Teams & Riders Cian Uijtdebroeks - From the wetlands to the top of cycling

[scribers]

I hated gym for that reason. Didn’t get hair on my armpits until I was like 16 for example

 

[CyclistAbi]

"Giro and Vuelta again" - Cian Uijtdebroeks already has 2026 plans cleared out for Movistar debut

2026 will be Cian Uitjdebroeks debut year with Movistar Team and the Belgian rider is one of the first riders to announce his main goals for the season. It doesn't come as a surprise, as he had said h...

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Ambitious schedule and it seems that plenty of GT leadership involved.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I hated gym for that reason. Didn’t get hair on my armpits until I was like 16 for example

Still, once it grew you had the last laugh.

 

[scribers]

not really :-/

 

[Mako]

So they send him to Guangxi as parting gift

 

[AlfaLum]

So they send him to Guangxi as parting gift

With such a difficult period behind him I would assume he is happy to race again.

 

[Berniece]

So they send him to Guangxi as parting gift

He might be able to win it, and definitely podium it, so I don't think he minds that much. Although I can also imagine he just wants the season to be over, and take some time for himself. Recharge his batteries and get ready for the new season at a new team.

 

[HashRouge]

"Giro and Vuelta again" - Cian Uijtdebroeks already has 2026 plans cleared out for Movistar debut

2026 will be Cian Uitjdebroeks debut year with Movistar Team and the Belgian rider is one of the first riders to announce his main goals for the season. It doesn't come as a surprise, as he had said h...

cyclinguptodate.com

Ambitious schedule and it seems that plenty of GT leadership involved.

Honestly, good for him! I hope he has a good year next year, and to be honest I admire him for seeking out a team where he can ride the schedule he wants to. I wish del Toro would do the same!

 

[AlfaLum]

It seems that Movistar have really been able to buy a rider that can become a copy of Mas.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Well, he has shown resilience and we should be pleasantly surprised by his results in the one day races. Top 10 in Lombardia, San Sebastian, Emilia... Let's hope he can have a good winter as well and next year he can start fresh. Turn the clock back 2 years and pretend it never happened.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Him and his manager about the transfer to Movistar.

Video in English, article in Dutch:

Makelaar vertelt hoe transfer van Cian Uijtdebroeks 2 dagen voor WK werd afgerond: "Maar dit is een ander verhaal dan 2 jaar geleden" | sporza

Voor de tweede keer in zijn nog prille carrière snuift Cian Uijtdebroeks (22) verse lucht op. Twee jaar na zijn geforceerde transfer naar Visma-Lease a Bike trekt het klimtalent - ondanks een nog doorlopend contract - naar Movistar. Manager Alex Carera: "Als je elk jaar wil groeien, dan moet je...

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Video and article in Dutch:

"Movistar wil me naar de top begeleiden in grote rondes": Cian Uijtdebroeks legt verrassende transfer uit | sporza

Het was een verrassing van formaat: de aankondiging dat Cian Uijtdebroeks zijn carrière volgend jaar voortzet bij Movistar. Waarom die move? "Ik wil een klassement rijden in grote rondes, en bij Visma-Lease a Bike was die optie moeilijk", geeft Uijtdebroeks meer duiding voor de start van de...

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Money wasn't the problem, he wants to ride GT's and get a chance to go for GC. At Movistar they have room for another GC rider. Personally i don't understand how that would have been a problem at Visma currently. Other than Vingegaard, there is no other clear GC rider. Jorgenson and Kuss aren't exactly the most consistent GC riders to shut out Uijtdebroeks, but whatever.

 

[Netserk]

Money wasn't the problem, he wants to ride GT's and get a chance to go for GC. At Movistar they have room for another GC rider. Personally i don't understand how that would have been a problem at Visma currently. Other than Vingegaard, there is no other clear GC rider. Jorgenson and Kuss aren't exactly the most consistent GC riders to shut out Uijtdebroeks, but whatever.

Do you think Blobloblo could have won the Giro this year?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Do you think Blobloblo could have won the Giro this year?

Why do you ask that? Oh, you mean because Yates won the Giro. No i do not think he would have won the Giro, nor do i expect him to win it next year. I meant the team has no other leader other than Vingegaard that warrants a complete dedicated team in support of a GC rider and that he should still have been able to get at least one GT per year where he can ride in a free role, at Visma, since Kuss nor Jorgenson are more "sure bets" than Uijtdebroeks.

 

[Netserk]

Why do you ask that?

Because of the GC rider at Visma that you didn't mention.

 

[AlfaLum]

Him and his manager about the transfer to Movistar.

