{"id":54681,"date":"2025-08-08T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/54681\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:24:07","slug":"dylan-van-baarle-has-a-new-team-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/54681\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan van Baarle has a new team for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan van Baarle is switching things up next season. After several years with Team Visma \u2013 Lease a Bike, the Dutch rider has signed on with a new team. None other thanSoudal Quick-Step, with a contract through 2027.<\/p>\n<p>At 33, he\u2019s got a solid track record \u2014 he won Paris-Roubaix, plus races like Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Dwars door Vlaanderen. He\u2019s also been a steady presence in the Grand Tours, having ridden 16 of them.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a former Dutch champ both on the road and in the time trial. He also came close to winning the worlds in 2021, placing second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve followed this team since I was a kid. Especially back when Tom Boonen was around. It feels amazing to finally join them,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/soudalquickstep\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cThe Wolfpack\u2019s vibe is really close-knit. I can\u2019t wait to be part of it. My plan is to get back to my best for the Classics. Then help the team fight for wins, support our GC guys in the Grand Tours. And maybe grab a stage or two along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soudal Quick-Step\u2019s CEO Jurgen For\u00e9 is pretty pumped, too: \u201cDylan\u2019s a powerhouse, not just in the Classics and time trials but also in Grand Tours. His experience will really help us come crunch time, and we\u2019re happy to have him on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was quite another notable change to the squad\u2019s line-up announced this week. Double Olympic champion <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/remco-evenepoel-to-join-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe-in-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remco Evenpoel will head to Red Bull\u2013Bora\u2013Hansgrohe in 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dylan van Baarle is switching things up next season. After several years with Team Visma \u2013 Lease a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-54681","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\/54681","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=54681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}