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\"\"<\/a>Dylan van Baarle is leaving the Visma hive at the end of 2026 and joining Soudal Quick-Step. Photo courtesy of SWpix.<\/p>\n

Good morning subscribers,<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll start with a few announcements that came out on Thursday and Friday, then move on to news about some updates and graduations within Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe Rookies, a new Norwegian talent who could be on his way to Ineos Grenadiers, and the very latest on the teams chasing Biniam Girmay, following interest from Israel Premier-Tech.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also news on Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d and several other transfer candidates.<\/p>\n

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We kick off with the confirmed news that Dylan van Baarle has signed a contract with Soudal Quick-Step for the next two years. We exclusively revealed that the Dutch rider was leaving Visma-Lease a Bike on the eve of the Giro d\u2019Italia and, from all reports, a deal to join Jurgen For\u00e9\u2019s team was already set to take place. I think HLN had the news first.<\/p>\n

Several media outlets have tried to position this as part of a Remco Evenepoel rebuild simply because of the timing of the announcements, but in reality, they\u2019re putting Van Baarle and Evenepoel in the same headline because it fits an agenda of driving SEO and, therefore, website clicks.<\/p>\n

Read more: Cycling Transfers – All the major signings and news for 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Jurgen For\u00e9 said about Van Baarle during the Giro when I brought the rider [and Jasper Stuyven] up in conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re interesting riders. They\u2019re both good riders and Classics winners. They\u2019re a bit different. Jasper is more of a puncheur type, and Dylan can also be a good person in Grand Tours. They\u2019re very interesting riders. You know the drill. I can\u2019t say anything on incoming transfers but both are interesting riders. They\u2019re different types but they\u2019re definitely interesting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Soudal Quick-Step boss couldn\u2019t confirm the transfer at the time, but it doesn\u2019t take a genius to realise that the move was going to happen regardless of where Evenepoel ended up. At that point, as I reported last week, Red Bull hadn\u2019t approached For\u00e9 about a possible transfer for Evenepoel. That didn\u2019t happen until June.<\/p>\n