Transfers roundup: Fred Wright to Q36.5
Transfer season continues apace with several WorldTour male pros on the move. Fred Wright will leave Bahrain Victorious – the only pro team he's ridden for – after six years to join Tom Pidcock at Q36.5 on a three-year deal. Wright is a familiar face in breakaways and has twice finished second in Grand Tour stages. He'll also bolster Q36.5's Classics team, with top-10 finishes at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. "I feel we can offer him a final step to win again," said team manager Doug Ryder in a press release announcing the move.
Elsewhere, fellow British rider Lewis Askey will move from Groupama-FDJ to Israel-Premier Tech on a three-year deal, while there's a changing of the guard of sorts at Jayco AlUla as climber and double Vuelta a España stage winner Eddie Dunbar departs to join Wright at Q36.5, while former Giro d'Italia stage winner Alessandro Covi from UAE Team Emirates-XRG will replace him in Jayco's ranks. Both Dunbar and Covi are signed for two years.
