Trek Factory Racing are one of the most active teams in the current transfer market with the news that Ryder Hesjedal will be joining the team for next season announced this week. The American team have already confirmed that Edward Theuns will join from Topsport Vlaanderen and that Niccolò Bonifazio will arrive from Lampre-Merida, with potentially four more riders set to join the squad for 2016. The team’s short list includes Kiel Reijnen.
However, one rider who will be leaving the team is Bob Jungels, who joined the squad in 2013 as first year professional, having ridden for the team’s development squad. The rider and his current team have ceased negotiations this month and the rider is unlikely to compete again this season due to an injury he sustained at home.
Although no official announcement has been made of the Luxembourg rider’s future, it’s expected that he will sign for Etixx-QuickStep.
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“We went through negotiations but in the end I was told by his agent that he’d accepted a different proposal,” Trek Factory Racing’s Luca Guercilena told Cyclingnews.
“I don’t know for sure but from what I understand he’s going to Etixx. I’m almost sure of this.”
Jungels rose through the ranks at Trek and had been earmarked as one of the most promising young riders of his generation. He was given an improved deal with Trek but the team were slightly disappointed with the rider’s results over the last season, although he did finish 27th in his maiden Tour de France this summer. That performance alerted other teams, and Trek were reluctant to invest further.
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