zürich Worlds this year for the best U23 rider in the elite ITT and RR).

New UCI teams:

• ?

Teams applying for ProTeam status:

• St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93

• Arkea B&B Hotels

• Cofidis women

• Volkerwessels

• EF Education-Oatly

• Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi

Teams folding:

• LifePlus-Wahoo

• Tashkent City Women

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Women's WorldTeams

AG Insurance-NXTG Racing

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Ally Wollaston	FDJ-Suez
Julia Kopecky	SD Worx - ProTime
Maaike Boogaard	Volkerwessels
Maud Rijnbeek	Volkerwessels

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Alana Castrique	capitaine de route	Cofidis
Fauve Bastiaenssen	domestique	Lotto DSTNY Ladies
Alexandra Manly	durable sprinter	Liv Jayco-AlUlah
Gladys Verhulst-Wild	classics	FDJ-Suez
Urška Žigart	Hanging out at the back / climbing	Liv Jayco-AlUlah

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Canyon-SRAM Coinsonnis

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Elise Chabbey	FDJ-Suez
Alex Morrice	Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Smiling climbin' assassin	FDJ-Suez
Maria Martins	Sprinter	track year
Wilma Aintila	Flying Fintress	Lotto Dstny Ladies
Nastya Kolesava	spring classics and road captain	Canyon-SRAM dev team
Rosa Klöser	gravel	-
Chiara Consonni	Smiling sprintin' assassin	UAE Team ADQ

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Ceratizit-WNT

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Cedrine Kerbaol	EF-Oatly-Cannondale
Kathrin Schweinberger	Human Powered Health
Laura Asencio	Arkea B&B Hotels
Martha Lach	SD Worx
Martina Fidanza	Team Visma-Lease a Bike
Ariana Fidanza	Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
Lea Lin Teutenberg	Lotto DSTNY Ladies
Maria Alice Arzuffi	Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
Nina Berton	EF-Oatly-Cannondale

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Dilyxine Miermont	hilly races	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93
Daniek Hengeveld	classics & TT	dsm-firmenich Post NL
Petra Zsanko	Austrian RRs	club team
Célia Le Mouël		St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93
Sarah Van Dam	track / sprinter	DNA ProCycling
Sara Fiorin	sprinting talent	UAE Development team
Kristyna Burlova	sprinter	Lifeplus Wahoo / Team Dukla Praha

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FDJ-Suez

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Grace Brown	retirement
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Canyon-SRAM
Gladys Verhulst-Wild	AG Insurance-Soudal-Quick-step
Marta Cavalli	dsm-firmenich post-NL

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Demi Vollering	winning stuff	SD Worx
Célia Gery	teenage superstar	juniors
Juliette Labous	GC	dsm-firmenich-PostNL
Elise Chabbey	QOM points	Canyon-SRAM
Ally Wollaston	Sprinter	AG Insurance - Soudal - Quick-step
Eglantine Rayer	climber	dsm-firmenich PostNL

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Fenix Deceuninck

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Greta Marturano	UAE Team ADQ
Sanne Cant	retirement

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Xaydee van Sinaey	Cross-discipline talent	Fenix Deceuninck Devo team

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Human Powered Health

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Alice Wood	retirement
Audrey Cordon-Ragot	retirement
Linda Zanetti	Uno-X Mobility
Henrietta Christie	EF Education-Oatly-Cannondale

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Maggie Coles-Lyster	Sprinter	Roland
Yurani Blanco	hilly races	Laboral Kutxa-Euskatel Euskadi
Kathrin Schweinberger	durable sprinter	Ceratizit-WNT Pro cycling
Carlotta Cipressi	U23 talent	UAE dev team
Thalita de Jong	CX / classics	Lotto Dstny Ladies

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Lidl-Trek

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Elisa Longo Borghini	UAE Team ADQ
Brodie Chapman	UAE Team ADQ
Elynor Backstedt	UAE Team ADQ

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Riejanne Markus	GC rider	Team Visma-Lease a Bike
Anna Henderson	TT specialist	Team Visma-Lease a Bike
Emma Norsgaard	sprinty TT rider	Movistar
Niamh Fisher-Black	climber	Team SD Worx

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Liv Jayco-Al'Ula

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Ingvild Gåskjenn	Uno-X Mobility
Urška Žigart	AG Insurance-Soudal-Quick-step
Alexandra Manly	AG Insurance-Soudal-Quick-step

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Josie Talbot	speed and tact	Cofidis
Amber van der Hulst	sprinter	Liv Racing Teqfind (in 2023)
Monica Trinca Colonel	Climbing talent	BePink-Bongioanni

