Training Arkéa-B&B Hotels will have waited until October 18 to unveil its first recruits for the 2025 season! There are three of these, and all come fromArkéa-B&B Hotels Continentalei.e. the WorldTeam development team managed by Emmanuel Hubert. The lucky ones are the Norwegians Embret Svestad-Bardseng (22 years old, photo) and Martin Tjotta (23 years old), as well as the French Louis Rouland (21 years old). Described by their general manager as “punchers-climbers”these three riders each achieved great performances in 2024.
Video – Emmanuel Hubert’s team trusts its young people
Svestad-Bardseng failed to reach the podium of the Tour of Lombardy U23
While Louis Rouland got on the podium in the Espoirs des Espoirs road race French Championships (3rd) and took seventh place in the general classification of the Aosta Valley-Mont Blanc Tourand that Martin Tjotta notably finished fourth in a stage of theAlps Isère Tour, Embret Svestad-Bardseng finished fifth in the same Alps Isère Tour at the end of the five days of racing, but also fourth in the Tour of Lombardy Hopes and fifth of Tour of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region.
Emmanuel Hubert: “We were able to understand their qualities as runners, but also as men strictly speaking”
“Four of the riders from the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS Development team will join the ranks of the UCI WorldTour structure in 2025. Pierre Thierry has already joined this group on September 1, and Louis Rouland and the Norwegians Martin Tjotta and Embret Svestad-Bardseng in will do the same from January 1, 2025. Pierre is a puncher-roller, while Louis, Martin and Embret are more punchers-climbers.declares Emmanuel Hubert on his team’s website.
“Their passage within the WorldTour, after a year of transition within the continental-development structure led by Maxime Bouet and Léonard Cosnier, is a logical continuation of our sporting policy and their progression. We have seen them evolve for a season already under our colors, we were able to understand their qualities as runners, but also as men strictly speaking. The two being brought together, we were motivated to give them their chance to reach the next level, the highest level. of professional Cycling”continues the Breton.
Runners’ statements
Louis Rouland : “I am happy to join the ranks of the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS World Tour team. It is not an outcome, without sounding pretentious, but just a journey towards the highest level of my sport. I am aware that I I still have work and a way to go, but I know that it is within the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS training that I will be able to flourish and continue to progress physically. I will have the opportunity to discover new races. and also another way of running”
“I can’t wait for next year, but I would like to thank Maxime Bouet and Léonard Cosnier, who gave me the chance to become a professional within the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS Development structure. served as an intermediate springboard between the amateur world and the highest level of my sport. 2024 was a great year of learning, where I had the opportunity to compete in some very good races. young runners so as not to skip ahead.”
Martin Tjotta : “I’m excited to be part of the WorldTour team ARKEA-B&B HOTELS in 2025. It’s pretty incredible. When I was younger, I would never have imagined being a professional cyclist in a French team at the level of ARKEA-B&B HOTELS. I really like the team, I feel good there. It’s a very nice team with a strong family spirit. I am motivated to have a great 2025 season at the highest level and demonstrate great things in the races.”
Embret Svestad-Bardseng : “It is a great honor for me to join the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS World Tour team in 2025, and especially that the sports management of this structure has placed its trust in me. It was my objective this season to demonstrate that I had my place in the WorldTour will be to continue to learn and gain experience in order, among other things, to compete in a Grand Tour in the future. I will be able to take a step forward physically. also brings me closer to one of my big goals: winning my first race in the professional ranks.”
Related News :