The Tudor Pro Cycling crew need to goal the Tour de France and the Classics with new crew leaders Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi however admit they need to hope and look ahead to wild card invites.
Team proprietor Fabian Cancellara was in Paris in December in line with L’Equipe however refused to be drawn on if Tudor had secured a golden ticket wild card invitation to the 2025 Tour de France.
The 18 WorldTour groups have computerized invites to the Tour, with Lotto and Israel-Premier Tech awarded invites as a consequence of their 2024 UCI crew rating. French ProTeam DirectEnergies are anticipated to once more safe a wild card, leaving Tudor, Uno-X Mobility and maybe Q36.5 preventing for the ultimate golden ticket to the largest race of the season. Tour de France organisers ASO are more likely to announce the 2025 wild playing cards later in January.
“We’d love to do Grand Tours and Ardennes Classics, nevertheless it’s lower than us. We know who we’re, what we are able to do and the way we method issues, we’re on our highway, so let’s have a look at if it is sure or no,” Cancellara stated through the crew presentation and media day in Spain.
Whatever races Tudor compete at in 2025, they may chase UCI rating factors to attempt to end amongst one of the best two ProTeams to safe the automated WorldTour invites for 2026.
“We positively have ambition. I feel we’ll attain the aim to be within the high two ProTeams so we are able to speak about a special race calendar, so planning is way simpler,” Cancellara stated.
“We’ll go to Paris-Nice, that is official however the remainder is pending, and we respect that. There are rumours and reviews however we’ll respect our plans. I feel now we have a promising calendar.
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Tudor satisfied the Renawa Spa resort in Moraira, alongside the coast from Calpe, to open only for them in December and January. The crew has grown to over 100 riders and employees for 2025, near the scale of many WorldTour groups, as their ambitions develop.
As properly as Alaphilippe and Hirschi, the 30 rider-roster consists of Marco Haller, the USA’s Larry Warbasse, Australian stage racer Michael Storer, and sprinters Arvid de Kleijn and Alberto Dainese.
Alaphilippe appeared again to his often glad self when he returned from a two-hour restoration trip earlier than the Tudor media day.
The 32-year-old Frenchman left Soudal-QuickStep after a ten-year spell, to reboot his profession at Tudor following accidents, an absence of outcomes and rigidity with Patrick Lefevere.
Alaphilippe can absolutely assist persuade ASO to ask Tudor to the Tour de France, the place has received six phases and worn the yellow jersey but additionally refused to place stress on ASO.
“It was an excellent second for an enormous change in my profession,” he stated.
“When I used to be in contact with the crew, I actually appreciated that they actually wished me and the philosophy of the crew. They know what they need and what they need to do. I’m tremendous proud of my resolution and I’m excited and motivated to begin this new journey.”
Alaphilippe will make his debut within the Tudor black and crimson jersey in Portugal on the Figueira Champions Classic on February 16 after which trip the Volta ao Algarve.
Hirschi will make his season debut on the Challenge Mallorca. Other riders will race in Spain in January after which on the AlUla Tour in Saudi Arabia. Tudor have requested locations in a lot of main races and hope to race a full cobbled and Ardennes Classics programme, however their destiny and race programmes are within the arms of the race organisers.
“It’s necessary [to] be good all 12 months,” Hirschi stated, hinting at the necessity to rating UCI rating factors.
“We have many various leaders, so we hope to have a lot of alternatives. If we are able to race the Ardennes, that [will] be my massive aim. I need to enhance as a rider and do some good races.”
The Frenchman dismissed the danger of an inner rivalry with Hirschi.
“It’s a luxurious drawback to have,” Alaphilippe added.
“I hope we’ll have many constructive replies from race organisers to do all of the races we wish, so we are able to do what we need to do. The crew objectives [are] the precedence.
“We’re clever and mature sufficient to get alongside. I’ll at all times be glad to see Marc successful and reaching his objectives. There will not be any preventing.”