Grischa Niermann verlässt das Team Visma. (Archivbild)
Grischa Niermann is leaving Team Visma after almost ten years. What station awaits him now and what his track record looks like.
After almost ten successful years, Grischa Niermann is leaving the top cycling team Visma, led by two-time Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard. This was announced by the Dutch team. The Hanoverian will reportedly join the German Lidl team for the new season. The 50-year-old was most recently Head of Racing at Visma.
Niermann was promoted to the WorldTour team within the racing team in 2017 and led Vingegaard to two Tour victories as sporting director. Under his leadership, the team also won the Giro d'Italia with Vingegaard, Simon Yates and Primoz Roglic as well as the Vuelta with Roglic, Vingegaard and Sepp Kuss.
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