The men’s Tour Down Under is about to get underway and with it comes the official start of the 2026 cycling season.

It has been a busy winter, with lots of comings and goings across the peloton – some big names have been on the move, not least the Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel.

The peloton will certainly look very different as riders return to European roads over the next few weeks, but which riders will swim and which will sink with their new teams?

Here, Sports News Blitz writer Oliver Wilkinson digs into the five biggest transfers of the winter.