We are approaching the end of the season, which also means that the news items are strewn with transfer news these days. Among other things, the switch from Timo Kielich from Alpecin-DECEUNINCK to Visma-Lease a Bike was officially settled last week. Quite a sensitive switch.
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The higher goal
Because that’s how he moves from the Mathieu van der Poel stable towards that of Wout van Aert. Due to the great rivalry between the two, there is also a major competition between the teams. Kielich is now changing from Kamp, he explains what the deciding factor for him for this.
“The bottom line is that the slogan ‘winning together’ has convinced me to sign for Visma. That appeals to me very much. In the biggest races I will have to sacrifice myself for the leaders, but that way you also get opportunities,” he notes opposite Het Nieuwsblad.
“You have already ended up in a situation that is promising for your own honors list. In addition, there is the promise that I can wear the leadership in the smaller races – genre Denain and Nokere Koerse. That is quite similar to what I did now, but there is a dimension,” where he points to the ambitions of Fiscity in the Facema in the big round.
Full -time road rider
But there is absolutely no question of resentment or the like. On the contrary, he comes with nice words for his still current employer: “I was able to develop further under the wings of the Roodhooft brothers into the rider that I am now. I explicitly thank them and the team for that.”
In the past we sometimes saw Kielich as a mountain biker and cyclist. But in the field he will soon no longer be visible alongside Van Aert: “No, the only off-road matches may be hidden in the clay circuit or a beach race in between.”
“I must honestly say that I have not missed the cross and that I now feel full -time road rider. I am not going to combine the disciplines like my former leader Van der Poel and my new leader Van Aert.”
