Il Cian Uijtdebroeks Case comes to a conclusion. On the day of the official presentation of the Visma | Lease a Bikewhich was also attended by the young Belgian talent, la bora-hansgrohe announces that an agreement has been reached (the details of which have not been revealed) between the two teams and the rider to allow the 2003 class to end his contract with the German team early and thus move to the Dutch team. The agreement was also approved with an emergency decision by theInternational Cycling Uniontherefore Uijtdebroeks' contract with Bora will be terminated by mutual agreement on 31 December 2023, one year earlier than the original deadline, and from 1 January 2024 the 20-year-old will officially be a Visma rider | Lease a Bike.
“Today is a day of mixed feelings – the words of Ralph Denkteam manager of Bora – I was surprised to be contacted at short notice with the desire to reach an agreement. But it is well known that I am open to talks and that I am not opposed to a transfer if the conditions are right, and if it is done according to the rules. This was the case three weeks ago and it was the same today.”
“I am pleased that the waters have finally calmed down and that the case is now closed – continued Denk – The agreement shows that it is never too late for a reasonable and personal discussion. I would like this case to remain an isolated incident for the entire cycling family: we respect contracts and rules, we are honest with each other“.
The team manager then returned to the accusations, which emerged in recent days, according to which Uijtdebroeks was the victim of bullying by some members of the team: “When false accusations are made against our riders it crosses the line. To be clear: these accusations did not come from Cian. They were never expressed by Uijtdebroeks as a reason to change teams.”
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