Blow for Visma's Classics team as former Paris-Roubaix winner is reportedly on his way out
CyclingWednesday, 14 May 2025 at 16:47
For Team Visma | Lease a Bike, the Spring Classics of 2025 proved a massive disappointment. With Wout van Aert going winless, Christophe Laporte missing the entire Spring through injury and a similar lack of form for former Paris-Roubaix winner Dylan van Baarle, Visma were left outside the fight for victory at most of the big races. For Van Baarle at least, this underperformance seems to have consequences.
In his two and a bit seasons for Visma since leaving the INEOS Grenadiers, Van Baarle has struggled for consistency. Repeatedly spending time out of action due to injury, the Dutchman hasn't really been able to hit the heights - except for an Omloop Het Nieuwsblad win and Dutch National Championship triumph in 2023. As a result - according to the respected British cycling journalist Daniel Benson at least - Van Baarle's contract is not set to be renewed when it comes to an end, at the conclusion of the 2025 season.
"There’s no official confirmation at this point, but we understand that Dylan van Baarle will leave Visma-Lease a Bike at the end of the current season," Benson writes in a post to his Substack. "At 32, Van Baarle is far from a spent force, but the last 18 months have seen the rider plagued by injuries and bad luck."
Whilst there's no news yet about where Van Baarle will end up in 2026 and beyond, the Dutch powerhouse will be keen to prove that he really isn't a spent force in the peloton.
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- Hahaha, it's okay for fans to expect, but the athlete doesn't need to comply with expectation. It's good that Vingo stands his ground. Otherwise, he'll be crushed under expectation like Wout did earlier in the spring. I kind of enjoy current generation of cyclists because they know what is important outside of cycling. That keep them grounded, unlike the previous generation which wasn't too unfriendly with each other off the bike.
KerisVroom25-05-2025 - Yeah, people, full of expectations, but what are THEY providing? And do THEY live up to others’? Seems part of modern cowardice, if you can’t take out your frustrations in your own life on those you consider responsible, start hitting on someone completely innocent.Mistermaumau25-05-2025
- Neither is his centre of gravity, seems he often overestimates how far he can lean forward.Mistermaumau25-05-2025
- I think it is because outliers like Tadej and Remco buck the trend. They can ride one day race and GC well and people start to compare and expect the same thing of him, which is understandable.KerisVroom25-05-2025
- Matthew - ITS NOT A LAMBORGHINI 😁
leedorney25-05-2025 - Amongst several other dubious actions. Still, great for all those passive retirement « investors » in arms manufacturers who can’t (mainly because they don’t want to) see the links. This is my main reason for not cheering on someone like Tadej, who just line the Ronaldos and Benzemas of this world are all to happy to have their (sleeping) conscience bought out.Mistermaumau25-05-2025
- Some people are just mature and stubborn enough to stay within their personal limits despite outside pressure, when you don’t, you end up like Senna, is that what spectators want to provoke with their « demands » on athletes?Mistermaumau25-05-2025
- Nobody ever complained about Froome doing nothing but stage races once he realised he’d NEVER get a result in one-day stuff? Why the different standards?Mistermaumau25-05-2025
- Has he ever unfairly blamed anyone for his own crashes?Mistermaumau25-05-2025
- I have no idea how the points are weighted but hopefully it’s somehow fair and in that case I guess the reason is because 1. Some races are worth more points, 2. You also get points when you don’t win. Maybe MVDP won something in 2014 (or did you mistype?) but his real wins only started in 2019..Mistermaumau25-05-2025
I thought he did quite well in that team if not for the illnesses and strings of bad luck.
I think this kind of thing will become quite common in future in light of the way pros have had to up their game and risk-taking. Means more precarity but also a bigger pool.