Lidl-Trek finished third in the men’s UCI rankings and is now becoming one of the sport’s super teams, but team manager Luca Guercilena expects far more in 2026, especially after signing Juan Ayuso as the team’s first true Grand Tour contender.
Thanks to the team’s strength in the sprints and the Classics, withJonathan Milan, Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose, Giulio Ciccone and other riders, Lidl-Trek men won 46 times in 2025.
“We’re currently in an era where Tadej Pogačar is clearly better than everyone else, with other riders like Mathieu van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel also making history. But cycling is cyclical and new riders and new teams will emerge sooner or later.
Part of Lidl’s headquarters in Bad Wimpfen, near Stuttgart, will become the team’s logistics centre and a dedicated performance centre is planned, alongside further long-term investment in the men’s and women’s WorldTour teams and the world-class men’s development team. The team will also be able to tap into the technological expertise of Schwarz Digits, the digital arm of Lidl owners Schwarz…
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