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'Not been an easy decision' – Effective immediately, WorldTour team loses Head of Performance just days before Tour de France

Lotto-Intermarché during a TTT early in 2026.

Belgian WorldTour squad Lotto-Intermarché will be lacking a key member of their management in the fast-upcoming Tour de France after it was announced this week that their Head of Performance, Aike Visbeek, would be quitting the team, effective immediately.

Visbeek, 49, had been performance manager of the Circus-Wanty-Gobert squad since 2020, and remained in that role once the team, having gained Intermarché as a sponsor, went through a prolonged but finally successful fusion with Lotto at the end of last season.

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