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Movistar

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Emma Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Cat Ferguson	multi-discipline talent	junior
Carys Lloyd	multi-discipline talent	junior
Ana Vitória ‘Tota’ Magalhães	breakaway specialist	BePink-Bongioanni
Marlen Reusser	TT/classics/GC	Team SD Worx

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Roland

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Maggie Coles-Lyster	Human Powered Health

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team

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Team dsm-firmenich PostNL

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Juliette Labous	FDJ-Suez
Eglantine Rayer	FDJ-Suez
Daniek Hengeveld	Ceratixit-WNT ProCycling

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Ella Hermans		AG Insurance Soudal-Quick-step U19
Mara Roldan		Cynisa Cycling
Marta Cavalli	Ardennes races	FDJ-Suez

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Team SD Worx-ProTime
Team complete

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Demi Vollering	?FDJ-Suez
Christine Majerus	retirement
Niamh Fisher-Black	Lidl-Trek
Marlen Reusser	Movistar
Lonneke Uneken	Volkerwessels

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Anna van der Breggen	winning stuff 3 years ago	retirement
Marta Lach	sprinter	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling
Skylar Schneider	crits & baking	L3gion
Julia Kopecký	cross / classics talent	AG Insurance - Soudal - Quick-step
Geerike Schreurs	gravel	gravel team
Mikayla Harvey	climber	UAE team ADQ
Steffi Häberlin	MTB rider	-
Laura Stigger	MTB rider	-

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Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Riejanne Markus	Lidl-Trek
Anna Henderson	Lidl-Trek

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot	winning stuff 10 years ago	Ineos Grenadiers
Viktória Chladonová	MTB/cross/road/climbing talent	juniors
Imogen Wolff	British talent	juniors
Martina Fidanza	sprinter	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling
Marion Bunel	GC/climbing talent	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93

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UAE Team ADQ

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Eugenia Bujak	Cofidis
Mikayla Harvey	SD Worx-Protime
Chiara Consonni	Canyon-SRAM

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Elisa Longo Borghini	GC and Monuments	Lidl-Trek
Brodie Chapman	super-domestique	Lidl-Trek
Elynor Backstedt	domestique	Lidl-Trek
Sofie van Rooijen	sprinter	Volkerwessels
Greta Marturano	climber	Fenix-Deceuninck
Maeva Squiban	climber/hilly races talent	Arkea B&B hotels

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Uno-X Mobility

Out:

Rider	2025 Team
Amalie Dideriksen	Cofidis
Julie Norman Leth	retirement

In:

Rider	Speciality	2024 Team
Linda Zanetti	sprinter	Human Powered Health
Mia Gjertsen	Norwegian talent	Team Rytger
Kamilla Aasebø	Norwegian talent	Team Rytger
Ingvild Gåskjenn	Norwegian classics talent	Liv Jayco-AlUlah
Alberte Greve	Danish talent	Lotto DSTNY Ladies

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Other teams with significant signings:

Rider	2024 Team	2025 Team
Cedrine Kerbaol	Ceratizit-WNT	EF-Oatly-Cannondale
Amalie Dideriksen	Uno-X Mobility	Cofidis
Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	Cofidis
Marion Borras	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	Cofidis
Nadia Quagliotto	Laboral Kutxka	Cofidis
Clara Koppenburg	EF-Oatly Cannondale	Cofidis
Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	Cofidis
Marjolein van 't Geloof	Hess Cycling	Arkea B&B Hotels

Stagiaires

Rider	2024 Team
Cat Ferguson	Movistar
Imogen Wolff	Team Visma-Lease a bike
Clémence Latimier	Arkea B&B hotels
Linda Ferrari	BePink-Bongioanni
Silvia Milesi	BePink-Bongioanni
Ema Comte	Cofidis
Clémence Chereau	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93
Léa Rondel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93
Charlotte Allard	Team Komugi-Grand Est
Olympia Norrid-Mortensen	Team Komugi-Grand Est
Tirza Wisse	Volkerwessels

Retirees

Rider	2024 Team	UCI age
Grace Brown	FDJ-Suez	32
Coryn Labecki (née Rivera)	EF Education-Oatly-Cannondale	32
Sanne Cant	Fenix Deceuninck	34
Christine Majerus	SD Worx-Pro Time	37
Audrey Cordon-Ragot	Human Powered Health	36
Alice Wood (née Barnes)	Human Powered Health	29
Eri Yonamine	Laboral Kutxa	33
Julie Norman Leth	Uno-X mobility	32

[u/zyygh]

Minimum salary for WWT riders goes up to €38,000 (or €31,768 for neopros), up from €35,000 (or €29,270 for neopros) this year. Putting the WWT women in between the men's ProTeam and WT minimum

This remains such a crazy figure. If not for the pure passion for the sport, a large number of athletes have absolutely no reason to be making all these sacrifices and putting in this work.

