Ide Schelling to join Astana Qazaqstan Team in 2024

After the signing of Max Kanter, Astana Qazaqstan team have bolstered their ranks once again with the arrival of Ide Schelling from BORA - hansgrohe on a two-year-deal.

"It’s an exciting and new step after spending my first years as a pro rider in the same team. I think, now it’s right moment to move on and I feel like with Astana Qazaqstan Team we have a great match," the 25-year-old Dutchman told his new team's official website. "The type of rider that I am and the possibilities I see in the team look like a great combo. I feel that I can show all my potential in this team and I’m looking forward to make the most out of it together with all the riders and staff. I hope to keep going with the line of this year and keep aiming for victory, I’m ready for the next step in my career.”

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In an impressive year in 2023, Schelling has won stages of the Itzulia Basque Country and the Tour of Slovenia, actually winning the points classification at the latter race. 

“We saw a great progress of Ide as a rider during this season, he impressed us in some important races with the way he was riding, with the way he was winning and fighting for a win. Ide is quite a fast guy who can be competitive in hilly and medium mountain stages and the classic races. I am sure the result he got in 2023 is just the beginning and in Astana Qazaqstan Team he will find all he will need for a further development," said Alexandr Vinokurov, General Manager of the team.

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"The team is ready to provide Ide the possibilities to prove himself in the races which suits him well, but also, we would like to see him next to the leaders in the Grand Tours. With the experience he got at just 25 years old Ide could be a solid helper in any of the Grand Tours," he concludes.

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