Er heerst al enkele maanden radiostilte over de nakende fusie tussen Lotto en Intermarché-Wanty. Over 2 à 3 weken zullen alle details bekend zijn. Krijgen we een slagkrachtige fusieploeg met De Lie, Widar, Van Eetvelt en Girmay?
sporza.be
According to Sporza:
- Girmay probably stays, so a team with 4 leaders: De Lie, Girmay, Van Eetvelt and Widar
- As previously known: Bourlart CEO, Visbeek Performance, Van de Wouwer sportive
- Donie stays u23 (was already known), Van de Wynkele, Veistroffer and Thompson will be let go from the guys with a contract at Lotto side (apart from how painful it is for these guys themselves I know 2 leaders who won't be happy with this)
- Merger will be finalized in 2 to 3 weeks (like no *** it has to in a week technically for the UCI)
- Lotto Ladies team applied for ProConti (was already known basically), Lotte Claes (my own info) will join
Earlier today there was Nieuwsblad article that said some staff members from Lotto got fired, 2 of them I know for a fact were very well respected by Lotto riders, again some leaders won't be happy about this.
Wouldn't surprise me if we see some drama from either De Lie or Van Eetvelt later this year.
And HLN Of course had to follow so they also made an article about the chaos behind the scenes. Yes, mergers always suck.