Archive - Daniel Benson's Cycling Substack

Cycling Transfers: Building a team from scratch for 2027

You've got €16M to spend. Who are you signing from the transfer market to create your WorldTour dream team?

Nov 11 •

Next Rider Up: Lucas Towers 🇬🇧

He moved to Spain as a junior, not knowing the language, and now he’s about to join the pro ranks with George Hincapie’s Modern Adventure Pro Cycling…

Nov 11 •

Exclusive Interview: James Shaw opens up about trying to find a team in November 🔍

'It’s a real hard line between keeping your CV at the top of the pile and not pissing people off. It’s such a hard process,' says British climber

Nov 10 •

Revealed: Several teams including Ineos reach out to Premier Tech over sponsorship opportunities

The Canadian company will be back in 2026 or 2027 as a likely co-sponsor

Nov 9 •

Leaked: Despite shock at Premier Tech's departure team promise riders they will 'hit the ground running' in 2026

Internal message shows team management are still moving forward despite the shock of Premier Tech's departure, and sponsorship talks ongoing

Nov 7 •

How Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe could divide their Grand Tour assets in 2026 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸

We spec out the German team's possible line-ups for the Tour, Giro and Vuelta

Nov 7 •

🚨 Cycling Transfers: Grading the latest moves from inside the WorldTour 📝

Featuring Lafay, Bennett, Lamperti, Leonard and Cosnefroy 🇫🇷 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇫🇷

Nov 6 •

🚨 Cycling transfers: Can Pascal Ackermann be more than a stop-gap at Jayco AlUla? 🇩🇪 🇦🇺

A complete analysis on the move after the German signs a two-year deal in the hope of kick-starting his career

Nov 5 •

Luke Lamperti: I loved Quick-Step but everything at EF is something I look forward to 🇺🇸

Exclusive interview with the 22-year-old, who becomes the first new signing for the American men's team

Nov 4 •

How can the fastest become even faster? Remco Evenepoel returns to the wind tunnel 🇧🇪 ⚙️

An in-depth analysis of how the Belgian TT star can make improvements against the clock ahead of 2026

Nov 3 •

🚨 Cycling Transfers: Matthews' contract extension illustrates Jayco AlUla's renewed focus on the transfer market

Australian signs a two-year contract until the end of 2027 with final roster places set to be finalised soon. We look at who they might sign.

Nov 3 •

October 2025

🚨 Exclusive: Saved, but Jayco AlUla came within days of disbanding 🇦🇺

'We came pretty close to not having a team for next year,’ says general manager Brent Copeland

Oct 31 •

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