{"id":365492,"date":"2025-12-22T23:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365492\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:19:09","slug":"santa-cruz-syndicate-parts-ways-with-laurie-greenland-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/365492\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz Syndicate parts ways with Laurie Greenland for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Days after <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/goldstone-dominates-msa-to-claim-world-cup-overall-title\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">celebrating a podium<\/a> at Mont Sainte Anne, the Santa Cruz Syndicate team made one of the biggest roster shifts of the off-season: adding Austrian powerhouse Andreas Kolb for 2026. That news now lands alongside another major update: Laurie \u201cLozza\u201d Greenland, a fan favourite and fixture of the team for four seasons, is moving on.<\/p>\n<p>The farewell came through an emotional Instagram post that read less like a press release and more like a tribute to a family member. Greenland joined the Syndicate in 2022 and delivered World Cup podiums and a Worlds bronze in Fort William.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoodbyes are never easy and this one\u2019s especially tough,\u201d the team wrote. \u201cHe\u2019s an actual legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enter Andreas Kolb: a proven podium threat<\/p>\n<p>The farewell to Greenland comes just months after the Syndicate announced one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/mtb\/syndicate-snags-andreas-kolb-from-ashes-of-yt-mob\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">biggest signings<\/a> of the fall. Shortly after the dust settled at Mont Sainte Anne, where Kolb finished third. The Austrian followed Jackson Goldstone from the podium back to the tent and straight into a contract for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The timing couldn\u2019t have been better for Kolb. His 2025 season started strong with YT Mob before the team folded mid-year, leaving him unexpectedly adrift. Instead of an anxious off-season, he now has a fresh start with one of the sport\u2019s most iconic programs.<\/p>\n<p>Kolb brings serious pace with him. He stood on two World Cup podiums in 2025; Les Gets and MSA. He finished second at European championships. With Goldstone, the reigning men\u2019s world champion, as a teammate, the Syndicate suddenly has one of the most exciting pairings in downhill.<\/p>\n<p>A heartfelt goodbye, a bold new chapter<\/p>\n<p>Fans are bummed to see Greenland go, but the comments are full of love. Meanwhile, the Kolb signing signals a sharpened focus for the Syndicate heading into 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As the team wrote, \u201cOnce a Syndicate rider, always a Syndicate rider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s Kolb\u2019s turn to add to that legacy and Greenland\u2019s turn to write his next chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Days after celebrating a podium at Mont Sainte Anne, the Santa Cruz Syndicate team made one of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,43062,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-365492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-mtb-features","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365492","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=365492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}