Team DSM riders with a Lapierre bike in front of the sea in Calpe Lapierre has announced a new four-year partnership as the bike supplier to Team Picnic PostNL. The new deal will see Lapierre bikes return to the WorldTour ranks, as the newly renamed Team Picnic PostNL squad switch from Scott to the French brand.
Team Picnic PostNL, formerly DSM-Firmenich PostNL has men’s and women’s WorldTour teams, as well as a UCI Continental-level development squad. All three teams will use the French brand’s bikes in a deal that officially begins on the 1st of January 2025 and runs through to 2028.
We understand the official team bike design will be revealed at the beginning of the 2025 season. We do know that team riders will race on the Xelius DRS model which was launched in October and the Aerostorm DRS TT bike , which Grace Brown used to win Gold at the Paris Olympics.
You can catch a first glimpse of the new team bikes and kit in the video below, which sees trucks from the new team supermarket sponsor Picnic helpfully deliver groceries to the team’s riders. It is unconfirmed whether team riders will be able to shop for free at online supermarket Picnic.
Lapierre exited the men’s WorldTour at the end of the 2023 season when team Groupama-FDJ switched from the brand’s bikes to Wilier Triestina for the 2024 season, ending a 22-year partnership with the team.
It looked like Lapierre bikes would also leave the WorldTour altogether after the recent […]
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