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I can't see that happening. Look at how much Richie has struggled, and he's generally stronger/healthier and had better enduro results. Don't get me wrong, I think he absolutely deserves to be on a good team, I just don't think switching to DH will help. The new crop of young DH kids are just too freaking fast.

..or his contract goes through the end of the year and can't annouce he's off until then

He was on a trek ! Went on the lift with him . At the momet I tought he was already on that team

Kolb is probably respectful to a brand that "may" come back & could just be being respectful? Or....just didn't want to buy any other kit & waste money. Free kit is free kit. A few pretty big names are shopping for new homes I've not seen you mention. Should really put a list of riders in here who are "out of contract" at year end. Update it & re-post each time a contract is announced.

Would make sense. No chance Laurie is getting re-signed...

I thought Troy was signed up with Canyon till the end of next year, he signed for two more years during October 2024. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRo6FRyJcU/

i just saw this on instagram: with kolb on the podium with luca and jackson, could this mean he is joining the syndicate. he is good friends with goldstone...

Thats the hard truth. And you can count some more in: Kerr, Walker, ....

If enough high profile riders can't get a factory ride on a world cup team hopefully the pool of elite riders entering Crankworx will expand to make a more entertaining series and then fans end up with two exciting competitions to follow. If Danny hart and bernard kerr and Reece wilson were riding I'd definitely watch crankworx regularly. Those guys are never again stepping on a world cup podium with the new generation of riders that are comin through. Its possible The top ten next year could consist of entirely under 23s .

I think it will be a very interesting off-season. Many riders who were unlucky this season will probably stay on the track. The new UCI rules are not good for the majority of riders, especially since there is no feeder series. I assume that riders ranked below 22nd will have a very difficult time. Greenland, Hatton, Hart, Wilson are some of the ones I'm worried about. Wilson has a team, just like Gwin. But both riding and managing seem difficult to me today. Kerr is good, but his injury has ruined his season. There will be a big shake-up and...

Should have figured as much. Every time I ask 'how does this rider pay the bills without good results?' ... The answer always seems to be the same. I avoid the occams razor cuz I like to pretend its all more grass roots than it is... But at the end of the day, it's mountain bike racing... In the mountains. It's not quite soccer or skateboarding in terms of 'barrier to entry'. Meh

yeah, might be some truth to it since vali mentioned on WynTV that she learned to read her contracts carefully for the future... i mean that clause alone shows everyone how shitty of a company YT is, since it looks like they already knew that the end could be near 🤬 plus signing andi kolb to a 4 year contract which didn't even last for 10 months is just baffling.

have also heard the same about the contract. additionally rumor was that contract was sprung so late that there was very little, if any, chance to counter.