Video in English, article in Dutch:

Makelaar vertelt hoe transfer van Cian Uijtdebroeks 2 dagen voor WK werd afgerond: "Maar dit is een ander verhaal dan 2 jaar geleden" | sporza

Voor de tweede keer in zijn nog prille carrière snuift Cian Uijtdebroeks (22) verse lucht op. Twee jaar na zijn geforceerde transfer naar Visma-Lease a Bike trekt het klimtalent - ondanks een nog doorlopend contract - naar Movistar. Manager Alex Carera: "Als je elk jaar wil groeien, dan moet je...

sporza.be

Video and article in Dutch:

"Movistar wil me naar de top begeleiden in grote rondes": Cian Uijtdebroeks legt verrassende transfer uit | sporza

Het was een verrassing van formaat: de aankondiging dat Cian Uijtdebroeks zijn carrière volgend jaar voortzet bij Movistar. Waarom die move? "Ik wil een klassement rijden in grote rondes, en bij Visma-Lease a Bike was die optie moeilijk", geeft Uijtdebroeks meer duiding voor de start van de...

sporza.be

Money wasn't the problem, he wants to ride GT's and get a chance to go for GC. At Movistar they have room for another GC rider. Personally i don't understand how that would have been a problem at Visma currently. Other than Vingegaard, there is no other clear GC rider. Jorgenson and Kuss aren't exactly the most consistent GC riders to shut out Uijtdebroeks, but whatever.

I agree, and with how Cian is riding at races that do not particularly suit him at the moment I think Visma will soon realize they let him go to easily.

Would surely have been an option to have him ride for a GC as a co-leader at the Giro. And then make the agreement that if Yates finds himself in first place again Cian will have to ride for him.

Especially with Visma having none of the super talents on board unless you count Nordhagen as one I think it would have been better for Visma to see Cians Development for another year by allowing him an important spot in the Giro.

 

[Netserk]

Guangxi offers his best ever chance to podium a WT race. Possibly for the rest of his career if he doesn't ride there again. Shockingly poor field. So depending on the final start list, I may have to modify my prediction and rather state that he will never podium a WT race after leaving Visma.

 

[Red Rick]

Guangxi offers his best ever chance to podium a WT race. Possibly for the rest of his career if he doesn't ride there again. Shockingly poor field. So depending on the final start list, I may have to modify my prediction and rather state that he will never podium a WT race after leaving Visma.

Guanxi is the greatest race for the trivia nerds. Milan Vader has won more WT stage races than all French riders since Christophe Moreau

 

[SHAD0W93]

Hey man, do not disrespect a White Castle slider, with those other peasant food establishments.

Hot take: The frozen sliders are better than the ones in the restaurant.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I agree, and with how Cian is riding at races that do not particularly suit him at the moment I think Visma will soon realize they let him go to easily.

Would surely have been an option to have him ride for a GC as a co-leader at the Giro. And then make the agreement that if Yates finds himself in first place again Cian will have to ride for him.

Especially with Visma having none of the super talents on board unless you count Nordhagen as one I think it would have been better for Visma to see Cians Development for another year by allowing him an important spot in the Giro.

My fear is that his manager, being a football manager, kind of sweettalked him into thinking he needed to switch teams again (that way the manager cashes again) with some bloated arguments about how he should move to a team where he would be sole GC leader in the GT's he races and that Cian himself didn't really think it through and Visma probably thought it wasn't worth the trouble and cut their losses.

As the article states, it was the manager's idea, not Cian's, and within two weeks he found another team and it was a done deal. Myeah.

I never considered Nordhagen as a supertalent and the last few months have only strengthened my belief. There are already younger riders outperforming him (Seixas, Widar, Finn...) and he's only 14 months younger than Del Toro as well. Not saying he can't turn out to be a great rider, but he's already far behind Uijtdebroeks' curve at that age. So i doubt he would have been an immediate threat for Uijtdebroeks' position within the team.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Hot take: The frozen sliders are better than the ones in the restaurant.

They're stupid good, aren't they? And the jalapeno ones???!!! We avoid buying them, becasue we will eat the entire box that same day.

 

[AlfaLum]

My fear is that his manager, being a football manager, kind of sweettalked him into thinking he needed to switch teams again (that way the manager cashes again) with some bloated arguments about how he should move to a team where he would be sole GC leader in the GT's he races and that Cian himself didn't really think it through and Visma probably thought it wasn't worth the trouble and cut their losses.

As the article states, it was the manager's idea, not Cian's, and within two weeks he found another team and it was a done deal. Myeah.

I never considered Nordhagen as a supertalent and the last few months have only strengthened my belief. There are already younger riders outperforming him (Seixas, Widar, Finn...) and he's only 14 months younger than Del Toro as well. Not saying he can't turn out to be a great rider, but he's already far behind Uijtdebroeks' curve at that age. So i doubt he would have been an immediate threat for Uijtdebroeks' position within the team.

Yeah fully agree with everything you are writing here.

It is good to point out I think that chances have been very mininal for the white yersey group at Visma in recent years. With Brennan it will be different probably because his development is impossible to ignore, but besides that i think Visma have not been great in giving their youngsters chances. That might influence Cian a bit as well.

Also we see in recent years that with new money coming in some teams that were lagging behind are closing the gap. I can see that happening at Movistar as well.

So it does not have to be such a poor choice from Cian.

 

[Hugh Januss]

So they send him to Guangxi as parting gift

Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)

• 151UIJTDEBROEKS Cian
• 152BEHRENS Niklas
• 153GLOAG Thomas
• 154GRAAT Tijmen
• 155MCLAY Daniel
• 156NORDHAGEN Jørgen
• 157VALTER Attila

DS COBBAERT Robby, MØRKØV Jesper

Only Behrens, Graat, and Nordhagen are with Visma for 2026. They're clearing out the shop.