Tom Pidcock's move to Q36.5 has been ruled out, at least for now. Sources told Cycling News that the English rider will remain with Ineos Grenadiers from now on and honor his contract through the end of 2027.

Dan Benson first broke the news of Pidcock's possible transfer via his substack account. Now Cyclingnews has heard similar information and has obtained further details, including other staff transfers and disruptions at Ineos Grenadiers that may emerge in the coming days.

“He will remain at Ineos,” a reliable source told Cyclingnews, suggesting that Pidcock and Ineos Grenadiers could somehow find a way to work together in 2025, despite their differences.

Pidcock is one of Ineos Grenadiers' team leaders, but his role and his relationship with team management deteriorated significantly in the summer of 2024.

He won the Amstel Gold Race and was a close second in the gravel stage of the Tour de France, but then tested positive for COVID-19. He recovered to win another gold medal in the Olympic mountain bike competition, but then suffered a concussion in a crash at the Tour of Britain.

Pidcock noted that he was “portrayed as a bad guy” in a Netflix documentary on the Tour de France, but downplayed the impact of Steve Cummings' sudden dismissal by the team's sportif director at the Tour de France. At the Paris Olympics, however, Pidcock admitted that he was “a little frazzled mentally” because of speculation about his future with the Ineos Grenadiers.

When Pidcock was abruptly removed from the Ineos Grenadiers of Il Lombardia by a management decision, it appeared that Pidcock was destined to leave the team.

Ineos Grenadiers appeared willing to pay a portion of the estimated €3.5 million annual salary to ensure that Pidcock would leave the team, but still needed to finalize a deal before the UCI would approve the transfer.

In the meantime, negotiations between Pidcock's agent Andrew McQuaid and the Ineos Grenadiers' team management regarding a mutual contract termination between Pidcock and the Ineos Grenadiers were inconclusive.

Pidcock was on vacation in Italy last week, but then moved elsewhere, not revealing his travel destination or updating social media. While away, his future seemed to swing from a move to Q36.5 to Ineos Grenadiers.

It is unclear if and how Pidcock's relationship and leadership role with the Ineos Grenadiers can be restored in 2025. The Ineos Grenadiers will gather in England in early November for an off-season get-together. Geraint Thomas, Eoghan Bernal, and Carlos Rodriguez will remain as team leaders, while Pidcock will usually lead the team in the classics and compete in the Tour de France.

“I don't actually know what happened. What I do know is that the highest paid rider on the team is ...... All I know is that it's obviously a really bad situation,” Geraint Thomas said on Eurosport's Instagram during Il Lombardia.

“He's not happy and neither is the team. I don't know how this happened. I don't think the people around Tom are helping.”

McQuaid and Ineos Grenadiers declined to comment on Pidcock's future when contacted by Cycling News. Ineos Grenadiers emphasized that Pidcock is “under contract” and refused to comment, calling it “speculation.”

However, according to Cyclingnews, Pidcock was for sale over the summer. A source told Cyclingnews that negotiations with Visma Lease-a-Bike were over after the team refused to acquire Pidcock's entourage. Cyclingnews understands that Tudor was not interested in signing Pidcock after acquiring Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi.

Q36.5 has appeared quietly confident in recent weeks about signing Pidcock, hoping to raise the team's profile in 2025. They closed their development team to focus on the pro team, but billionaire team owner Ivan Glasenberg was reportedly prepared to increase the Q36.5 budget to help pro team manager Doug Ryder sign Pidcock.

Glasenberg, who also owns 80% of Pinarello, was prepared to accept Pidcock racing Scott's bike in the Q36.5 in 2025.

Q36.5 did not get a wildcard to the Grand Tour, but Pidcock's addition could give it a chance to compete in the Giro d'Italia in 2025.

Now that hope and transfer negotiations appear to be over. At least for now.

Ineos may try to reestablish its relationship with Pidcock and establish agreed-upon goals with the Yorkshireman, or it may accept that it is better off without Pidcock and agree to a mutual contract termination with him.

UCI's final “registration period” for the 2025 season ends on December 31.