Stagiaires & Transfers 2013

The stagiaire season is coming quickly and in a little over a week, the stagiaires for professional teams will be announced. For those unfamiliar with the term, a stagiaire or "trainee" is a rider from an amateur or lower professional team that rides the latter portion of the season with a team in hopes of gaining experience and getting a contract. UCI rules dictate that stagiaires cannot ride World Tour races but many will get plenty of time in .HC and larger .1 races. Not all guys joining new teams in August will be stagiaires. Riders such as Jan Polanc, the Slovenian climber, will be signing a full pro contract, in this case with Lampre, and will be able to ride any race.

World Tour:

Ag2r La Mondiale:
Frédéric Brun (Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme)
Pierre-Roger Latour (Chambery CF)
Gabriel Chavanne (Chambery CF)

BMC:
Jakub Novak (BMC Development)
Julien Taramarcaz (BMC Off-Road)
Silvan Dillier (BMC Development)

Cannondale:
Davide Villella (Colpack)
Nicolò Martinello (Italy)

FDJ:
Olivier Le Gac (BIC 2000)
Alexis Guérin (Entente Sud Gascogne)
Benoît Poitevin (U Nantes Atlantique)

Katusha:
Mikhail Antonov (Itera-Katusha)
Sergey Nikolaev (Itera-Katusha)
Maksim Razumov (Itera-Katusha)

Lampre-Merida:
Niccoló Bonifazio (Viris Maserati)
Valerio Conti (Mastromarco)
Enea Cambianica (Maca Loca)

Lotto-Belisol:
Stig Broeckx (Lotto U23)
Jorne Carolus (Lotto U23)

Orica GreenEdge:
Damien Howson (Jayco)
Ji Yong Kang (South Korea)

Argos-Shimano:
Michael Olsson (People4You-Unaas)
Nikodemus Holler (Thüringer Energie)
Quentin Jauregui (BKCP Powerplus)

Saxo-Tinkoff:
Jesper Hansen (CULT Energy)
Pawel Poljanski (Poland)

Pro Continental:

Accent Jobs-Wanty:
Stefano Nardelli (Gavardo Tecmor)
Lander Seynaeve (EFC-OPQS)

Androni - Venezuela:
Andrea Zordan (Zalf Euromobil)

Bretagne - Séché Environment
Merhawi Kudus (UCI Trainee)
Fabrice Seigneur (ASPTT Rennes)

Caja Rural:
Ramon Domene (Caja Rural Amateurs)
Ibai Salas (Caja Rural Amateurs)
Diego Rubio (Caja Rural Amateurs)

Champion System
Gregory Brenes (Costa Rica)
Dion Smith (Predator Carbon)
Fu Shiu Chueng (Hong Kong)

Cofidis:
Philip Lavery (AC Bisontine)
Clement Venturini (Vulco)
Louis Verhelst (Etixx-iHNed)

Crelan-Euphony:
Kevin Verwaest (Doltcini-Flanders)
Tom David (Ovyta-Eijssen)

Europcar:
Romain Guillemois (all Vendée U)
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Julien Morice

RusVelo:
Mikhail Akimov (all Helicopters)
Alexander Foliforov
Alexander Evtushenko

Sojasun:
Maxime Renault (all Sojasun Espoir-ACNC)
Julien Guay
Guillaume Martin

Vini Fantini:
Airán Fernández (Coluer)
Riccardo Stacchiotto (Vini Fantini Amateurs)
Luca Sterbini (Vini Fantini Amateurs)

Development Teams:

Astana Continental:

Artur Fedosseyev 

Viktor Okishev

Etixx-iHNed:

Josip Rumac (Croatia)

Hincapie Development:

Joseph Schmalz (Elbowz)

Itera-Katusha:

Nikita Kugaevskii (Katusha U21)

Artur Shaymuratov (Katusha U21)

Lokosphinx:

Alexander Vdovin 

Sergey Vdovin

Rabobank Development:

Jeroen Meijers (De Jonge Renner)

Timo Roosen (De Jonge Renner)

Transfers

While some are getting an audition at the top, there are other U23 and young amateur riders who are already guaranteed a spot for next year. These riders include...

Rider - Team for 2014 (rumors in italics)

-Lampre-Merida:
Jan Polanc
Niccoló Bonifazio
Valerio Conti

-Cannondale:
Davide Villella
Matej Mohoric

-Garmin-Sharp:
Dylan van Baarle
Lasse Norman
Phil Gaimon

-Lotto-Belisol:
Sean de Bie

-OmegaPharma-QuickStep:
Julian Alaphilippe

-Orica-GreenEdge:
Damien Howson

-Saxo Bank
Michael Valgren (3 year deal)
Riccardo Zoidl

-SKY:
Nathan Earle

-Argos-Shimano:
Daan Olivier

-BMC:
Rick Zabel

-Movistar:
Dayer Quintana

-Trek:
Jasper Stuyven
Fabio Silvestre
Eugenio Alafaci
Kristian Haugaard

Pro Continental

-Androni-Venezuela:
Andrea Zordan
Yonder Godoy

-Bardiani CSF Valvole:
Nicola Ruffoni

-Cofidis:
Clement Venturini
Christophe Laporte
Louis Verhelst

-Europcar:
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Romain Guillemois
Bryan Nauleau

Development Teams

-Rabobank Development:
Cees Bol
Martijn Budding
Nino Honigh
Andre Looij
Jeroen Meijers
Sam Oomen
Timo Roosen
Piotr Havik

-EFC-OPQS:
Piet Allegaert
Edward Planckaert

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