Visma likely to lose anoher quality rider - Bahrain-Victorious close to signing Hungarian champion

Team Visma | Lease a Bike signed some big figures last winter such as Giro d'Italia winner Simon Yates, but ultimately that comes at a cost. The amount of leaders and lack of an UAE-sized budget means that several of it's strong riders will be joining other teams. After Olav Kooij and Tiesj Benoot, Attila Valter seems to be on his way out as well.

As reported by Daniel Benson, the transfer of Valter to Bahrain - Victorious is quite possible at this point as the Bahraini team looks to sign more quality figures to headline it's team. Fred Wright and Jack Haig would be departing, freeing up budget for new signings of which the Visma rider can be part of.

Kooij and Benoot are certain to sign with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team where they will find positions of leadership - and in Kooij's case likely a Tour de France debut at long last - and Valter could have potentially the same. The 27-year old has proven himself to be a quality classics rider and has results such as Top5's at Strade Bianche or even last year's Olympic Games.