Cycling Market - Pogacar races until 2032; INEOS close to a major signing; Visma and Pinarello linked to new names
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Tadej Pogacar has renewed his contract with UAE Team Emirates - XRG, in order to extend it further and further into the future. This past week, lots of big moves and rumours have taken over the cycling world, including all of the biggest teams.
After the previous instance of the Cycling Market, there have been some big moves announced. On the renewals alone this has been the case. Tadej Pogacar himself has hit the headlines, having finished his season following the Vuelta a España crash.
The World Champion has extended his contract, which lasted until 2030, now into 2032. The Slovenian will still spend many years at UAE Team Emirates - XRG before the end of his career and will effectively still have two more shots at the Olympic Games.
Lotto - Intermarché have been perhaps the most active team of the week and, in terms of renewals, they have secured Milan Menten, Luca van Boven and Sébastien Grignard.
XDS Astana Team have renewed with Nicola Conci; Uno-X Mobility renewed with Simon Dalby; Soudal - Quick-Step have extended Dries van Gestel...
Team Visma | Lease a Bike also struck big with a new three-year deal for Christophe Laporte, who has been a cornerstone of the team's classics and sprinting ambitions.
Contract extensions from 29th August to 7th September:
| Published | Rider | Team | Until |
| 2026-09-07 | CONCI Nicola | XDS Astana Team | 2027 |
| 2026-09-06 | DURÃES Rafael | Efapel Cycling | 2027 |
| 2026-09-06 | PINTO Pedro | Efapel Cycling | 2027 |
| 2026-09-06 | LOPES Lucas | Efapel Cycling | 2027 |
| 2026-09-06 | GONÇALVES Diogo | Efapel Cycling | 2027 |
| 2026-09-06 | ANTUNES Tiago | Efapel Cycling | 2027 |
| 2026-09-05 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 2032 |
| 2026-09-05 | DALBY Simon | Uno-X Mobility | 2027 |
| 2026-09-03 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Soudal Quick-Step | 2028 |
| 2026-09-03 | LAPORTE Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2029 |
| 2026-09-03 | DARDER Sergi | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2028 |
| 2026-09-02 | MAGNALDI Erica | UAE Team L'IMAD | 2028 |
| 2026-09-02 | MOLENAAR Alex | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2028 |
| 2026-09-01 | OTRUBA Jakub | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2027 |
| 2026-09-01 | MOLLY Kenny | Van Rysel Roubaix | 2028 |
| 2026-09-01 | JARNET Maxime | Van Rysel Roubaix | 2028 |
| 2026-08-31 | MENTEN Milan | Lotto Intermarché | 2028 |
| 2026-08-31 | GRIGNARD Sébastien | Lotto Intermarché | 2028 |
| 2026-08-31 | VAN BOVEN Luca | Lotto Intermarché | 2028 |
| 2026-08-31 | SORARRAIN Gorka | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | 2027 |
| 2026-08-31 | CONSONNI Chiara | CANYON//SRAM | 2028 |
Official signings
Several World Tour signings have been made official this past week. The previously mentioned Lotto - Intermarché also confirmed the addition of both Stan Dewulf and Clément Venturini for its team from 2027 onwards, boosting its classics block with new leaders.
The team, in return, has had two of its current leaders depart. Lennert van Eetvelt's expected move to NSN Cycling Team has been made public; whilst Liam Slock will join former team leader Alec Segaert at Bahrain - Victorious.
XDS Astana Team have also added two new riders to its lineup into the upcoming year in puncheur Andrea Bagioli and TotalEnergies climber Nicolas Breuillard.
Casper Pedersen of Soudal - Quick-Step will join Uno-X Mobility from next year onwards whilst Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team have signed Jan Castellón.
Lennert Van Eetvelt as signed with NSN Cycling Team
INEOS, Visma and Pinarello linked to new riders
The transfer market might still rumble quite a lot over the upcoming months. Not many major names remain available, but that does not mean the main teams are not able to conduct new massive signings. That is because some riders under contract may not continue in the same team for next season.
Several of these rumours come from Daniel Benson, Ciro Scognamiglio, Wielerflits, Het Laatste Nieuws and Het Nieuwsblad. There are two riders in particular that gather the most attention.
The first is Richard Carapaz, a rider for EF Education-EasyPost but an aim for three separate World Tour teams. Recently, he appears to be heavily linked to Netcompany INEOS, who may - just like Oscar Onley - end up buying out their former rider's contract.
Carapaz aimed to fight for the overall classification at the Vuelta a España, where he is currently fourth, but admitted before the race that he wasn't sure of his participation due to the team's uncertainty in supporting him in the mountains.
The British team has also been heavily linked to Movistar's Javier Romo, who is expected to move into the British team over the coming months.
The second is Mattias Skjelmose, a rider who renewed with Lidl-Trek during the off-season but has reportedly not been satisfied with the amount of support and leadership he is getting at the German team.
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The Dane was not scheduled at the Giro d'Italia where he had been previous promised leadership, and during the Vuelta itself he has been rather isolated in the mountains and even breakaways. With the withdrawal of Mads Pedersen and the non-selection of Carlos Verona, friction might lead to a departure mid-contract as well.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike have been linked to Mark Donovan of Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, with whom they might have already struck a deal.
In return, the Swiss team is looking to sign Henrique Bravo, the Brasilian climber who has been highly impressive at under-23 level.
Paul Magnier, maglia ciclamino jersey at the Giro d'Italia, revealed that Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe made him an offer, despite his existing contract with Soudal - Quick-Step, but that he refused it.
Meanwhile the German team is set to lose one of its prime domestiques in Nico Denz, who is likely to join Tudor Pro Cycling Team.
Lastly Alessandro Fancellu, recently a stage winner and second place at the Czech Tour, might join the World Tour at age 26. The Italian rider, leader of MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort, has been heavily linked to Team Jayco AlUla.
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