Veteran Dutch climber Wout Poels (XDS-Astana) is set to join the fast-growing Unibet Rose Rockets squad in 2026, strengthening the Pro team's mountains firepower in what is likely the final year of his career.
Poels, 38, has had a stellar career of success in the mountains, stretching from a victory on Spain's hardest ascent, the Angliru, back in the 2011 Vuelta, through wins at the 2016 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège – at the time, the long-sought first Monument for Team Sky – and a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné to a triumph in the Tour de France in 2023. His most recent win was a stage and the overall in the 2025 Tour of Turkiye.
