Transfer surplus
Each year riders leave and come into the team. This statistic shows the number of points that a rider brings or takes from the team. The sum of these points we call the transfer surplus. The list contains riders that have left at the end of 1996 and joined the team at the start of 1997.
| # | Rider | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OZERS Kaspars | in | 267 |
| 2 | VERBEKEN Peter | in | 103 |
| 3 | BAEYENS Danny | in | 15 |
| 4 | MOERMANS Mario | in | 5 |
| 5 | VERDEYEN Geert | in | 0 |
| 6 | CLAEYS Rik | in | 0 |
| 7 | CARBAJAL Manuel | out | 0 |
| 8 | JANSSENS Marc | out | 0 |
| 9 | VANCONINGSLOO Olivier | out | 0 |
| 10 | VAN LANCKER Eric | out | 0 |
| 11 | KONINGS Paul | out | -1 |
| 12 | HAMMOND Roger | out | -7 |
| 13 | PEERS Chris | out | -20 |
| 14 | DEN BRABER John | out | -21 |
| 15 | MULDERS Rob | out | -28 |
| 16 | DE CLERCQ Peter | out | -37 |
| 17 | VERDONCK Rudy | out | -43 |
| 18 | DAELMAN Danny | out | -62 |
| 19 | OMLOOP Wim | out | -66 |
| 20 | MEDAN Sébastien | out | -69 |
| 21 | SALMON Benoît | out | -75 |
| 22 | BÄCKSTEDT Magnus | out | -111 |
| 23 | HEYNDERICKX Jean-Pierre | out | -177 |
| 24 | BOUVARD Gilles | out | -183 |
| 25 | EECKHOUT Niko | out | -266 |
| 26 | CAPIOT Johan | out | -793 |
| -1569 |