2026 Team Rumors

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barryjenson
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7/4/2026 3:01pm
PisgahGnar wrote:

Cannondale is done sponsoring XC. Trading racers for influencers. 

Cannondale Rogues 🤮

Cardailles wrote:
Seat and watch the collapse of the XCO field under Warner administration. Cannondale is not the only world elite team that will stop at the end of...

Seat and watch the collapse of the XCO field under Warner administration. 

Cannondale is not the only world elite team that will stop at the end of this season. If you add the UCI team that can't find the budget to race world cup, this is the collapse. There is no more enough spot to bring young to the top level, road and gravel are a way more open field to get a real salary. 

 

You adding Trek to that list…

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owl-x
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7/4/2026 6:01pm

You adding Trek to that list…

No way!

smelly
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7/6/2026 6:23am

Not a rumors and speculation but team dynamics.

Finn and Jordan having their best seasons in years whilst Loic is out. What does it mean? 

7/6/2026 6:29am
smelly wrote:

Not a rumors and speculation but team dynamics.

Finn and Jordan having their best seasons in years whilst Loic is out. What does it mean? 

On the Downtime Podcast, Chris Hall, Neko Mulally, and Olly Morris were speculating that Specialized can give just that little extra support. They only have so much budget to allocate, and when Loic is on the box every week, it makes sense to try and keep him there.  

Also, Jordan and Finn have both independently said that their mentality just sort of clicked this year. Finn finally got a strong training offseason this year after chronic pain in years previous. He then got the confidence to know he could do it. Jordan said he had some mental struggles previously, even starting to hate his career choice. He got too far into having a process and checking boxes for progress, and he said instead he really just needed to learn to love riding bikes fast again. He just started going out there to ride his bike and have fun, and that's what worked for him. 

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