The Swiss team Tudor Pro Cycling of Julian Alaphilippe announced this Wednesday the squad of its development team for the 2025 season, confirming its constant commitment to the promotion of talent. Evolving at the level Continentalthe team embodies a long tradition of training athletes, the central pillar of its project. The team thus includes 15 riders from 9 nations, with an average age of only 20.7 years. Two young prospects join the team from the junior ranks: Christopher the King (Czech Republic) and Oliver Mätik (Estonia), both ready to begin their first season at this level. The first meeting between all the team members took place last week in Livigno.
Video – Cyrille Guimard reacts to the arrival of Alaphillippe at Tudor
“We want a diversity of cultures, ages and profiles”
A key element of the selection was the scouting program launched in December 2023, which made it possible to identify promising talents among nearly 800 candidates. Three of the seven new recruits for 2025 were chosen thanks to this initiative. The program included the “Talent Days”, organized in May 2024 at the team headquarters in Sursee, Switzerland. For a week, ten runners benefited from an immersive experience combining training, performance tests and personalized interviews with the development staff. Jesper Stiansen won his place in the 2025 squad during this event, as did Oliver Mätik et Diego Casagrande.
Boris Ziminehead of the development team Tudoris enthusiastic about the direction taken by the Swiss team: “We have built this team around our development philosophy, focusing on riders with potential to exploit to prepare them for the professional level. We want a diversity of cultures, ages and profiles. Rather than assigning them specific roles, we encourage them to try everything to discover their true potential, while building team spirit”.
