With the signature of Joseph Pidcockbrother of Thomas Pidcockdefector from the team Trinity Racingthe Swiss training Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team completed its squad for the 2025 season this Tuesday. Numerous transfers fueled the formation of Douglas Ryderincluding Sjoerd Bax (UAE Team Emirates), Emil Liepin (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), or even the most publicized of them, Thomas Pidcockwho, to everyone's surprise, joins the formation Q36.5 after his departure fromINEOS Grenadiers. Team executives also remain, like the two Italian sprinters Giacomo Nizzolo (35 years old) and Matteo Moschetti (28 years old), as well as the two strong climbers Damien Howson (32 years old) and David de la Cruz (35 ans).
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“The Q36.5 Pro Cycling team will embark on a great new adventure”
The general manager of Swiss training, Douglas Ryder, returns to the signing of Thomas Pidcock and on the team's ambitions for the 2025 season and beyond. “At the end of a year, you always look back and reflect, but I look forward. How could I not? The Q36.5 Pro Cycling team is going to embark on a great new adventure with the arrival of our new riders and our new staff Last week we found ourselves in Spain for an internship with the first team. It was great to finally start preparing in earnest for the new season. This course was more of an integration course, for. get to know us and plan the season.
With the arrival of Tom Pidcock, the team's ambitions are undoubtedly changing, but the Ubuntu team philosophy “I am because we are” is more alive than ever. I am very proud of this team and very excited about the future we have together. For now, I would like to wish you happy holidays and look forward to the year ahead.”concludes the South African Douglas Ryder in the team's official press release Q36.5.
The entire squad of the Q36.5 team, (in bold = new riders)
Enekoitz Azparren (ESP)
Xabier Mikel Azpar (ESP)
Matteo Badilatti (SUI)
Sjörd Bax (NED)
Gianluca Brambilla (Italy)
Walter Calzoni (Italy)
Marcel Camprubí (ESP)
Fabio Christen (SUI)
David de la Cruz (ESP)
Mark Donovan (UK)
Frédéric Frison (BEL)
David Gonzalez (ESP)
Damien Howson (Australia)
Emils Liepiņš (LAT)
Kamil Małecki (Pologne)
Matteo Moschetti (Italy)
Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy)
Nicoló Parisini (Italy)
Joe Pidcock (GBR)
Tom Pidcock (UK)
Jannik Steimle (Germany)
Rory Townsend (IRL)
Milan Vader (NED)
Harm Vanhoucke (BEL)
Nicolas Zukowsky (CAN)
