The Belgian Cian Uijtdebroeksone of the pearls of cycling in his country, eighth in the Vuelta at the age of 20, will go with the concentration he is developing Denia his new team, the Jumbo Vismaafter unilaterally terminating his contract with Bora Hansgrohe, a decision that rocked the cycling world.
Although Bora maintains the legal battle to enforce the contract with the young rider, Visma assumes his inclusion in the team roster where, among others, the winner of the Tour de France plays, Jonas Vingegaardthe Belgian Wout Van Aert and the winner of the Vuelta, Sep Kuus.
“The team will start the concentration and we will introduce Cian as our new runner. He is with us“said Cyclingnews via Jumbo Visma.
The Dutch team, to be called Visma-Rent a Bicycle in 2024, it was announced on Saturday the signing of Uijtdebroeks for four years. However, his current team, Bora-Hansgrohe, is against the acquisition as he is committed to the German squad until the end of 2024.
The representatives of Uijtdebroeks released a statement via Instagram in which they confirmed that the Belgian’s contract with the German team was completed on December 1leaving him free to change teams.
Bora is not giving up on its pearl development and has also expressed itself in this regard.
“Cian is and will remain a member of Bora-Hansgroheas well as the next season of 2024. He has a contractual relationship with us until December 31, 2024.”
The contractual movement, which is unusual in the cycling world, has set a tainted precedent controversy.
Cofidis group director, Cedric Vasseur said the CEO of Jumbo-Visma, Richard Plugge should resign as president of the group organization (AIGCP).
Uijtdebroeks, professional since 2022, won the Future Tour 2022 and he made the top 10 in events such as Volta a Catalunya, Tour de Romandie, Tour of Switzerland and Tour of Spain.
Source: La Verdad
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