Team Visma-Lease a Bike have introduced one other key signing for 2025, confirming that Simon Yates will increase their Grand Tour squad.
On Thursday Visma-Lease a Bike revealed that Frenchman Alex Zingle will be part of the workforce from Cofidis to bolster their Classics unit, whereas Olympic mountain bike gold medalist Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is anticipated to announce a transfer to the Visma-Lease a Bike girls’s workforce later in August.
Visma-Lease a Bike are anticipated to lose Jan Tratnik and twins Mick and Tim van Dijke to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, however Mike Teunissen is anticipated to return to the workforce to steer out Olav Kooij within the sprints. Four riders from the Visma-Lease a Bike improvement workforce are anticipated to step as much as WorldTour stage in 2025, together with 18-year-old Briton Matthew Brennan.
Simon Yates will swap a management position at Jayco-Alula to experience alongside Jonas Vingegaard. He is probably going to supply important help for the Tour de France in an analogous position to what his twin brother does for Tadej Pogačar at UAE Team Emirates and likewise lead Visma-Lease a Bike at different stage races.
“This is a workforce I’ve admired for a very long time and I could not move up the chance to affix,” Yates mentioned.
“I’ve loved a lot success in my profession to this point and I look ahead to persevering with working arduous and contributing to the success of the workforce.”
Yates has been with the GreenEdge set-up since 2014 and he gained the 2018 Vuelta a España. He has additionally gained stage wins in all three Grand Tours and was fourth total on the 2023 Tour de France.
“Despite the good time I’ve had with my present workforce, I felt it was time to vary groups to maintain bettering myself and get probably the most out of myself. I look ahead to assembly all my new teammates and employees and hit the bottom operating in 2025.”
Yates has agreed a two-year contract and in some ways replaces Primož Roglič, who Visma-Lease a Bike launched from his contract so he might be part of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
He will play an analogous position to the USA’s Matteo Jorgenson and Sep Kuss, who gained the 2023 Vuelta a España after all the time taking part in a key position in Visma-Lease a Bike’s Grand Tour success.
“We are very happy to have satisfied somebody with such a observe document to decide on our workforce,” Visa-Lease a Bike directeur sportif Grischa Niermann mentioned of Yates.
“He is a superb climber and a major increase for our basic classification squad. Simon could have the chance to go for his personal outcomes with us, however he will even be a invaluable asset for the workforce within the mountains. We consider that with our manner of working, he can attain a good greater stage.”
