The INEOS Grenadiers are excited to welcome the highly experienced duo of Elia Viviani and Daryl Impey as Sport Directors, ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
Viviani joins following a stellar career on both the road and track, which included a Tour de France stage victory among 90 professional road wins, along with Olympic and World Championship titles on the track. A former Grenadier, the Italian spent three seasons with the team before recently retiring from racing.<\/p>\n
Impey, a former South African national champion, became the first African rider to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France in 2013 and won a Tour stage in 2019. He concluded a distinguished 16-year pro career in 2023, before successfully moving into the role of Sport Director.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to return to the team that has always felt like home, firstly as a rider but now as part of the staff,\u201d said Viviani.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to give my absolute best to support the riders and share everything I\u2019ve learned throughout my career. The team is entering a new era and I\u2019m excited to be part of this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daryl Impey said: \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to working with the riders and staff and playing a part in the team\u2019s ambitions for the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve raced against the INEOS Grenadiers for many years – and even alongside some of the staff earlier in my career – so it\u2019s great to now be working together.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving started my career as a teammate of Geraint\u2019s, it\u2019s really special to be reunited now as colleagues. When the opportunity came to join a team with such a clear mission and vision, it was an easy decision to join. I\u2019m excited to get started and hit the ground running in the new year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Geraint Thomas, Director of Racing, said: \u201cElia and Daryl are excellent additions to our team. Their experience, professionalism and leadership qualities will add real value to the INEOS Grenadiers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will also bring fresh ideas and perspectives into an established environment which is really important for our growth as a team, \u00a0as we continue to challenge ourselves in every area.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The INEOS Grenadiers are excited to welcome the highly experienced duo of Elia Viviani and Daryl Impey as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-288108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}