Visma-Lease a Bike head of racing Grischa Niermann set to leave team for Lidl-Trek – reports

In a shock managerial change, Visma-Lease a Bike‘s head of racing, Grischa Niermann, is reportedly set to depart the Dutch team and join Lidl-Trek, where he would replace longstanding general manager, Luca Guercilena. This is according to news broken on Monday evening by Daniel Benson’s Substack, Dutch publication Wielerflits and Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.

It would mark a significant shake-up for two of cycling’s big-budget super teams, with Niermann having only been in his managerial position at Visma since September 30 2024, when Grand Tour mastermind Merijn Zeeman left the team for a job in football.