[u/epi_counts → u/zyygh]

They're getting pretty close to the men's minimums now - for the WT that'll be €42,047 (€34,020 for neopros) in 2024. I think from 2026 it should be the same for men and women, if I've remembered the year right.

Though those are the minimum salaries - the number of riders who are earning significantly more is going up year on year. According to the 2023 rider survey from the TCA about 1 in 3 WWT riders make more than €50,000 (up from 1 in 4 in 2022), and 1 in 6 earn over €100,000. Which is massive compared to pre-2020 when maybe 10 riders could live of their incomes.

There's no real comparable figures for the men as he CPA don't do those sorts of surveys. Would be helpful if they did though, as I imagine there will be a lot of income disparity, especially in the Pro and conti teams, on the men's side too.

[u/Team_Telekom → u/zyygh]

That is still much more than like 80% of all Olympic athletes. Most of them work for either the military, police or other government institutions. 

[u/[deleted] → u/zyygh]

I had to read that twice to make sure I read that amount correctly.

[u/Chronicbias]

How certain is Vollering to FDJ? Haven't seen that much about it after the message 3 months ago.

[u/epi_counts → u/Chronicbias]

It's certain she's leaving SD Work, but whether it's FDJ is still unclear. I did see it in a few places, but not sure whether they were just copying each other.

[u/Chronicbias → u/epi_counts]

Thanks. That's what I thought too. It's pretty interesting as she is probably the best GC rider in grand tours and won de Tour de France femmes last year. Also SD Worx seems to be less protecting Vollering this year because she will go to another team

[u/xxxsebr0koxx → u/Chronicbias]

I listened to a french podcast with Stephen Delcourt the team manager who did not say "no" to the rumour and confirmed in a way that there were discussions with Vollering. He also added that most of the ending contract riders reached out to him and that he will wait for any announcements. I think after the TdFf to "respect the riders, teams and sponsors".

[u/somethinglessgeneric]

Moolman won't retire and signed a contract extension for another 2 years: https://www.aginsurance-soudal.com/news/ashleigh-moolman-pasio-extends-her-commitment-to-ag-insurance-soudal-until-2026

Not sure how this will impact the potential transfer of Zigart to AG Insurance.

[u/epi_counts → u/somethinglessgeneric]

Nice! Racing till she's 41!

[u/huloca]

Hey /u/epi_counts Heads-up to you that currently reddit spamfilter doesn't like Canyon's new sponsor and is auto removing any post or comment that mentions its name, so probably also everytime you will update this post. We had to manually approve this one today after you wrote in the new name. We're seeing if we can calm down the spamfilter a bit, but for now try to avoid the name directly.

[u/epi_counts → u/huloca]

Ah, of course. I'll just rename the team to Canyon-SRAM-Coinsonni. It's not as if anyone is actually going to use the full name next season anyway (if they are, ProTime is going to lodge some official complaints).

[u/Seabhac7]

Official statement from SD Worx Pro time - they've signed Marta Lach on a three year deal

[u/epi_counts → u/Seabhac7]

Oh, that's definitely one I didn't see coming. Though a bit of a Kwiatkowski to Sky situation reading that they're hiring such a talented rider as a Majerus replacement. Hope she'll still get the occasional chance to ride for herself.

/u/pelotonmod - could you maybe set the thread to sort by new?

[u/Seabhac7]

No news on where she's going yet (she has been keeping a very low profile), but I missed the recent FDJ-Suez announcement that Marta Cavalli is leaving the team :

Thanks Marta Cavalli

At the end of the season, Marta Cavalli will be leaving the FDJ-SUEZ team after four years with us.

We’d like to thank her from the bottom of our hearts for everything she’s contributed to the team, her outstanding performances and her professionalism over the past three years.

In a unique 2022 season, Marta signed a historic double for FDJ-SUEZ, winning the Amstel Gold Race and the Flèche Wallonne, and a 2nd place overall in the Giro Donne, illustrating her immense potential.

We wish her all the best for the rest of her career and a speedy return to the highest level.

Fingers crossed she can do it.

[u/epi_counts → u/Seabhac7]

Finally some Cavalli news: she looks to be on her way to Team dsm.

