The 2025 season will be exciting for Team Visma | Lease a Bike: top-class new additions, big goals and a full racing calendar. Whether spring classics, Grand Tours or cyclocross - the team wants to attack everywhere. With Simon Yates, Victor Campenaerts and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, exciting developments are on the horizon. An overview of developments and prospects.
Both the men's and the women's team are committed to the start of the spring season:
Wout van Aert: The Belgian all-rounder has already shown strong performances in cyclocross and is targeting further victories in the spring classics. His racing calendar includes the Volta ao Algarve, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and the big classics such as E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Dwars door Vlaanderen. The hot phase of the Spring Classics then begins in April: the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix will be particularly exciting this year. We are excited and hope for an injury-free phase before the Grand Tours in the summer!
Fem van Empel: She has already scored several wins in cyclocross, including victory in Benidorm on January 19, 2025.
The team also focuses on the big tours:
Jonas Vingegaard: The two-time Tour de France winner plans to take part in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España in 2025. After an injury-plagued 2024 season, he is aiming to return to his top form.
Simon Yates: He will lead the team as captain at the Giro d'Italia and is aiming for top placings there.
Wout van Aert: In addition to the classics, he also plans to take part in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France to prove his versatility.
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Date: February 2, 2025
Location: Geelong, Australia
Planned participants: Men WorldTeam
UAE Tour Women
February 6-9, 2025
Location: United Arab Emirates
Planned participants: Women WorldTeam
Muscat Classic
February 7, 2025
Location: Muscat, Oman
Planned participants: Men WorldTeam
Tour of Oman
February 8-12, 2025
Location: Oman
Planned participants: Men WorldTeam
Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana
February 13-16, 2025
Venue: Valencia, Spain
Planned participants: Women WorldTeam
Clásica Jaén
February 17, 2025
Venue: Jaén, Spain
Planned participants: Men WorldTeam
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
February 19-23, 2025
Location: Algarve, Portugal
Planned participants: Jonas Vingegaard
Paris-Nice
March 2-9, 2025
Location: France
Planned participants: Jonas Vingegaard, Victor Campenaerts
Gent-Wevelgem
March 30, 2025
Venue: Belgium
Planned participants: Wout van Aert, Olav Kooij
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
March 23-29, 2025
Location: Catalonia, Spain
Planned participants: Jonas Vingegaard, Simon Yates
Dwars door Vlaanderen
April 2, 2025
Place: Belgium
Planned participants: Men's WorldTeam
Ronde van Vlaanderen
April 6, 2025
Place: Belgium
Planned participants: Wout van Aert
Itzulia Basque Country
April 8-13, 2025
Location: Basque Country, Spain
Planned participants: Victor Campenaerts
Paris-Roubaix
April 13, 2025
Venue: France
Planned participants: Wout van Aert
Amstel Gold Race
April 20, 2025
Place: Netherlands
Planned participants: Victor Campenaerts, Wout van Aert
Liège-Bastogne-Liège
April 27, 2025
Venue: Belgium
Planned participants: Victor Campenaerts
Giro d'Italia
May 9-31, 2025
Place: Italy
Planned participants: Wout van Aert, Simon Yates, Olav Kooij
(subject to change)
All information about the team: https://www.teamvismaleaseabike.com/
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