The Swiss team Tudor continues its growth in global cycling. Its owner Fabian Cancellara gave himself up to the Keystone-ATS news agency on the sidelines of the Prologue du Tour de Romandie.
Since his arrival on the professional circuit in 2023, Tudor Pro Cycling has continued to grow. The first participation in a large tour in 2024 (Tour d’Italie) was followed by the recruitments of the French star Julian Alaphilippe and the Bernese Marc Hirschi. This year, the Swiss training will discover the Tour de France thanks to an invitation to which she hopes that she no longer needs in the future if she manages to reach her goal: to join the world Tour, the elite of world cycling.
Fabian Cancellara, Tudor participates for the third time in the Romandie Tour. What is the goal this year?
“You shouldn’t ask me that to me! I always wanted to stay back, let the coaches, sports directors and runners do their job. Of course, we hope a stage victory as in 2024 (Red: Maikel Zijlaard during the Prologue to Payerne), but the most important for me is above all to maintain the team spirit of Tudor, this spirit” Born to Dare “(Red: Red: Red: Race and do not stay behind, without limiting yourself to simply go out of escape to display our jersey at the front of the race. “
We have talked a lot about Tudor since the arrivals of Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi. The French -speaking audience is a bit disappointed not to see them on the Tour de Romandie …
“It would be simpler if we had two Alaphilippe and two Hirschi! Unfortunately, there are sports planning. We will participate in the Giro, in the Tour de France, and they cannot be everywhere. So we must make choices that also give opportunities to other runners, like the young French Mathys Rondel, who is our leader this week.”
Precisely, this first participation in the Tour de France, what does it mean for Tudor?
“It is a great honor and a great sporting success to get there from our third season on the professional circuit. It shows that the project works and that we are working well. It is really important to be able to participate in two big towers in the year because it allows you to see even more athletes on this kind of event and not just a team of eight runners.”
Time revealed at the end of March that Tudor provided for the construction of a unique performance center in Switzerland in Suplee by 2027, with a velodrome, a blower and installations to recreate certain special coatings such as pavers. Can you say more?
“We are still at the beginning, but this is the next step in the evolution of cycling in Switzerland. A place located in the heart of Switzerland. This will allow you to work in a even more professional manner and we are delighted to see this project materialize.”
Tudor is still a second division team with a Proteams license. What still separates you from World Tour training?
“All I can say is that we do the maximum to evolve at this level. The team continues to grow. In a few years, with the performance center and the experience that we will have accumulated within the staff and among the runners, so perhaps we will be at the level of the best world teams. For the moment, we are not yet UAE, Ineos or Lidl-Trek. current.
What is Tudor’s plan for accession to World Tour? The acquisition of a license? A sports promotion by chaining the good results?
“We take the thing year by year, but it is clear that we want to join the World Tour one day. The team is still young and we cannot claim it after only three years on the professional circuit. Things will undoubtedly change in the next three years. It is obviously very important to get there to have a fixed calendar and no longer depend on the invitations. This is why one of our big goals The year, because this would allow us to be guaranteed to participate in certain races (Red: the two best second division teams are automatically invited on certain events such as the Tour de France). “
This article was published automatically. Source: ATS
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