I sponsor them Dstny will no longer be part of the professional peloton in 2025. Therefore, the team led by Stéphane Heulot will only bear the name of Lotto next season. In an interview given to the Belgian media HLNthe CEO of Dstny, Daan De Weverreturns to the collaboration with Lotto and about his company's entry into the world of Cycling with a mixture of regret and nostalgia. He particularly deplores the declarations of Lotto regarding the waiting period to sign a new contract: “This is a blatant lie. Whoever claims this can prove to me what negotiations have been conducted with Dstny since the clause expired in the summer of 2023. They kept me waiting and I saw very little efforts to convince me. These statements disturb me.explain De Wever in the interview.
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“We intended to continue for 4.5 years, that was also how it was budgeted at Dstny”
The CEO of Dstny regrets no longer seeing his sponsor on the jersey Lotto in 2025 and discusses his relations with the resigned CEO of Lotto. “Yes, it affects me. I joined this project in the summer of 2022 with the intention of continuing it for 4.5 years, which is also how it was budgeted at Dstny. This support allowed the team to take a new step and flourish, but this person did not thank me for this decision. I find it a shame. We have come a long way together. This is not how I would have. said goodbye, even if it could have been done over dinner, but apparently that's not the way of the house.”expresses Daan De Wever bitterly.
“I really wanted to bring Jurgen Foré into the team”
Many World Tour teams could have benefited from Dstny as co-sponsor, likeAlpecin Deceuninck or from Soudal Quick-Stepwhat regrets Daan De Wever. “I really wanted to bring Jurgen Foré into the team. But this preference was ignored, because they didn't want my personal preference to become the team's final choice”he also still refers to the former CEO of Lotto. “I have never encountered such an ego in my entire life, this is the sad reality. Jurgen had already developed a strategic plan and was the ideal candidate. Until we were bypassed by the board of directors. I kicked myself several times over this If I had met Philip Roodhooft. (general manager of Alpecin Deceuninck) At that time his team could have been called Alpecin – Dstny, and we would still be sponsors, I'm sure.”concludes the CEO of Dstnywho hopes to one day return to the world of cycling.
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