Cycling, Viviani leads the army of free agents for 2025

Rome, 28 October 2024 – It is still early to raise the alarm, but in cycling, not having a contract for next year when the calendar already speaks of the end of October is not exactly a good sign: especially for those riders who are no longer very young who, in these cases, seriously risk having to make drastic decisions, despite themselves.

Free agents for 2025

Talking about home Italy, it could be the case of Elia Viviani, expiring with Ineos Grenadiers but, in theory, still eager to continue his career on the road, even setting his sights on the Giro d'Italia 2025, which will see the light on November 12: for the Veronese the idea floated by someone of hanging up his bike to join the staff of Marco Villa, track ct, still seems far away. Remaining with the sprinters, the relationship between Fernando Gaviria , Movistar Team, from which I am leaving, so far without having found new alternatives, even Davide Cimolai, Albert Torres and especially Nairo Quintana, whose rekindling did not yield the desired results.

The future of is also in the balance Alberto Rui Costa, Stephen Chaves, Michael Valgren, Owain Doull, Stefan DeBod, Alexander Jefferson Cepeda, James Shaw e Andrea Piccolo, the army of almost ex-runners of theEF Education EasyPost: for the only Italian on the list, Small, the axe of the future weighs heavily on theUCI, which will soon express its opinion on the alleged transport of hormones prohibited by the Colombia. From Cofidis I'm on my way out Ben Hermans, Kenny Elissonde, Reuben Fernandez, Alexis Gougeard ed Harrison Wood, While the Bahrain Victorious has already said goodbye through his social media Yukiya Arashiro, the gregarious of a thousand battles, freshly 40 years old and, therefore, smelling of retirement. This thought is also flashing in Fabio Fellina, at the end credits with the Lidl Trek while, remaining with the Italians, at the end of the year they will also be released Alessandro Verre e Matteo Sobrero respectively from theArkea-B&B Hotels and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe: the same Arkea-B&B Hotels who will also greet David Decker e Simon Guglielmi. In the cauldron of future free agents there is no shortage of particular stories.

We start from that of Taco Van Der Hoorn, on the farewell step from theIntermarché-Wanty (from which the promising is also coming out Madis Mihkels) despite the very long inactivity caused by a serious head injury: a very long ordeal that saw the recent success of theElfstedenrace 2024 on the part of the Dutchman his end, but for now finding a new team remains a mirage. It comes to Leo Hayter, the brother of Ethan that will leave the Ineos Grenadiers and perhaps the entire cycling world despite his young age due to his battle with depression. Nothing to be done even for Stan Van Tricht, the surprise winner of the Bernocchi Cup 2024 who was perhaps expecting a last minute call fromAlpecin-Deceuninck which instead doesn't seem to arrive.