Also they signed that dude from the AG2R Dev squad that sounds like a brand of vacuum cleaners.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/baptiste-veistroffer
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/baptiste-veistroffer
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Van Gils has a 2025-26 deal with Lotto. so either a fake rumor, or Lotto is really in trouble after DSTNY stops at the end of this season, so they won't have to pay Van Gils' wages and get a nice buy-out money from ChinAstana
Lotto is probably going to sink a bit more before they somehow pull off a sponsorship like Soudal once again.
and Colby Simmons should find another team on CT level, because he left Visma devo.
Sadly this time they will go down for good. It was their last shot after dropping from WT. Finally opened their eyes that something had to change but it looks like the national Lottery already went back to their ways of scaring everyone away thinking it won't bite them in the ass later.
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Meeh it's complicated, but basically it all stems from the Lottery wanting to be the first name sponsor while not spending more than 6-7M a year, even tho there have been sponsors that wanted to invest more but that obviously also came with some demands (first name sponsor, certain riders, etc.). They want a secondary sponsor that just gives money and doesn't demand anything, which is just unrealistic. There's also the CEO of the Lottery that's a weirdo, and it's now pretty known in Belgium so lots of company's don't really want to be associated right now. It's a mess. Team will just be called Lotto next season, there's apparently some negotiations with some bigger players going on for 2026, but I'll believe it when I see it.
One of the downsides of the lottery is that it is a government company so it works ridiculously slow, and that has it effects on the team. Every small decision needs to pass the board of directors (of the team, not the Lottery, but it's similar) and it annoys the hell out of hard working people within the team. It was apparenlty way better the last 2 years, Dstny pushed a different "work style" and everyone liked it, but again, the Lottery's CEO didn't like it that Dstny pushed things. Just all about ego's. Now that there are also money problems it's horrible again, with riders having to wait to sign contracts for multiple months while having a verbal agreement, etc.
Sounds like one sponsor wants things to stay the same, Belgium focused, and insular. The other realises it's 2024 and you have to look internationally........wow it sucks. that's the umpteenth example of how some things never change in pro cycling, the disasterclass some managements and sponsors keep having year after year after year is baffling
Sounds like one sponsor wants things to stay the same, Belgium focused, and insular. The other realises it's 2024 and you have to look internationally........
Tbh, can't see Jannie Haek be the CEO after 2025.Meeh it's complicated, but basically it all stems from the Lottery wanting to be the first name sponsor while not spending more than 6-7M a year, even tho there have been sponsors that wanted to invest more but that obviously also came with some demands (first name sponsor, certain riders, etc.). They want a secondary sponsor that just gives money and doesn't demand anything, which is just unrealistic. There's also the CEO of the Lottery that's a weirdo, and it's now pretty known in Belgium so lots of company's don't really want to be associated right now. It's a mess. Team will just be called Lotto next season, there's apparently some negotiations with some bigger players going on for 2026, but I'll believe it when I see it.
One of the downsides of the lottery is that it is a government company so it works ridiculously slow, and that has it effects on the team. Every small decision needs to pass the board of directors (of the team, not the Lottery, but it's similar) and it annoys the hell out of hard working people within the team. It was apparenlty way better the last 2 years, Dstny pushed a different "work style" and everyone liked it, but again, the Lottery's CEO didn't like it that Dstny pushed things. Just all about ego's. Now that there are also money problems it's horrible again, with riders having to wait to sign contracts for multiple months while having a verbal agreement, etc.
Tbh, can't see Jannie Haek be the CEO after 2025.
Or sooner depending on when we get a national government...rumour in the wetstraat is that MR and N-VA want to clean things up in the national lottery.
That's true, but those politicians aren't backed by enough voters, so for the foreseeable future Lotto will keep existing.I know, but Haek might be a complete moron, he at least "likes" the team enough to make sure it exists as certain politicians rather have them not sponsoring/owning the team at all, so it doesn't mean a change would be better necessarily. We'll see, the main problem is that there is no long term vision. It's hard to build knowing things might change every year.
Van Gils has a 2025-26 deal with Lotto. so either a fake rumor, or Lotto is really in trouble after DSTNY stops at the end of this season, so they won't have to pay Van Gils' wages and get a nice buy-out money from ChinAstana
There is truth in that, he has now just signed with Carrera who in turn is shopping him all over for 2025 onwards and to get out Lotto
It does not exactly sound like Widar will move to Red Bull.
Cyclisme. Interview - Stéphane Heulot : «Widar ? On lui a dit qu'on n'était pas ravi...»
Que se passe-t-il entre la Lotto Dstny et son jeune crack Jarno Widar ? Vainqueur du Tour d'Italie U23, de l'Alpes Isère Tour, du Tour du Val d'Aoste...www.cyclismactu.net
Hm…maybe there is no confirmation of a new contract because he had a valid one anyway?This is 13 days old. Things happen fast, as long as you don't see any confirmation about him signing a new contract at Lotto, it's very easy to buy him
Hm…maybe there is no confirmation of a new contract because he had a valid one anyway?
Means nothing to me, I must be either dim, likely, or live in the wrong country.Also they signed that dude from the AG2R Dev squad that sounds like a brand of vacuum cleaners.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/baptiste-veistroffer
For people of a certain age, that can only mean one thing. I apologise for the earworm to those people in advance.Now if he was called Henry or Sharky...
Means nothing to me, I must be either dim, likely, or live in the wrong country.
Imagine if someone else just said that on top of the page.Reuben Thompson signs a two-year deal with Lotto Dstny | Lotto Dstny
Another new reinforcement for the 2025 Lotto Dstny Team: Reuben Thompson. The 23-year old rider from New Zealand joins the squad for the next two seasons.www.lottodstny.be
I'm pretty sure I live in the wrong country, but there's something about the word "Veistroffer" that sounds vacuumey to me.
Imagine if someone else just said that on top of the page.
I came to greatly dislike transfer season as a Movistar supporter, and it's been like this for a while. Everybody gets to show off their new shiny toys while I scroll through dozens of pages to maybe get a crumb of information about which young spanish talent or which big rider Eusebio managed to disgruntle this time around.