While he is going to complete his fourth season with the Visma-Lease A Bike team, Tiesj Benoot will join the Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale training next winter, with which the Belgian has signed a contract on the next three years.
The Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale team continues to prepare for its new era. While it counts on Paul Seixas to shine on the big towers and especially the Tour de France in the future, the French training builds a quality workforce going hand in hand with the ambitions born from the arrival of the CMA CGM shipowner as the main co-party next season.
While it is acquired that Dorian Godon will join the Ineos Grenadiers team, Bruno Armirail should take the direction of Visma-Lease in Bike. However, a runner will make this path in the opposite direction next winter. Indeed, through a press release, the Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale team has formalized the signature for the next three seasons of Tiesj Benoot.
At 31 years old and after four years in the colors of the Dutch formation, the native of Ghent will give himself a new challenge. “This is a new chapter in my career, in an ambitious team where I can still progress,” he said in this press release. The ambition of the project and the confidence granted motivate me a lot to obtain great results and play an important role in the classics and at the service of the collective. »»
Benoot “fits perfectly into the team’s project” for Joly
Director of the sports strategy of the Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale team, Sébastien Joly assures that the arrival of the Belgian, who was alongside Jonas Vingegaard on several of his successes on the big towers “is perfectly part of the team’s project”. “He is a very experienced runner with great physical potential,” he added in this press release. It will bring us a lot, both during the classics campaigns, in a role of protected leader, as in stage races, where he could be a very important team member. “Affirming to be” happy that a runner of this scale “joins his training, Sébastien Joly adds having” can’t wait to welcome him and start working with him “.
An arrival that should not be the last in the ranks of the training based in Grenoble. Indeed, the names of Bol and Olav Kooij come back to form a new random sprinters capable of playing victories. Tobias Lund Andresen, Robbe Ghys and Daan Hoole have also been announced for several weeks to strengthen a project aimed at competing with the large displacement of the professional peloton.
