Teams & Riders Lotto Intermarché Cycling Team

[Rob5091]

The other Lenny (van Eetvelt) is off to Canada which is a good sign he's on the road to recovery -
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...-canada-but-van-eetvelt-skips-vuelta-a-espana

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Lucas Van Gils not being related to Maxim Van Gils when they have the exact same curtains hairstyle and split is baffling me.
(yeahyeah I know, their haircolour is different)

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, so... what thread are we gonna use to talk about this team?

This one?

Or... this one?

Teams & Riders - Inter Lotto Marché

According to Jose De Cauwer (Belgian commentator) Intermarché and Lotto are going to merge. Does it deserve its own thread? Dutch article: https://sporza.be/nl/2025/07/17/lotto-en-intermarche-wanty-voeren-verregaande-gesprekken-over-samenwerking~1752748001976/

forum.cyclingnews.com

(At least it doesn't appear Wanty Intermarché had their own thread pre-merger.)

 

[Wyndbrook]

Whichever thread is used for discussion it needs to be quick. The rate riders are falling by the wayside there will not be any left.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Okay, so... what thread are we gonna use to talk about this team?

This one?

Or... this one?

Teams & Riders - Inter Lotto Marché

According to Jose De Cauwer (Belgian commentator) Intermarché and Lotto are going to merge. Does it deserve its own thread? Dutch article: https://sporza.be/nl/2025/07/17/lotto-en-intermarche-wanty-voeren-verregaande-gesprekken-over-samenwerking~1752748001976/

forum.cyclingnews.com

(At least it doesn't appear Wanty Intermarché had their own thread pre-merger.)

I created that thread mainly for discussion of the act of merger. I'd be happy to lock that and move more recent texts that are just about this season here is I see likes on the post.

 

[Samamba]

I created that thread mainly for discussion of the act of merger. I'd be happy to lock that and move more recent texts that are just about this season here is I see likes on the post.

I think the other one doesn't have a lot of valuable stuff in it, you can probably just keep this one and change this ones name to Lotto Intermarché.

 

[Berniece]

I think the other one doesn't have a lot of valuable stuff in it, you can probably just keep this one and change this ones name to Lotto Intermarché.

Indeed, the other one was about the merger. This one is about the team

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Okay, so... what thread are we gonna use to talk about this team?

This one?

Or... this one?

Teams & Riders - Inter Lotto Marché

According to Jose De Cauwer (Belgian commentator) Intermarché and Lotto are going to merge. Does it deserve its own thread? Dutch article: https://sporza.be/nl/2025/07/17/lotto-en-intermarche-wanty-voeren-verregaande-gesprekken-over-samenwerking~1752748001976/

forum.cyclingnews.com

(At least it doesn't appear Wanty Intermarché had their own thread pre-merger.)

The directory (pinned discussion) directed me here which is why I posted here

 

[Berniece]

@Samamba What can we expect from Berckmoes this spring? How is he feeling?

 

[Samamba]

@Samamba What can we expect from Berckmoes this spring? How is he feeling?

He got sick and was off the bike for a whole week at the end of January. Skipped Mallorca Challenge and even altitude camp afterwards so not really sure. He's been training normally for a few weeks now but I wouldn't say he had the best winter because of that.

 

[Berniece]

He got sick and was off the bike for a whole week at the end of January. Skipped Mallorca Challenge and even altitude camp afterwards so not really sure. He's been training normally for a few weeks now but I wouldn't say he had the best winter because of that.

Hmm, better options for 4M then

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I have locked the thread that I had opened for discussion of the merger. If anyone feels strongly that some content there belongs in this thread, PM me.

 

[Roku]

@search Have you read anything about Zimmermann lately? He has notably underperformed since crashing out of TdF.

 

[search]

@search Have you read anything about Zimmermann lately? He has notably underperformed since crashing out of TdF.

Him and Rutsch just returned from an altitude camp in Colombia, but there wasn't really any information about his shape. Zimmermann was happy with his Top 20 in Australia.

Most interesting part was that they went to Boyacá because they got to know Rodolfo Torres during his days at Androni. He now is mayor of Busbanza and helped them to organise stuff, find the best roads etc

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Most interesting part was that they went to Boyacá because they got to know Rodolfo Torres during his days at Androni. He now is mayor of Busbanza and helped them to organise stuff, find the best roads etc

Talk about an ex-cyclist cropping up in unexpected places.