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ProTeam Lotto-Dstny is planning on moving on from Belgian bike manufacturer Ridley in 2024 to Orbea . Teams swap between manufacturers all the time. But the reason they’re doing is a bit more surprising.
First reported by Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws , riders allegedly felt they had to compete on an “old” time trial bike for “several years” due to delays in delivery of a new iteration. Team Lotto-Dstny has declined comment on the original story specifically, nor the speculation concerning Caleb Ewan .
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However, team CEO Stéphane Heulot has this to say regarding the split: “Our cooperation with Ridley will indeed stop by the end of the year. We will make the switch to a new bike brand. But not so much because we’re not happy about the quality of the Ridley bike. We’ve had 12 amazing years together with lots of victories. We choose for another brand because we want to improve financially. That is needed to keep our current squad. The team will be racing on Ridley till the end of 2023 and we want to get some more victories together this season to say goodbye in a beautiful way.” The move to Orbea comes as a surprise as the ProTour team has been linked in recent months to manufacturers […]
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