Arnaud de Lie signs for Tudor

The Belgian sprinter Arnaud de Lie24, will leave his training team, Lotto-Intermarché, at the end of the season to join the Tudor with a four-year contractas announced on Monday by the Swiss team.

The “Lescheret Bull” – who has gone through a difficult season marked by two retirements during the first week of both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France – joins the ranks of an ambitious team currently competing in the category ProTeam, the second level of this sport.

“Lotto-Intermarché is my first professional team and always will be. It’s the team where I grew up, I learned and I received the confidence necessary to become a professional cyclist,” declared the classics specialist, who has spent six years in the Belgian training.

“It’s a shame that our paths separate now, but “We can only be proud of everything we have achieved together to date.”he added Jean-François Bourlart, general director of the Lotto, in a statement published on the team’s website.

Winner of the Belgian national road championship in 2024, Arnaud De Lie has achieved 35 victories since the beginning of his career. “He will play a key role in Tudor Pro Cycling’s effort to excel at the highest level and shape the future of the team,” said Tudor, a squad that had already signed big names in cycling in previous years.

Among them, the French two-time world champion stands out especially Julian Alaphilippe. Before leaving the Lotto, Arnaud De Lie (1.82 m, 78 kg) is expected to defend his titles in two races: the Renewi Tour (previously known as the Benelux Tour), from August 19 to 23, and the Bretagne Classic, on August 30.