Arkéa-B&B Hotels team manager Emmanuel Hubert confirmed in June that his two title sponsors would no longer be on board in 2026, fuelling a frenzied search for new backers amid what they warned was a 'challenging cycling context for cycling'.
Three months later, the future of the 20-year-old French squad is still hanging in the balance, with the situation more and more dire as key deadlines for the year ahead loom.
