Revelation of this Tour de France thanks to its fifth place in the general classification of the last week attack, Kevin Vauquelin is preparing to leave the Arkéa-B & B training, prey to serious difficulties.
It has been a certainty since last month: the adventure of Arkéa-B & B Hotels is coming to an end. The two sponsors of Emmanuel Hubert’s team announced there, on June 25, the end of their partnership on December 31, 2025. Since then, the Breton training manager has been working to “perpetuate the future of the team”.
Kevin Vauquelin’s beautiful outfit on the Tour de France, a month after his second place on the Tour de Switzerland, necessarily helps discussions. “I hope this result can bring sponsors, help Manu Hubert and the Arkéa-B & B Hotels team. We show that the staff and the runners give the maximum with the few means that we have ”had entrusted the Normand to Switzerland.
Since the start of the Tour de France, Kevin Vauquelin has not stopped paying tribute to his teammates.
“My teammates have once again carried out extraordinary work. They all gathered around me, and so all together, we went up and managed to enter the peloton. I thank them. Their job was once again fantastic ”he thus entrusted, on Sunday, to the arrival of the 15e stage.
However, the story between Kevin Vauquelin and Emmanuel Hubert’s team will soon end. The Bayeux native will be at the end of the contract at the end of the season and obviously does not lack courtiers, as confirmed by his father with Actu.fr
Kevin Vauquelin will join a new team
“Kévin told me that he had been asked by several teams. He will sign a new contract with one of them in August. He does not mean where he will go ”, Thus entrusted Bruno Vauquelin, taking care to add: “One thing is certain, he will fight until the last minute for Arkéa. »»
Her mother, Valérie, sees things as big for this last week. “It would be good for him to take a step for Arkéa”she blown, adding: “It’s Vauquelin Mania. I wish parents to know the same happiness as us. For us, he has already won his turn, even if he does not win any steps. He is young, he has already made a name for himself, he is his 2nd round. We’re talking about my son, it’s great. He will have other laps and he will perform more and more by gaining experience. »» In new colors, probably red.
Recently, the Italian press claimed that the Norman agreed with Ineos-Grenadier, favoring the offer of the British team to those of Lidl-Trek or Décathlon.