Because the Tour de France nears, the rider switch market at all times comes alive, with Lidl-Trek and Fabian Cancellara’s Tudor workforce linked to a variety of riders for 2024 as they give the impression of being to strengthen their rosters early.
Trek-Segafredo will formally change into Lidl-Trek on June 30, unveiling their new colors on the eve of the Tour de France. The arrival of the European grocery store chain will reportedly see a big funds improve and the workforce administration seems to be lively within the switch market, with Tao Geoghegan Hart and Jonathan Milan on their want record.
Beneath UCI guidelines, groups and riders can’t reveal their future groups till August however offers are sometimes finished months upfront.
Tao Geoghegan Hart was first linked to Lidl-Trek earlier than his critical crash on the Giro d’Italia. He’s presently recovering at house in London however Tuttobiciweb suggests he stays a goal for Lidl-Trek for 2024.
Geoghegan Hart received the 2020 Giro d’Italia and appeared set to be a contender this yr earlier than crashing within the rain on stage 11 to Tortona and struggling a fancy fracture to his hip space.
He has been with Ineos Grenadiers since turning skilled in 2017 however the British workforce have already got Tom Pidcock and Egan Bernal underneath contract and proceed to courtroom Remco Evenepoel. Geraint Thomas is predicted to increase for no less than 2024 however Carlos Rodríguez has been closely linked to a transfer to Movistar.
Lidl-Trek seem set to signal rising Italian sprinter Jonathan Milan as they use their larger funds to develop their males’s roster alongside Mads Pedersen, Giulio Ciccone and Jasper Stuyven. The ladies’s workforce can be more likely to be strengthened.
Milan was the Italian revelation of the Giro d’Italia, successful a stage and taking second on 4 others on the best way to successful the factors jersey. He wants to enhance his sprinting expertise and positioning however his monitor racing has given him the uncooked energy and pace wanted for contemporary sprinting. He would additionally bolster Lidl-Trek’s Classics squad.
In accordance with Tuttobiciweb, different riders on the switch market embody Arnaud Démare and his Groupama-FDJ teammate Jake Stewart. Démare is hoping to journey the Tour de France regardless of David Gaudu’s public rejection however is linked to a transfer to Arkéa-B&B Accommodations in 2024.
Stewart lately accomplished the Giro d’Italia and was the primary rider to congratulate Mark Cavendish on his dash win in Rome. In accordance with La Gazzetta dello Sport, the British sprinter may transfer to Astana, the place Cavendish will apparently have a post-racing position managing the workforce’s dash ambitions.
Italy’s Lorenzo Fortunato may additionally transfer from Eolo-Kometa to Astana, whereas Cees Bol has apparently prolonged his contract with the Kazakhstani workforce.
The Swiss-based Tudor workforce managed by Fabian Cancellara will keep within the ProTeam ranks in 2024 however are anticipated to strengthen their roster after a profitable debut in 2023.
Matteo Trentin has been with UAE Crew Emirates since 2021 however the 33-year-old Italian may play a key street captain position at Tudor in 2024, based on La Gazzetta dello Sport, with Bahrain Victorious’ Gino Mader additionally linked to the Swiss workforce.
La Gazzetta dello Sport additionally claims that Ineos Grenadiers directeur sportif Matteo Tosatto, who managed the workforce on the Giro d’Italia, has additionally been approached to work with Cancellara and Tudor, with Lidl-Trek additionally within the Italian directeur sportif.
