A widely-rumoured future collaboration for new rider development between Ineos Grenadiers and German Continental outfit Lotto Kern-Haus PSD Bank has now been confirmed for 2025.
Lacking a development team or clearly directed pathway from the junior and under-23 ranks to WorldTour level had made Ineos Grenadiers an anomaly among top men’s teams in recent years.
On paper, it is a move that could allow Ineos to parallel the young rider development structures already in place at Visma-Lease a Bike, UAE Team Emirates and Soudal-QuickStep.
“Our owners are hell-bent on developing our own talent. We’re not going to buy the top guys in, we’re going to develop our own,” Drawer said during the Tour de France. “If we’re going to win Grand Tours again, our investment and work has to be on young talent.”
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