Double Olympic Champion Remco Evenepoel Signs With Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe For 2026
BELGIUM AND GERMANY, AUG 5 – Remco Evenepoel ends his contract a year early to join Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe in 2026, aiming to boost Grand Tour ambitions alongside top contenders, sources said.
- On Tuesday, Soudal Quick-Step announced that Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel will leave the team to join Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe next season.
- Representatives of Evenepoel said he would not extend his agreement, and management agreed he could move at the end of the 2025 season after consulting sponsors and partners.
- According to reports, the transfer needed ratification by Soudal Quick-Step, Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, and UCI, with Evenepoel reportedly paying 5 million to Quick-Step and Red Bull adding 2 million.
- Evenepoel's arrival strengthens Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe by adding to a Grand Tour-focused roster with Roglic and Lipowitz, who finished third in last month’s Tour de France.
- Beyond the transfer, Evenepoel will serve as the charismatic leader of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe from 2026, aiming for more Grand Tour victories, reports suggest.
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Major shake-up in world of cycling as Remco Evenepoel confirms NEW team
Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel will leave Soudal Quick-Step at the end of this season, the team said on Tuesday, and join Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe. The 25-year-old Belgian is one of cycling’s brightest stars and won both the road race and time-trial titles at the Paris Olympics in 2024. He is also the current time-trial world champion, finished third at the 2024 Tour de France and has twice won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Monument race. Eve…
What was an open secret is already a reality, Remco Evenepoel will run for the Red Bull-BORA from 2026. The cyclist, who has been in Soudal Quick-Step since 2019, had a contract in force until the end of next year, but after not reaching an agreement in the negotiations, it will be broken at the end of this season.«Remco representatives informed the team management that they did not want to negotiate an extension of their current contract, which…
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What had long been suggested is now official: Remco Evenepoel (25) joins the German cycling team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe.
The German team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe commits the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, a top star of cycling. This could also have an impact on the career of the German tour hope Florian Lipowitz.
Belgian cycling star Remco Evenepoel is leaving Soudal and moving to Roglic's Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team.
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