'Not a cause for concern’ - Lotto-Dstny confirms departure of Dstny as title sponsor in 2025
'Various discussions are ✃taking place to secure the future of our team, an𝓰d hard work is being done' says president of Belgian team

Belgian team 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotto-Dstny has confirmed that it will be losing its second name sponsor, D🦋stny, in 2025 with the cloud based business communication solutions walking away from the UCI ProTeam꧂ after two-and-a-half years.
Dstny's name appeared on the jersey of the team from the Tour de France of 2022ꦗ, after it started a planned two season sponsorship for 2023 and 2024 early, but it seems that the enthusiasm to be on bo♏ard at the start of the agreement has run its course.
The team – which 168澳洲5最ꦺ新开奖结果:prematurely split with bike brand Ridley in 2023 and brought Orbea 👍on board – has said Dstny will stop being a main sponsor at the end of the season. There has not yet been any announce🍰ment of a replacement name sponsor.
“The departure of Dstny is not a cause ▨for concern," Karel Van Eetvelt, President of Lotto-Dstny said 𝐆in a statement. "Various discussions are taking place to secure the future of our team, and hard work is being done.
"The National Lottery remains our main partner, having supported us previously during challenging times. We are determi🍌ned ꧑to continue building on the solid foundations that we have today."
Lotto has been a team sponsor right from the initial days of the team, which started in 1985, sharing billing with more than a dozen other sponsors along the way, 𓄧from Soudal to Silence, to Mobistar and Merckx.
"As the oldest team in the peloton, with 40 years of rich history, we've seen partners come and goꦦ. That's part of cycling," said Van Eetvelt. "With Orbea, we have secured a long-term international agreement and our other partners... Believe in the strength of the 🦹team and ensure that our foundations remain strong."
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The confirmation of the departu𓆏re came after earlie🌺r reports that while Dstny had a positive view of the relationship with the cycling team, the interaction with its fellow name sponsor had been more challenging.
"The relationship with the Lottery was already not going well right from the start," Dstny CEO Daan De Wever told . 'We quickly realised that we were in a construct where the Lottery did not want♉ to share power. In every decision – both sporting an🅠d policy – they wanted to have the last word. The culture, the style and the collaboration were not what we had in mind."
The media release announcing the split, however, pointed to the beautiful story that Lotto and Dstny have written together, with the team which was relegated from the WorldTour in 2023 delivering Belgian champions, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结💖果:Arna🐓ud De Lie winning the road title in June, and also having recently won a stage in the Tour de France, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Victor Campenaerts, while the Lotto D♛stny Development Team took the Giro Next Gen with Jarno Widar.
"We have secured all our talents for the future, which was our top priority. Youthful enthusiasm, attractive racing, and being the c🦹hallenger to the big teams will thus remain part of the team's DNA in the coming seasons," said Stéphane Heulot, CEO of Lotto Dstny.
"Additionally, I want to emphasize that behind the scenes, there has been excellent cooperation over the past two and a half years to bring all this success to realization. Crucial decisions were alway🍃s made by the Board of Directors in mutual consultation 𓆏and with mutual trust. The team could always count on them."

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