Teams & Riders Team Visma - Lease a Bike

[Oldermanish]

Sorry, my point was that I don't understand what Visma or any of the teams could possibly have objected to being shared.

We agree. Most of the stuff broadcast was motivational sh*t or the customary "get to the front" stuff. Hardly tactical secrets.
I think they are more discreet if it's important. The rest is just for viewer interest and seems to reinforce the basic-knowledge dialogue the commentators share.
It would be interesting to hear rider pushback like in F1 when a car is running poorly or they get cut off by a RedBull Dutchman or Canadian Wanker. Pretty spicy chatting, then. Could get cluttered with 170 guys....

 

[CyclistAbi]

So i guess now down to GC Kuss, to try to save the GT season.

 

[Statze2]

As some of you are discussing the van Aert rumour i thougth it is nice to make a short summary about the 2025 Visma LAB.
According to pcs they have 24 riders under contract for 2025.

Visma has some obvious leaders:

-van Aert for the classics
- Vingegaard for the tour and other big stage races
- Kooij for the sprints

Behind these leaders they have some swiss army knifes and thats probably the biggest strength of this team that they have riders who can shine on various terrains. Jorgensen, van Baarle, Valter and Benoot. As new addition in the swiss army knife team i see Bart Lemmen.

For the mountains they have proven riders like Kelderman and Kuss who can step in a GC role or support Vingegaard very, very long. In addition to them they have Cian, Tulett, Gloag, Staune-Mitett and Nordhagen as talented GC riders or climbing domestiques. And Kruijswijk as old but proven mountain work horse.

The classic/sprint team is completed by riders like Laporte, Hagenes, Brennan and van der Sande.
Riders like Huising, Graat and van Belle i´m not sure where i should place them. Maybe someone can help?

New additions according to the rumours should be Simon Yates - perfect for GC in the Giro or Vuelta and a very good climbing domestique for the Tour.
Thijssen as addition for the sprints and classics.

All in all the team is very well rounded and can play a serious role in every race they want to.
Where do they have some potential? With the departure of the van Dijke brothers they are a little bit short in the classic, roleur typ of rider. So thats what i would aim for. But in the end this team is so good and if they don´t have the same bad luck in injuries like this year, they will challenge UAE again in many races.

Are there more rumours?

 

[Netserk]

Thijssen as addition for the sprints and classics.

I have not heard of that rumour nor been able to find any mention of it.

Zingle and Campenaerts have been rumoured to join the team.

 

[Offline]

Riders like Huising, Graat and van Belle i´m not sure where i should place them. Maybe someone can help?

Huising and Graat are climbers. Van Belle is probably for team Kooij instead of Dijke brothers.

 

[Statze2]

I have not heard of that rumour nor been able to find any mention of it.

Zingle and Campenaerts have been rumoured to join the team.

Now i can remember the rumour to Campenaerts that would fit my roleur typ of rider.

Thijsen/Teunissen my mistake
Sorry for the confusion.

Wielerflits talked about the Teunissen story: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/mike-teunissen-moet-visma-lease-a-bike-opnieuw-aan-zeges-helpen/

 

[Netserk]

If both Teunissen and Campenaerts join the team, and no rider leaves prematurely, then they'll only have 2 spots left on the 2025 roster.

From PCS:

#	Rider	Goes to
1	BOUWMAN Koen	?
2	GESINK Robert	retired
3	HESSMANN Michel	?
4	TRATNIK Jan	?
5	VADER Milan	?
6	VAN DIJKE Mick	?
7	VAN DIJKE Tim	?
8	VERMOTE Julien	?

Vermote is rumoured to have been extended: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/julien-vermote-krijgt-contractverlenging-bij-visma-lease-a-bike/

Tratnik and the Van Dijke twins are rumoured to join RedBull. That leaves Bouwman, Hessmann and Vader to fight for the last spot.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

If both Teunissen and Campenaerts join the team, and no rider leaves prematurely, then they'll only have 2 spots left on the 2025 roster.

From PCS:

#	Rider	Goes to
1	BOUWMAN Koen	?
2	GESINK Robert	retired
3	HESSMANN Michel	?
4	TRATNIK Jan	?
5	VADER Milan	?
6	VAN DIJKE Mick	?
7	VAN DIJKE Tim	?
8	VERMOTE Julien	?

Vermote is rumoured to have been extended: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/julien-vermote-krijgt-contractverlenging-bij-visma-lease-a-bike/

Tratnik and the Van Dijke twins are rumoured to join RedBull. That leaves Bouwman, Hessmann and Vader to fight for the last spot.

Visma | Lease a Bike is nog niet klaar op de transfermarkt: Dit is de status

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All three are said to leave.

 

[Netserk]

Visma | Lease a Bike is nog niet klaar op de transfermarkt: Dit is de status

Special Voor het eerst in tien jaar wil Visma | Lease a Bike het wielerseizoen 2025 het liefst aanvangen met de maximaal aantal toegestane dertig renners. Op dit moment liggen daarvan 29 vast. Zoals ieder jaar op 1 augustus maken wij een overzicht van alle transfers van Nederlands grootste...

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All three are said to leave.

