Five Belgian riders from Lotto-Soudal received an email and registered letter last Friday: their contract will not be extended until further notice. Lotto-Soudal wants to rejuvenate and that is why – for the time being – there is no more room for ‘fixed values’ Tosh Van der Sande, Jelle Wallays, Nikolas Maes, Sander Armée and Rémy Mertz. “Not a matter of budget,” says CEO John Lelangue. “This is our philosophy.”
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They are five riders who certainly belong to ‘the midfield’ and also to the furniture of Lotto-Soudal: Jelle Wallays (five years with the team), Nikolas Maes (four years), Rémy Mertz (four years), Tosh … .
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