Overview
- Both Soudal-Quick Step and Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe confirmed he will switch teams at the end of the 2025 season despite an existing deal through 2026.
- His representatives declined to open talks on a contract extension, prompting both squads to agree on an early release.
- The transfer marks the first team change of Evenepoel’s professional career after a decade with Soudal-Quick Step.
- At his new German-based squad, he will share Grand Tour leadership duties with Florian Lipowitz and Primož Roglič.
- Evenepoel arrives following a disrupted 2025 campaign that included a serious winter training crash and his abandonment of the Tour de France.