Victories 2024: 32
Visma | Lease a Bike experienced a year characterised by injuries and bad luck in 2024. This was one of the reasons why the Dutch team was unable to match its 69 victories from the previous year. However, 32 successes in 2024 still mean fourth place among the World Tour teams. This year's successes include five Grand Tour stage wins: Wout van Aert three times at the Vuelta a Espana, Jonas Vingegaard once at the Tour de France and Olav Kooij once at the Giro d'Italia.
Driver with the most victories: 9
Jonas Vingegaard achieved the most successes for Visma | Lease a Bike in 2024 - despite his serious crash at the Tour of the Basque Countrywhich affected him considerably in preparation for the Tour de France. Vingegaard won three stages of O Gran Camino and the overall classification. The Dane then continued his winning streak at Tirreno-Adriatico with two stages and overall victory. After his comeback, he defeated Tadej Pogacar in the sprint of the 11th stage of the Tour de France and also secured overall victory in the Tour of Poland before taking a break for the season.
Most racing days: 81
Attila Valter clearly leads these statistics at Visma | Lease a Bike ahead of Edoardo Affini (75) and Bart Lemmen (70). The Hungarian started his season at the UAE Tour in February, contested two Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, and completed his last race at the Tour of Lombardy in October. That makes a total of 12615 kilometres of racing - a peak value and 1257 kilometres more than Affini, who also came second here.
Transfers for 2025
Additions
- Menno Huising (Visma | Lease a Bike Development)
- Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike Development)
- Tijmen Graat (Visma | Lease a Bike Development)
- Jörgen Nordhagen (Visma | Lease a Bike Development)
- Niklas Behrens (Lidl-Trek Future Racing)
- Daniel McLay (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
- Axel Zingle (Cofidis)
- Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny)
- Simon Yates (Team Jayco-AlUla)
Departures
- Michel Heßmann (?)
- Johannes Staune-Centre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
- Milan Vader (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
- Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Mick van Dijke (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Koen Bouwman (Team Jayco-AlUla)
- Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Robert Gesink (end of career)
At first glance, the transfer balance at Visma | Lease a Bike makes a balanced impression. Simon Yates strengthens the circuit rider faction as a top climber. Victor Campenaerts will also play an important role there - especially on the flat. Axel Zingle and the German U23 world champion Niklas Behrens, an experienced rider and a top talent, have been signed for the classics. Briton Daniel McLay is also likely to play an important role in the sprints for Olav Kooij. On the other hand, the Dutch team has lost three valuable professionals for the one-day races in Tim and Mick van Dijke as well as Jan Tratnik.
