It’s seemingly never too early for the transfer rumour mill to begin churning out a few possible signings for next season, with Het Laaste Nieuws reporting that British allrounder Ben Turner may be quitting Ineos Grenadiers to strengthen Soudal-QuickStep‘s Classics line-up in 2027.
A notably versatile rider, Turner, 25, raced all of the major cobbled Classics this Spring from Omloop Het Nieuwsblad onwards, returning to Paris-Roubaix after suffering a spectacular crash in In Flanders Fields, which he later compared to doing a boxing round with Mike Tyson.
Part of Ineos Grenadiers since 2022, Turner has had ten participations across Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix to date. However, his biggest success so far was when, as a last-minute addition to the Ineos Vuelta a España squad, he was the fastest in the peloton on a very hilly stage of the race last year. Earlier last summer, he also secured another bunch sprint victory in a crash-marred, undulating stage of the Tour de Pologne.
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Soudal-Quick Step are in the process of overhauling their cobbled Classics line-up following the departure of Remco Evenepoel, most notably scoring a victory in Scheldeprijs with Tim Merlier – back from injury – and a third place in Paris-Roubaix with Jasper Stuyven.
Dwarfing those changes in a Belgian WorldTour team, though, could be if Lotto-Intermarché’s top sprinter Arnaud De Lie could, as HLN reports is possible, move on for 2027. Both Tudor and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe are in the market.
Following the departure of Biniam Girmay from Intermarché – prior to its fusion with Lotto – last winter, if confirmed, this would be the second major fastman to move on from the Belgian WorldTour squad in as many years.
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