Alpecin-Deceuninck have completed the signing of Ramon Sinkeldam, snapping up the Dutch lead-out man after the apparent collapse of the B&B Hotels project.
Sinkeldam, who has spent the past five years at Groupama-FDJ, was among the riders expected to join an expanded B&B Hotels team for 2023, along with Mark Cavendish.
However, with the boss of the French team, Jérôme Pineau scrambling for sponsors in a search that now appears fruitless and potentially fatal, riders are looking to secure their futures elsewhere.
Sinkeldam’s signing was announced on Monday, three days after reports in the French press indicated Pineau’s project was dead and buried, but the move had been in the works before that, with Sinkeldam already joining the team’s pre-season training camp in Spain starting on Monday.
“It might sound a little cliché, but it’s just the truth: I am insanely happy about this opportunity,” Sinkeldam said in a statement from Alpecin-Deceuninck.
“All the pieces are falling into place. I am super motivated to be part of the Alpecin-Deceuninck sprint train and to share my experience with the other guys.”
More to follow.
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