As Cyclingnews reported within the first week of the Tour de France, Chinese carbon product producer XDS Carbon-Tech will spend money on the Astana Qazaqstan crew, sparking the arrival of a significant Chinese sponsor within the males’s WorldTour and “important modifications’ within the crew.
Alexander Vinokourov will proceed to play an essential half within the crew administration however the brand new crew is more likely to be registered as a Chinese WorldTour crew in 2025. The important new funding will probably be used to rent a number of big-name riders to focus on sufficient UCI rating factors to make sure the crew retains WorldTour standing in 2026 when the UCI awards new three-year World Tour licences.
The crew will use XDS’s X-Lab bikes.
“We have been diligently trying to find an investor able to taking the crew to a brand new stage of growth. We are happy that the administration of XDS totally shares our objectives and future imaginative and prescient for the challenge,” Vinokourov mentioned, confirming the XDS funding on the second relaxation day of the Tour de France.
“During the negotiations, we mentioned many subjects, and our views on the event of the crew utterly coincided. XDS is prepared for long-term funding, which, amongst different issues, will embrace a technical partnership with a brand new bicycle model.
“We perceive that the crew and the whole challenge as a complete will face some important modifications, however we’re prepared for this. I’m very completely satisfied to be a part of this challenge and look to the long run with nice enthusiasm.”
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