Team Preview 1: Team Visma Lease a Bike

Team Visma-Lease A Bike had a successful 2024 season and is looking to improve in 2025. The team featured many talented riders this year, including two significant signings: Victor Campenaerts and Simon Yates, who are expected to make a major impact. Campenaerts served as a pivotal lead-out for Arnaud De Lie last year at Lotto-Dstny and will assist Visma and Olav Kooij in the sprints. Simon Yates will provide Jonas Vingegaard with valuable support in the mountains.

While Team Visma had a great year, they finished 2nd in the tour, trailing the leader by a considerable margin. They didn't secure spots in the top ten in both the Giro and the Vuelta. However, there were bright spots for Visma. Mateo Jorgensen excelled in the mountains during the tour, nearly winning a stage and finishing 8th in the general classification. Additionally, he finished 2nd in the Dauphine and won Paris-Nice.

Another highlight for Team Visma was the performance of their sprinters. Wout Van Aert and Olav Kooij combined to win six World Tour sprint stages, including the Bemer Cyclasics. Their new signing Victor Campenaerts will hope to improve Visma sprinting next year and Olav Kooij should be improved

As Visma prepares for the upcoming tour, they are optimistic about their chances of winning, especially since there are fewer mountain stages and they have more mountain support than Tadej Pogačar, who will be without Marc Hirschi.

The Visma Team will be hoping for some good results in the one-day races after Wout had to miss the Belgian classics due to injury. Also, Christophe Laporte won Paris tours and finished top 10 in Strade Bianche so Visma should have hope in him for the gravel stages.