Visma-Lease a Bike are producing their very own equipment for the brand new season below their very own Yellow B label after their partnership with Agu ended on 31 December.
The Dutch WorldTour crew revealed on New 12 months’s Day that their equipment design would stay unchanged for the brand new marketing campaign, though Agu are now not producing it. A press launch issued by the crew dropped a delicate point out of the Yellow B label into the dialogue however didn’t affirm that that they had taken equipment manufacturing into their very own fingers.
Cyclingnews first highlighted that the Dutch squad gave the impression to be producing their very own design themselves. A spokesperson for Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed to Biking Weekly on Wednesday that the crew had in truth now determined to fabricate the equipment in-house.
“Now we have taken the manufacturing of our equipment in our personal fingers, which can be seen by the Yellow B. emblem on the equipment,” they stated.
Picnic Publish NL had been the final WorldTour crew to supply their very own clothes model. The crew beforehand switched from Craft clothes to its personal product, branded with the Maintain Difficult crew slogan. The equipment was initially produced for Picnic Publish NL by Bioracer earlier than it later modified to Nalini.
Visma-Lease a Bike did to remark when requested by Biking Weekly if one other model was nonetheless producing the equipment on their behalf.
It was reported that Agu had been experiencing critical monetary difficulties final 12 months by Wielerflits. It’s understood that the connection between the model and Visma-Lease a Bike ended by mutual settlement.
In August Agu issued a press release which defined their present state of affairs.
“In latest months, AGU has targeted totally on restoring wholesome enterprise operations,” the assertion learn. “Because of the assist and cooperation of all events concerned, the corporate has managed to show the consequence round positively up to now interval. AGU has efficiently accomplished a WHOA process from December 2023, topic to financing.”
It continued: “Sadly, it grew to become obvious final week that the financing situations couldn’t be met. In consequence, AGU was pressured to use for a moratorium on funds. In shut session with the directors, we’re at the moment investigating whether or not the WHOA settlement can nonetheless be realised.
“AGU is an iconic title within the bicycle business, the corporate has a wealthy historical past and robust model worth. AGU hopes to discover a new proprietor/financier within the quick time period who can assure the continuation of this heritage. The enterprise actions will proceed till additional discover.”
Visma-Lease a Bike have signed a number of new riders forward of the brand new season for each the boys’s and girls’s squads. Simon Yates joined the boys’s crew from Jayco-AIUla in addition to Victor Campenaerts from Lotto. Yates stated he took a pay reduce so as to be a part of his new crew.
The crew additionally captured the signature of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot from Ineos Grenadiers. The Frenchwoman will lead the crew’s street ambitions alongside Marianne Vos.
