UPDATED! Racing rumours: who’s left who, who’s joined who

New Year, new you. That’s what they say. The racing off-season has seen plenty of chops and changes. Here is the state of play as it stands.

Below is our easy-as-possible-to-follow round-up of racing moves and rumours. No expanded threadfest 50-page forum post. No slow-loading Instagram embeds. Wheat from chaff. Brass tacks. To the point.

Shout out to Vital MTB’s legendary Team Rumors thread (unlike some outlets we’re not going to pretend this isn’t a very useful post to pore over) and Instagram’s search function.

We’re going to break this down into three categories: completed moves, confirmed departures with suspected destinations, and confirmed departures with no clue as to where the blinking flip they’re going.

Completed moves:

Neko Mulally – departs Intense – joins, er… Frank The Welder, as a privateer (of sorts)

Martin Maes – departs GT – joins Orbea.

Tinker Juarez – departs Cannondale – joins Floyd Landis’ Leadville CDB Team (no really)

Ines Thoma – departs Canyon – continues as a privateer

Riley Amos – joins Trek Factory Racing

Gerardo Ulloa – joins Massi

Louise Ferguson – joins Nukeproof

Mona Mitterwallner – joins Cannondale Factory Racing

Barbara Benko – departs Ghost – joins Aldi’s National Buying Services (no really)

UPDATES:

Nina Hoffman – leaves Stif-support – joins Santa Cruz Syndicate as their first female racer

Laurie Greenland – leaves Mondraker – joins Santa Cruz Syndicate

Jackson Goldstone – leaves Miranda Factory DH – joins Santa Cruz Syndicate

Connor Fearon – leaves Kona – joins Forbidden (on a brand new DH bike it seems)

Confirmed departures with suspected destinations:

Luca Shaw – departs Santa Cruz Syndicate – joins Canyon?

Bex Baraona – departs Ibis – joins Yeti?

Katy Winton – departs Nukeproof – joins GT?

Angel Suarez – departs Commencal 21 – joins Mondraker?

Mille Johnset – departs Atherton Racing – joins Commencal something-or-other?

Joe Barnes – departs Orange – joins Hope?

Dakota Norton – departs YT Mob – joins Stan’s-Canyon?

Dave Trummer – departs YT Mob – joins Mondraker?

Izabela Yankova – joins Specialized?

George Brannigan – departs Propain – joins GT?

Evan Wall – departs Orbea – joins Devinci?

Confirmed departures with no clue as to where they’re going:

Joe Breeden – departs UR Team

Hayley Hunter – departs Norco

Alex Marin – departs Commencal 21

Christopher Blevins – departs Trinity Racing

Keegan Wright – departs Devinci

Matt Stuttard – departs Privateer

Oisin O’Callaghan – departs YT Mob

Guy Johnston – departs YT Mob

Carson Storch – departs Rocky Mountain

Florian Nicolai – departs Trek Factory Racing

Stephane Tempier – departs Trek Factory Racing

UPDATES:

Chloe Taylor – leaves Privateer – joins Scott?