De Marchi said in an official press release<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m happy to finally take this step, and above all, I\u2019m happy because I can begin this new journey in an organization I know, one that recognizes me, and one that has always valued me for who I am. I know I\u2019ll be starting from scratch, I\u2019ll begin to reconstruct myself in this new role, which I\u2019d like to interpret a bit like I did as a rider: with passion and determination for a job I love. I\u2019m also very intrigued to see and work on the process from a new perspective; it\u2019s stimulating to think about how I can contribute now.\u201d<\/p>\nFor a rider whose hallmark was long-range commitment and clarity under pressure, the idea of \u201creconstructing\u201d himself in a new environment feels entirely in character.<\/p>\n
Sporting Manager Gene Bates underlined how highly De Marchi is regarded internally. \u201cIt is fantastic to have Alessandro staying with Team Jayco AlUla for the next phase of his cycling career. During his time in the peloton, Alessandro developed a reputation as an intelligent rider, and he is well respected within the bunch. The transition from rider to staff member can be a challenging one but one we believe he will flourish in and GreenEDGE Cycling will be a very good place for him to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n
De Marchi\u2019s retirement at the end of 2025 closed a chapter marked by grit, consistency and a style of racing increasingly rare in the data-driven landscape of modern cycling. Joining Jayco AlUla\u2019s sports-director group ensures those qualities remain inside the sport \u2014 and inside a structure that knows the value of what he brings.<\/p>\n
His second career now begins exactly where the first one ended: deeply embedded in a team that trusts him, ready to shape races not through breakaways but through the riders he guides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian\u2019s move into management has an air of inevitability about it. Throughout his journey from Androni to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[186529,64,63,784,85,51866],"class_list":{"0":"post-334033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-alessandro-de-marchi","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-team-jayco-alula"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}