2025 Pro Thread

[tymon_tm]

meanwhile in Slovenia:

[maquisard]

Looks like it was designed by generative AI - what a mess

[tymon_tm]

yes, what the very first few pages of this topic prove is the most important aspect of every single bit related to pro cycling is what anonymous internet warriors think it looks like.

[Karvalo]

Well, there's like 15+ sponsor logos they've had to shoehorn in there. Restrained and classy would be a very tough ask.

[Willier]

Uae team now on fizik saddles and shimano rotors

[jcrr]

@Pastronef constantly pulls his hair out in frustration at the sloth like approach of the leading MTB teams.......

yes I do

Loana Lecomte being almost sure to BMC
I did tread on a French website the Orbea management is gone, it's the former Primaflor-Mondraker people that will take over (with orbea bikes)
Olivia Onesti di BH-Coloma
Decathlon-Ford to be presented on Jan 16th

I don't know whether I imagined it, but I'm sure Mondraker will have their own Factory team (Primafloor wasn't). And that still leaves riders like Rissveds, Courtney, Urban to announce anything. It seems Candace Lill will remain a privateer.

And from social media Vlad Dascalu is still wearing Trek Factory clothing.....

maybe Mondraker has a DH/Enduro team?

Rissveds rumored to Canyon
Courtney rumored to Allied bikes
Lill confirms she stays privateer
David Campos back to BH-Coloma
Schelb to KMC-Ridley (Brentjens)
Cole Punchard, Luca Martin, Jolanda Neff probably to Cannondale

Rissveds confirmed to Canyon
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/jenny-ris ... -team.html

Jolanda Neff, Ana Santos, Charlie Aldridge, Cole Punchard, Luca Martin confirmed to Cannondale
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/cannondal ... oster.html

Loana Lecomte to BMC
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEnFHr4MybE ... mg_index=1

[lisu]

Caleb Ewan was here a few days ago, now apparently he's gone..https://greenedgecycling.com/2024/2025mens-team/

[LeDuke]

EC announced that Brad Copeland is going to step back a bit from their tech podcast to make time for his new (again) job as head mechanic for Specialized Factory Racing.

I'm wondering if this means that Kate Courtney is headed back there. Still no announcement other than that she was leaving Scott-SRAM.

[pastronef]

EC announced that Brad Copeland is going to step back a bit from their tech podcast to make time for his new (again) job as head mechanic for Specialized Factory Racing.

I'm wondering if this means that Kate Courtney is headed back there. Still no announcement other than that she was leaving Scott-SRAM.

I think by now they'd have already announced her. they listed their 2025 roster (unchanged from 2024)

[boots2000]

I saw Kate the other day. Dark bike was hard to make out, but pretty sure it was an Allied. She was wearing Rapha Kit.
Other bike change athlete I saw was Brennen Wertz. Switching from Mosaic to Factor.

EC announced that Brad Copeland is going to step back a bit from their tech podcast to make time for his new (again) job as head mechanic for Specialized Factory Racing.

I'm wondering if this means that Kate Courtney is headed back there. Still no announcement other than that she was leaving Scott-SRAM.

[Curious George]

From Pinkbike's latest article, those still to announce:

- Rebecca Henderson (Primaflor Mondraker) - 1286 UCI Ranking Points
- Anne Tauber (Orbea Factory XC) - 899 UCI Ranking Points
- David Campos (Orbea Factory XC) - 641 UCI Ranking Points
- Chiara Teocchi (Orbea Factory XC) - 1098 UCI Ranking Points
- Simon Andreassen (Cannondale Factory Racing) - 1382 UCI Ranking Points
- Kate Courtney (Scott-SRAM MTB) - 1474 UCI Ranking Points
- Anton Cooper (Trek Factory Racing) - 392 UCI Ranking Points
- Jennifer Jackson (Liv Factory Racing) - 1012 Ranking Points
- Linda Indergand (Liv Factory Racing) - 977 Ranking Points

[BenSiskri]

Once again, the MTB world proving how slow they are in providing news/ info.

Specialized released their roster the other day; no changes, except Stigger will also ride on the road with SD Worx-Protime. Something both Frei, and Langvad did before her. It seems Koreztky has given up his road ambitions, after spells with B&B and Bora.

Both Henderson & Cooper were racing in NZ, on what appears to be their new bikes - Bec on an Orbea, and Anton on a Lapierre - but nothing official, even though now it's 11th January.

[spokenwords]

Pure class
from Plapp
at Australian Nats.
He bridged
to Durbridge
had him sit in
and then let him win.

[OnTheRivet]

I saw Kate the other day. Dark bike was hard to make out, but pretty sure it was an Allied. She was wearing Rapha Kit.
Other bike change athlete I saw was Brennen Wertz. Switching from Mosaic to Factor.

EC announced that Brad Copeland is going to step back a bit from their tech podcast to make time for his new (again) job as head mechanic for Specialized Factory Racing.

I'm wondering if this means that Kate Courtney is headed back there. Still no announcement other than that she was leaving Scott-SRAM.

Allied IG account says they supplied a World Cup racer with a bike to test, probably Courtney.

[chorus88]

Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step)