The waters do not go down quietly in the bosom-to bike. The results are not arriving at the beginning of the 2026 season and some teams begin to think that it is a good time to launch the networks and sign some of the best men of that template. Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale has two names in mind.
Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale It has as priority objectives two runners: Olav Kooij y Tiesj Benoot. That is, Decathlon has in mind to improve its performance in the sprints and in the classics, territory in which they are not surrendering to the level they had in their plans. For the Sprints, for example, they bet on Sam Bennett and have not achieved prestige triumphs, so they think that Olav Kooij would be a good alternative and, in addition, they would make him one of the struts of the structure, something that they do not do in visma-to bike. In this way, Kooij would finally run the Tour of France, an objective that until now has never been within its reach for the internal planning of the Dutch squad.
Tiesj BenootFor its part, it is another corridor with good performance, but the usual function of Gregario within the classic block of Visma-Lease a Bike. The signing for Decathlon Ag2R would allow Benoot to have more freedom and be able to be head of ranks in many of the competitions.
The hiring have not been officially announced, something that is now possible. But different sources from the European press, such as journalist Benson, confirm that the agreement is more than likely in both cases.
