{"id":46626,"date":"2025-08-05T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46626\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T08:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:29:08","slug":"unibet-tietema-rockets-announce-bombshell-signing-of-dylan-groenewegen-we-are-very-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46626\/","title":{"rendered":"Unibet Tietema Rockets announce bombshell signing of Dylan Groenewegen: \u201cWe are very serious\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark move for one of cycling\u2019s most ambitious<br \/>\nrising teams, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/unibet-tietema-rockets\" title=\"Unibet Tietema Rockets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unibet Tietema Rockets<\/a> have announced the signings of Dylan<br \/>\nGroenewegen and Elmar Reinders from Team Jayco AlUla. The capture of<br \/>\nGroenewegen, a former Dutch national champion and six-time Tour de France stage<br \/>\nwinner, marks the most significant transfer in the ProTeam\u2019s short history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDylan&#8217;s arrival is a major step forward for our project,\u201d<br \/>\nteam owner Bas Tietema said. \u201cThis shows that we are very serious about taking<br \/>\nthe team to the next level.\u201d The Dutch sprinter\u2019s decision to join a<br \/>\nsecond-division squad is a bold one, but the intent is clear: Unibet Tietema<br \/>\nRockets are aiming for the WorldTour, and eventually, the Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2023 under a Dutch license, the team is now<br \/>\nregistered in France, but its identity remains deeply tied to Dutch cycling.<br \/>\nThe arrival of Groenewegen, still one of the fastest finishers in the sport at<br \/>\n32, signals their intent to make the leap. \u201cIt\u2019s not that we just wanted to<br \/>\nsign a big name,\u201d Tietema explained. \u201cBut Dylan understood our vision and<br \/>\nwanted to be part of this project. His hunger to win, combined with his belief<br \/>\nin our vision, makes him the right man in the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Groenewegen won a stage at the 2024 Tour de France, proving<br \/>\nhe still has the legs to compete against the best in the world. Joining him is<br \/>\nElmar Reinders, a reliable lead-out and classics man who adds depth and<br \/>\nexperience to the squad. With this duo, Tietema sees a team not just capable of<br \/>\nwinning stages in high-level races, but of holding its own in Grand Tours and<br \/>\nbreaking into the WorldTour scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Elmar on board, we have a strong group to become<br \/>\ncompetitive in Grand Tours and at the WorldTour level,\u201d said Tietema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a landmark move for one of cycling\u2019s most ambitious rising teams, the Unibet Tietema Rockets have announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-46626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}