Dylan van Baarle Will Continue His Career at Soudal Quick-Step. The 33-Year-old Rider Already Indicated Last Month That was Ready for “A New Stimulus” and would Therefore Leave Leave Visma-Lease A Bike.
Van Baarle was presented with great fanfare by His New Team on Friday Afternoon. “The man who conquered the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix. The Dutch Powerhouse with a world championship medal and multiple classic victories to his name. Welcome to the ‘wolf pack’ ,” Soudal Quick-Step written on X.
Van Baarle Hopes to Revive His Career at the Belgian Team. “I have the idea that a new environment can give me a new stimulus. Of course, you can be wrong about that, but I think it will ensure that I perform again at the level I have performed before,” he said last month in a podcast of the ad .
Van Baarle Rode For Visma-Lease a Bike for Three Seasons. In Service of the Dutch Team, he won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2023 and Became Dutch Road Champion. That Same Year, from Baarle Helped Teammate Jonas Vingegaard as a Domestique to his Second Tour de France Victory. Partly Due to Injuries and Illness, Van Baarle Did not have his best year at Visma After 2023. Both this year and last year, he had to pass on the tour de France.
Before his time at Visma, Van Baarle won Paris-Roubaix (2022) and Dwars through Flanders (2021) As a rider of Team Sky, Among Others.
‘A Team I Saw On TV When I Was Young’
If it is up to van baarle, he will return to that level. “I am incredible excited to sign with soudal quick-step, a team I saw on TV when I was young, eSpecially in the time of Tom Boonen. It is a dream come to join the ‘wolfpack’ next year,
“My goal is to perform at my best again in the classics and hopefully fight for the victory there. I also because to help the gc riders as much as possible in the grand tours and go for a stage win there or in the week-long races if the opportunity arises.”
Earlier This Week, it was announced that soudal quick-step will part ways with remco equalpoel after this season. The Belgian Top Rider Will Ride for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Next Year.