A good May Day for Visma | Lease a Bike as young talent shines across Europe
CyclingFriday, 01 May 2026 at 21:11
Visma | Lease a Bike can look back on Friday May 1 with a great deal of satisfaction. The Dutch team watched Ben Tulett sprint to third place at Eschborn-Frankfurt, while Jørgen Nordhagen stayed with the best in the Tour de Romandie. And the development riders delivered too.
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The day started for Visma | Lease a Bike in Austria, at the GP Vorarlberg. The 1.2-category race featured many of the sport's future talents, and the yellow-and-black team saw Patryk Goszczurny — already impressive throughout the spring — finish third.
The 20-year-old Pole was outnumbered by a strong Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali outfit. Colombian Santiago Umba, 23, won the race, with 25-year-old Swiss teammate Alexandre Balmer claiming second.
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Van Kerckhove becomes Belgian time trial champion
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Away from the elite racing, the Belgian U23 time trial championships were held in Maarkedal — and it was another Visma | Lease a Bike day.
Matisse Van Kerckhove was dominant. The 19-year-old Belgian, who has already trained with the WorldTour squad several times this spring, beat 20-year-old Jasper Schoofs of the Soudal Quick-Step development team. Aldo Maarkedal — also Visma | Lease a Bike — completed a team sweep of the podium in third.
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Tulett and Nordhagen deliver for the elite men
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Among the professionals, Tulett's third place at Eschborn-Frankfurt was the headline result. "This podium makes me very happy, because it's another confirmation that these are the races that suit me," said the young Briton.
In the Tour de Romandie, Nordhagen did his job, finishing in the front group to hold his fourth place in the general classification. "We're pleased with how the day went. The main goal was for Jørgen not to lose any time in the GC," said directeur sportif Gaëtan Pons.
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Nordhagen targeting top five in Romandie
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"That's what we achieved," Pons confirmed. The one minor frustration was that no Visma rider made it into the day's breakaway — though that group was ultimately caught before the finish anyway. The team now looks ahead to a weekend in which two more mountain stages remain in Romandie.
"So far things are going exactly as we want. The original goal was to finish in the top five of the GC and that remains realistic after three stages. There are two tough days to come, so we'll have to give everything to see it through."
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- To lose a race like that on a mechanical problem in this day and age is unforgivable. Why aren't all riders using the same (interchangeable) gear? It is the job of the team manager to manage and reduce risk variables. The fact that he not only didn't pick up on the potential issue but actually ok'd it is just madness.fatehasfans13-04-2026
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