Thanks. Tough luck for Hessmann, also too old to take a year on the U23 team. I guess he will retire then?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hessmann was a big talent, 3rd at Avenir and from the Dev team. Curious to let him go, maybe they thought they'd spent too much social capital defending him or that it wasn't worth the trouble?

 

[Statze2]

Thanks. Tough luck for Hessmann, also too old to take a year on the U23 team. I guess he will retire then?

Don‘t think so, he is Training still Like a pro, and i think there will be some Teams that give him a contract

 

[Rob5091]

Yep, whatever voodoo they used last year, it's boomeranging back at them -

https://www.teamvismaleaseabike.com...se-a-bike-in-second-stage-of-vuelta-a-burgos/

Sepp hit the ground for the second time in this Vuelta a Burgos and that is far from ideal. In addition, we lost Ben Tulett in a crash.” Tulett's shoulder was dislocated during the crash.

 

[Statze2]

Ui Cian, another very bad ITT. And this short before his Season Highlight. He lost nearly a Minute on sepp Kuss, a Rider who is also Not good in such flat ITTs.
He didn‘t improve at Visma…

 

[Netserk]

 

[memyselfandI]

Just watched it. Very very good indeed. Ty.

 

[vwpe]

Good video. Liked Nathan at 24min mark and Vingegaard at 38:30, honesty is refreshing and nothing wrong with that.

 

[RJH]

Gloag now out with broken elbows… :-( Poor guy.

 

[RJH]

Julien Vermote is remarkable. He more than once was without WT team recently, and now even got signed for two years by Visma. Amazing

 

[AmRacer]

Did they just sign Wout for the rest of his career?

 

[proffate]

Did they just sign Wout for the rest of his career?

how does this work when 45yo wout wants to keep riding and the team are no longer interested?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

how does this work when 45yo wout wants to keep riding and the team are no longer interested?

They probably have to give him money to stop riding once he starts blocking a spot on the team. Or they have a team termination clause but I wouldn‘t sign this then if I were Wout.

 

[xo 1]

how does this work when 45yo wout wants to keep riding and the team are no longer interested?

There are few parallels between Israel Premier Tech and Team Jumbo-Lease a Bike, but this structure reminds me of the Froome disaster. Letting your counterparty decide when he wishes to stop being paid is rarely going to work out well -- even with a rider as quality as Wout.

 

[Statze2]

Niklas Behrens to Visma. After this news I took a deeper look into the new classic squad of Visma.

The van Dijcke brothers and Tratnik are out of the squad. New additions of riders which are capable of the classics are Behrens, Zingle, Campenaerts and Brennan.

First thing that came to my mind when I thought about Visma and classics "they can´t have another horrible season like this with that many injuries and illness".
So a fit van Aert, Laporte and van Baarle is key and will make the squad so much better than this year. With this beeing said, Jorgenson showed his talent in the classics and that he can be a real contender for big results. On top mix it up with the rising classics talent Per Strand Hagenes and you will have a very, very good squad. Zingle can be an outside bet for smaller classic style races or a contender that already showed that he can get results and is a rider which other teams have to worry about.
In case of work horses, domestiques (or even outsiders for some classics) take Benoot, Affini, Campenaert or Lemmen.
And then you can still add two talented guys like Brennan and Behrens and let them learn and develope in smaller races or even in a race like dwaars door vlaanderen if it fits.

In case of the quality of a possible classic squad just two other teams have the possibility to cover this line up: UAE and Trek.
Alpecin does not have the quality across the board to be as good as the other three. They have two outstanding riders and a good team but not as good as Visma, UAE or Trek.

I´m really looking forward two the classic races. I want to see visma back at its best and a UAE and Trek team that also want to win a lot in the spring.

 

[Netserk]

Niklas Behrens to Visma. After this news I took a deeper look into the new classic squad of Visma.

The van Dijcke brothers and Tratnik are out of the squad. New additions of riders which are capable of the classics are Behrens, Zingle, Campenaerts and Brennan.

First thing that came to my mind when I thought about Visma and classics "they can´t have another horrible season like this with that many injuries and illness".
So a fit van Aert, Laporte and van Baarle is key and will make the squad so much better than this year. With this beeing said, Jorgenson showed his talent in the classics and that he can be a real contender for big results. On top mix it up with the rising classics talent Per Strand Hagenes and you will have a very, very good squad. Zingle can be an outside bet for smaller classic style races or a contender that already showed that he can get results and is a rider which other teams have to worry about.
In case of work horses, domestiques (or even outsiders for some classics) take Benoot, Affini, Campenaert or Lemmen.
And then you can still add two talented guys like Brennan and Behrens and let them learn and develope in smaller races or even in a race like dwaars door vlaanderen if it fits.

In case of the quality of a possible classic squad just two other teams have the possibility to cover this line up: UAE and Trek.
Alpecin does not have the quality across the board to be as good as the other three. They have two outstanding riders and a good team but not as good as Visma, UAE or Trek.

I´m really looking forward two the classic races. I want to see visma back at its best and a UAE and Trek team that also want to win a lot in the spring.

Teunissen likely to be the last man to join the team for next year, he can ride the classics too.

 

[yaco]

Visma have not won a monument for four years, so they are due. I have my doubts about Jorgensen winning a monument, as he blows up in the last 50kms, as shown in Ronde and the World's