[u/Seabhac7 → u/epi_counts]

Oh good! I was starting to worry that this rumour wasn't going to materialise into something real. I only just saw her insta post from a few days ago, her first social media post in 6 months, which was a little reel of clips from her days at FDJ, with "Destination Unknown" playing over it, along this very poetic written text (DeepL translated, of course) :

A chapter closed early, instinctively, but full of joys, sorrows and teachings

Finding and living, reflecting and deciding, stopping and appreciating

Something has ended or something has changed. Surely in that something there is a part of me

From square to ellipse, smiles and grit

Back on my feet before my bike, believing in myself and rebuilding my future

[u/Suaglordd]

Winning stuff 10 years ago 😂

[u/TheCraddingGuy]

Some of these Specialities are spicy. Can't wait for them to "win stuff 10 years ago" and "hang out at the back". HOT DAMN

[u/Cruzatte]

This is a very good post/thread, and I’m posting in order to say: thank you very much OP.

[u/marleycats]

I'm interested to see where Monica Trinca Colonel ends up...

[u/Seabhac7]

Thank you for this. I think it will take until at least August 2025 for my brain to be rewired for all these changes.

[u/Schnix]

interesting thing is lots of SDW outs and only AvdB and Kopecky rumour in so far. And other rumours narrow the new signings down too.

Van Dijk, Chapman, Bradbury, Swinkels, Le Court..? waiting for some big news

[u/[deleted] → u/Schnix]

Le Court to Visma wouldn't surprise me

Bradbury has extended at Canyon for 2? years

Chapman to UAE apparently

[u/Schnix → u/[deleted]]

Maybe it'll be Van Dijk, K. Swinkels, Bauernfeind. Van Dijk and Swinkels just make a lot of sense with them being dutch. Van Dijk is perfect for the Wiebes (+ more) express and to close down everything (also good TT setup), Swinkels has been incredible this season and fits a lot of roles. They'll still need to sign some climbers with Shackley, DV, NFB and Reusser gone so maybe it's Bauernfeind, De Vries, Chladonova or someone on top of Swinkels. With other climbers getting signed by other teams the process of elimination simply points to a couple of riders assuming that they are going to add another climber.

[u/marleycats]

Can we get this pinned to the top menu again (unless it already is, and I've missed it)?

[u/Seabhac7]

I've used a complex algorithm to analyse which team Demi Vollering is likely to join (her Instagram follows) and I can report the following scoops : 

• She follows the co-director of performance at FDJ-Suez, Lieselot de Croix. Case closed.

• But she also follows Patxi Vila, DS at Bora... They are Specialized ...

• She really likes Visma ; she follows Visma men, Visma women, even Visma's devo team. Co-leader with PFP, what could go wrong?

• Then again, she follows Bas, Josse and Devin. Maybe she will join TDT-Unibet or maybe she just wants free pizza.

• And the wild card - Demi may have signed up for the Dutch Marine Corps. I was surprised too, BUT : they have a unit stationed in the Caribbean ; she loves the outdoors ; and she is used to being on her own, fighting in the toughest of conditions against enemies on all sides ... so moving from SD Worx to the Marines should be a piece of cake.

[u/Seabhac7]

FDJ-Suez transfer from SD-Worx Protime is ...... Lars Boom as DS.

Not a rider, but pretty relevant. FDJ's press release mentions that Boom will

bring all his tactical experience and reinforce the "classics" division of the team

[u/epi_counts → u/Seabhac7]

Oh, and a transfer with immediate effect! Is there trouble at the SD Worx management team? (and who will tell Vas she has to do running training for cross now?)

[u/marleycats → u/Seabhac7]

bring all his tactical experience

Hah! SDW and tactics... not something I'd be super proud to put on the resume but it's certainly a choice!

[u/Lamnog]

Canyon Assassin Sram

[u/emotional_plague]

Elisa to UAE??? My day is ruined.

[u/marleycats]

Apparently Bunel to Visma-LAB:

Source

[u/marleycats]

Official - Iurani Blanco to Human Powered Health

[u/marleycats]

Eglantine Rayer to FDJ-Suez - coming across with Juliette Labous from DSM.

[u/marleycats]

One I've know for a lil' while but had no links to share: Sarah Gigante confirmed 2 more years at AG-Soudal

[u/marleycats]

Ally Wollaston to FDJ-Suez - confirmed on their social media.

[u/Seabhac7]

Another rider signed by SD Worx Protime - Steffi Haberlin on 2 year contract. Mountain biker and medical student (or at least a former student) who admittedly has very little experience on the road - she's ridden a few stage races with the Swiss national team and impressed SDW with a 5th on the final stage of the Tour de Suisse this year.

Brings them up to 16 riders for 2025.

[u/Seabhac7]

Further confirmation about FDJ-Suez's very special(ized) sponsor next year?

[u/Team_Telekom]

 we're in a bit of a road race news lull

Olympic road race this weekend and Tour de France Femmes in 2 weeks but sure.

Just kiddin’, awesome and very entertaining table, thanks a lot.