Tudor Pro Cycling have confirmed the signing of Marc Hirschi and Fabian Lienhard for 2025, with Julian Alaphilippe additionally broadly anticipated to additionally be a part of the bold Swiss ProTeam.
Like many groups, Tudor had postpone revealing their 2025 signings throughout the Paris Olympic Games however they confirmed the arrival of Hirschi on Monday, two days after he gained Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa. The 30-year-old Fabian Lienhard joins from Groupama-FDJ on a two-year deal.
Hirschi has signed a three-year contract and can depart UAE Team Emirates after a four-year spell. Hirschi is from Bern, like Tudor staff proprietor Fabian Cancellara, who has lengthy acted as a mentor and advisor.
Hirschi broke by means of within the pandemic-delayed season of 2020, successful a stage at that yr’s Tour de France after which including Flèche Wallonne. He was additionally third on the world championships in Italy and second at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Team Sunweb surprisingly terminated his contract in early 2021 and he moved to UAE Team Emirates shortly afterwards. He was once more aggressive within the Classics however solely returned to success in 2022 when he gained 4 races between March and October. He was additionally Swiss nationwide champion in 2023.
Hirschi is not going to experience a Grand Tour in 2024 as a consequence of UAE Team Emirates’ robust stage race roster, however he was second within the Amstel Gold Race after which gained Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa, beating Alaphilippe after the 2 received away within the closing kilometres.
At Tudor, Hirschi will get pleasure from a transparent management position, maybe with Alaphilippe and Matteo Trentin as highway captain.
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“As a Swiss rider, it feels particular to hitch a Swiss staff. I’m 25 so it’s time for me to endorse the position of a frontrunner and see how far I can go. Tudor Pro Cycling is giving me this chance and I hope to return the belief with some advantageous victories.” Hirschi stated.
Tudor stepped as much as ProTeam degree in 2023 however have critical ambitions because of stable monetary assist from the Swiss watch model that’s owned by the identical buyers as Rolex. The arrival of Alaphilippe might remedy them a Tour de France wild card in 2025 and maybe a spot within the WorldTour in 2026.
Cancellara leads the staff administration, with Raphael Meyer the staff supervisor, Ricardo Scheidecker head of sport and Matteo Tosatto one of many skilled directeur sportif.
“Signing Marc seems like the subsequent piece of the puzzle of our story,” Cancellara stated.
“We have been supporting him for a while, we all know him nicely and perceive his wants. He is the fitting match for the staff and the values we stand for. We are satisfied we can assist him to realize the best degree.”
Fabian Lienhard will even return to a Swiss staff in 2025 after 5 years at Groupama-FDJ. “Racing for a Swiss staff has all the time been my dream. Unfortunately, it by no means occurred till now, so I’m actually comfortable it’s turning into actuality with Tudor Pro Cycling,” he stated.
“We are excited so as to add Marc and Fabian to the staff roster,” says Raphael Meyer stated.
“Both deliver large expertise and can assist us to carry out higher as a staff. Marc will likely be a frontrunner in one-day and one-week stage races whereas Fabian will likely be one other stable addition to the Classics staff, which can all the time be an essential a part of our staff. He will even be a task mannequin and a mentor to the children. He is a stable rider with potential to nonetheless develop. These two additions make us very proud.”