Intermarché - Wanty look to fight on various fronts with ambitious Vuelta a Espana 2025 lineup

With the start of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana less than a week away, anticipation and excitement are building for the final Grand Tour of the season. For Intermarché - Wanty, a team still searching for its first Grand Tour stage win in 2025, the Vuelta marks a final chance to gain some memorable success from the campaign's biggest stage races. 

In that quest for success, Intermarché - Wanty have put forward a mixed squad, combining both youth and experience, and a blend of climbing capabilities and those who have hope on the flat. The most experienced and most proven of the team comes in the form of Louis Meintjes. The 33-year-old South African won a stage of La Vuelta back in 2022 and has five Grand Tour top-10 finishes on his palmares. Earlier this year, he brought home one of Intermarché's most fruitful results points wise with an 18th overall at the Giro d'Italia. 

For the sprints, the team turns towards Arne Marit. In the third Grand Tour of his career, Marit has come close in the past to a stage win, but his result at both the Giro in 2023 and the Vuelta in 2024 is 4th place. He will no doubt be looking to improve upon that this coming edition.

Showing the mix of experience and inexperience, alongside the proven capabilities of Dion Smith and Simone Petilli, the four remaining selections for Intermarché's La Vuelta 2025 lineup have just one Grand Tour appearance between them. Huub Artz, Luca van Boven and Kamiel Bonneu are all making their debuts in one of the sport's biggest stage races, whilst Dries de Pooter has a sole Giro in his legs from 2024. 

Louis Meintjes
Arne Marit
Huub Artz
Dion Smith
Luca van Boven
Kamiel Bonneu
Simone Petilli
Dries de Pooter