Cycling Transfers: The Sunweb team will strengthen their German faction for the coming season. As announced today, Nico Denz and Jasha Sütterlin are joining the team. Meanwhile, the Spanish team Movistar has reacted to the numerous departures and signed Enric Mas for 2020.
Sunweb gets a bit German
Many cycling fans still don't know that Sunweb is a team under a German license. This is mainly due to the fact that there are hardly any Germans under contract with the team. At the beginning of the year, there were five Germans in Nikias Arndt, Johannes Fröhlinger, Lennard Kämna, Max Kanter and Max Walscheid, but they were not among the team's winning drivers. Over the course of the season, Sunweb signed another talent in Florian Stork. Since this month, Martin Salmon has been allowed to come along as a trainee. For the new season stock now Nico Denz (AG2R La Mondiale) and Jasha Sutterlin (Movistar) continues to increase the contingent. In addition, Lennard Kämna has developed so strongly in recent months that a German-speaking team could be built around him. Rumor has it that Bora - hansgrohe is already interested in a commitment. No wonder, because as a strong climber, Kämna would do well alongside Emanuel Buchmann.
Cycling transfers: all transfers at a glance – status: 9.8.
With Nairo Quintana, Mikel Landa and Richard Carapaz, the Movistar team lost three important drivers. Now the Spanish team has reacted on the transfer market. As was almost to be expected, Movistar Enric Mas Nicolau (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) signed for the coming season. The Spanish talent is a perfect match for his new squad, where he's a tour leader. The Cofidis team is also upgrading to be a part of the WorldTour in the future. After it was already known that with Elia Viviani (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) a top sprinter will be signed, the French have now also hired the services of GC drivers William Martin (Wanty – Groupe-Gobert) secured.
AG2R La Mondiale
Departures: Samuel Dumoulin (end of career), Nico Denz (Sunweb)
Additions: Jaakko Hänninen (-), Lawrence Naesen (Lotto - Soudal), Andrea Vendrame (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec), Clément Champoussin (-)
Astana
Departures: -
Additions: Vadim Pronskiy (Vino - Astana Motors), Davide Martinelli (Deceuninck - Quick-Step)
Bahrain-Merida
Departures: Vincenzo Nibali (Trek – Segafredo), Antonio Nibali (Trek – Segafredo)
Additions: Mikel Landa (Movistar)
BORA - hansgrohe
Departures: -
Additions: -
CCC
Departures: Laurens Ten Dam (retired)
Additions: Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton - Scott), Georg Zimmermann (Tyrol - KTM), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha - Alpecin)
Deceuninck—Quick Step
Departures: Elia Viviani (Cofidis), Fabio Sabatini (Cofidis), Davide Martinelli (Astana), Enric Mas (Movistar)
Additions: Bert van Lerberghe (Cofidis), Stijn Steels (Roompot – Charles), Andrea Bagioli (Colpack)
Dimension Data (from 2020: Team NTT)
Departures: Lars Ytting Bak (Retired), Mark Renshaw (Retired)
Additions: Matteo Sobrero (Dimension Data for Qhubeka CT), Samuele Battistella (Dimension Data for Qhubeka CT)
EF
Departures: -
Additions: Jonasrutsch (Lotto – Kern-Haus)
Groupama - FDJ
Departures: Benoît Vaugrenard (Retired), Steve Morabito (Retired)
Additions: Kevin Geniets (Groupama – FDJ CT)
Ineos
Departures: -
Additions: -
Jumbo–Visma
Departures: Daan Olivier (end of career)
Additions: Tobias Foss (Uno-X)
Katusha-Alpecin
Departures: Ilnur Zakarin (CCC)
Additions: -
Lotto – Soudal
Departures: Lawrence Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale)
Additions: -
Mitchelton-Scott
Departures: Matteo Trentino (CCC)
Additions: Kaden Groves (SEG), Barnabas Peak (SEG)
Movistar
Departures: Mikel Landa (Bahrain – Merida), Nairo Quintana (?), Richard Carapaz (?), Jasha Sütterlin (Sunweb)
Additions: Gabriel Cullaigh (Wiggins Le Col), Iñigo Elosegui (-), Enric Mas (Deceuninck – Quick-Step)
Sunweb
Departures: Roy Curvers (retired)
Additions: Mark Donovan (Wiggins Le Col), Alberto Dainese (SEG), Thymen Arensman (SEG), Nico Denz (AG2R La Mondiale), Jasha Suetterlin (Movistar)
Trek-Segafredo
Departures: Jarlinson Pantano (Retired), Markel Irizar (Retired)
Additions: Juan Pedro Lopez (Kometa), Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain - Merida), Antonio Nibali (Bahrain - Merida)
UAE Team Emirates
Departures: Simone Consonni (Cofidis)
Additions: Alessandro Covi (Colpack), Brandon McNulty (Rally - UHC), Camilo Ardila (EPM), Mikkel Bjerg (Hagen Berman - Axeon)
We are happy that @JashaStterlin 2020 will join our team!
🎙"I've been watching Team Sunweb for a while and I like how the team works."
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🔗https://t.co/uGza4OQHjR#KeepChallenging #WeSindTeamSunweb???????? pic.twitter.com/JTQyLISHKg— Team Sunweb (@TeamSunweb) August 9, 2019
A huge thank you to that @TeamSunweb for trusting me! I look forward to this new challenge! At the same time, I would also like to thank the @AG2RLMCycling Thank you for 5 wonderful years. I will always look back fondly on the time we shared https://t.co/RVLudqJBDt
— Nico Denz (@NicoDenz) August 9, 2019