All that is missing now is the signature on the agreement between Simon Yates and the Visma | Lease a Bike. A transfer that has taken on more and more consistency in recent weeks, with the Dutch team thus managing to overcome the strong competition for the winner of the 2018 Vuelta a España, demonstrating great confidence in being able to help him make the leap in quality that he has lacked in this years. Therefore the offers of Ineos Grenadiers And Israel – Premier Techin particular, not necessarily from an economic point of view, but above all from a sporting point of view.
Waiting to finalize the final details, according to reports WielerFlits, the verbal agreement would have been reached by now anyway, even if obviously the UCI regulation prohibits signing contracts with riders committed to other teams until August. Turned professional in 2014 with the then Orica GreenEDGEhe therefore remained with the Australian team for over ten years, following it through its name changes up to the current one Team Jayco – AlUlawhich he is negotiating with to replace him Ben O’Connorready to return home.
The 31-year-old Briton will thus strengthen an already top-level team, which alongside Jonas Vingegaard can deploy the various Matthew Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss And Cian Uijtdebroeks. A quartet, soon a quintet, of very high profile that we are unlikely to see together in major events, but which will allow the Dutch team to play its cards in a comprehensive manner in all the major stage races, GT and beyond.
