Starting 2025 with 96 professional victories on his palmares, Kristoff's likely final season is marked with one notable target. "For me, the big goal is to win 100 professional races," he says ambitiously. “It’s kind of out there as something achievable. Of course, you can set goals to win Tour de France stages and the
Tour of Flanders, but I don't feel like I'm the favourite or that it's likely that I'll beat Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel in Flanders. But 100 victories is within reach. I had eight last year; this year I need four."
If this is his final season though, don't expect Kristoff to emulate team boss
Thor Hushovd and move into a staff role in the peloton. "I feel like I want to do something else. It's possible that I'll miss it and want to go back, of course, but it's not tempting to become a sports director and travel as much next year. It's not. It's rider or nothing for now," he concludes. "I can try my hand at being a builder and renovating something, but after seeing my grouting skills last week, I don't know if that's quite the thing. My wife wasn't impressed and had to do it herself. And it turned out much better!"