Mysterious brainstorm Lefevere and Mettepenningen is already having consequences

A striking image in mid-March on Now it is clear what that led to.

“We are looking at what we can do for each other,” he said at the time The last news. A first achievement was the idea to have Leonie Bentveld drive on the road for a season with the women’s team (AG Insurance) of Lefevere, but secretly rumors of a merger between the two men’s teams also emerged.

It has not yet reached that point, but Lefevere will bring over another talent from the Mettepenningen cross team. Mettepenningen is known that he would like to offer his riders a better road program, and Lefevere is now once again coming to the rescue.

Belgian cross talent Viktor Vandenberghe will now join the Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team for the road season, with the aim of being better prepared for the cyclo-cross winter. Soudal Quick-Step announced this itself with a photo on Instagram. Not a small boy, because the 18-year-old Vandenberghe finished 2nd this season in the legendary Koppenbergcross among the promises.

Rumors confirmed

The earlier rumor of the 19-year-old Bentveld was also confirmed today by AG Insurance – Soudal Team. The young Dutch will complete the road season with the Belgian top formation Lefevere. And with that she is clearly over the moon.

“After a very successful cross season, I hope to take my performance to an even higher level with this step. I am very grateful for the trust that Jürgen and Patrick have in me. I did ride on the road in my youth, but in the last This was less the case for years. The focus was mainly on cyclo-cross. I hope that I can improve through this road program, but at the same time I am also curious about what I can achieve on the road,” she explains in a press release.