Strong Continental team Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling folds at the end 2023 after failing to find backing to step up to ProTeam level

2023 has been the final season for Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling. This decision comes after careful consideration by the team’s management after not being able to find additional funds to make the step up to the UCI ProTeam level.

"We had great hopes of finding a third big sponsor. Possibly from Denmark, since the sport of cycling has grown here a lot after the Grand Départ in Copenhagen, and of course the two Danish Tour de France wins of Jonas Vingegaard. We hoped to become a Danish-Luxembourgish stepping stone between the UCI Continental and UCI WorldTeam level, but unfortunately there were insufficient leads to make this happen. This lack of funds is the one and only reason why the team decides to step down and say the world of cycling farewell," states Mogens Tveskov, CEO of Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling.

Markus Zingen, Team Manager of Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling adds: "It was of course not easy to combine two well-established teams into one, but we made it happen. Since day one, the Danish and the Luxembourgish core were on the same wavelength, which led to the amazing season we had. We can claim that the merger was a very great success, which made the decision to pull the plug not any easier."

Being not able to find the much needed additional sponsor, 2023 marks the end on an era for Leopard and TOGT, with both having been part of cycling for many years.