"Together with our sponsors, we're taking a responsible point of view, and we've got a six-month period prior to the end of the contract to say whether we're going or staying. So by the end of March or start of April, we'll know if we continue or stop by the end of 2025."
The Arkéa-B&B Hotels riders are conscious of the team's predicament. While some of the team's key figures were able to find a new shelter last winter, the remaining riders continue to focus on races ahead of them - rather than panicking about their future.
"There are things we don't need to know about," 2024 Tour de France stage winner Kévin Vauquelin told
L'Équipe. "It's up to us to do our work, and Manu [Hubert] and the management to do the rest."
"Manu Hubert is very confident about the future, and I'm trusting him," added team sprinter
Arnaud Démare. "I only bring up the subject with journalists. We don't talk about it between ourselves. We're aware of the situation but we don't think about it every five minutes."