The 2024 racing season ended on the weekend however some riders and groups face one final obligation – a late-season workforce gathering – earlier than heading into the low season and holidays.
UAE Staff Emirates, Soudal Fast-Step and Tudor are amongst a number of groups gathering in numerous places this week to have a good time the 2024 season, welcome new recruits, endure medicals and gear fittings and start to stipulate their race calendars for 2025.
The Tudor workforce will welcome new leaders Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi at a get-together close to their service course in Switzerland, as they work to safe a wild card invitation to the Tour de France and different WorldTour races in 2025.
Whereas some riders headed residence to Australia and the USA instantly from the Tour of Guangxi, others have been nonetheless in Europe, awaiting their workforce conferences.
Among the Jayco-AlUla workforce, together with new chief Ben O’Connor have been in Turin, Italy final week for his or her first medical checks and workforce conferences.
Tadej Pogačar has apparently booked a vacation along with his associate and fellow rider Urška Žigart within the Seychelles however will spend a number of days this week within the United Arab Emirates.
UAE Staff Emirates will have a good time Pogačar’s Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double and world title and their dominance of the 2024 WorldTour. Riders may also participate within the annual Group Journey on Thursday.
“We’re returning to the UAE for our #WeAreUAE Group trip alongside! Save the date and are available and trip with the workforce as we have a good time one other record-breaking season!” The workforce introduced lately.
Pogačar may also keep within the UAE for the UCI ESports World Championships on Saturday organised by MyWhoosh, who’re additionally a workforce sponsor.
After ending his 2024 season ending second behind Pogačar at il Lombardia, Remco Evenepoel will start to consider 2025 on the Soudal Fast-Step workforce gathering this week in Belgium, close to the Soudal headquarters in Turnhout.
Soudal Fast-Step will welcome new riders between October 21-25 and have a good time Evenepoel’s podium place on his debut on the Tour de France.
Evenepoel can then start his vacation, taking a month off the bike. He’s prone to miss the 2025 Tour de France presentation on October 29 in Paris and the presentation of the 2025 Giro d’Italia in Rome on November 12.
Soudal Fast-Step, like many different main groups, will collect for a primary winter coaching camp in December, spending two weeks on the Spanish coast, as they lay down very important winter kilometres.
