Visma–Lease a Bike is a Dutch professional bicycle racing team, successor of the former Rabobank. The team consists of four sections: ProTeam, Women's Team, Development Team, and cyclo-cross.
Thomas Frischknecht is a former Swiss mountain bike and cyclo-cross racer, often called Europe's Elder Statesman of mountain biking, because of his extraordinarily long career at the top level of the sport. A professional since 1990, he was on top of the Mountain Bike World Championship podium for the first time in 1996 and most recently in 2004.
Jérôme Chiotti is a French former professional racing cyclist who competed in road, cyclo-cross and mountain bike disciplines. He is most renowned for his victory in the 1996 World Mountain Bike Championships, a title which he later renounced by admitting doping.
Danny De Bie is a former Belgian professional cyclist and directeur sportif, who won the men's race at the 1989 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. His brothers Eddy De Bie and Rudy De Bie also competed professionally.
Albert Zweifel is a Swiss former professional cyclo-cross cyclist. Zweifel competed as a professional from 1973 to 1989, winning the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships five times. He was also the Swiss National Cyclo-cross Champion nine times. Zweifel dominated cyclo-cross in Switzerland in the 1970s as well as winning big international cyclo-cross races such as Aigle and Igorre.
Logan Owen is an American professional racing cyclist. Owen formerly rode for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. He won a stage of the 2015 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on the road. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.
Quentin Jaurégui is a French cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Dunkerque Grand Littoral.
Maurits Lammertink is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross team Tormans, in cyclo-cross. In 2016, he won the overall classification of the Tour de Luxembourg ahead of Philippe Gilbert and Alex Kirsch. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia.
Jimmy Turgis is a French former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2020 for the Roubaix–Métropole Européenne de Lille, Cofidis and B&B Hotels–Vital Concept teams. He competed in one Grand Tour during his career, the 2017 Vuelta a España. He now works as a coach for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.
Dieter Runkel is a Swiss former cyclist.
Andri Frischknecht is a Swiss cross-country mountain biker. He is the son of Thomas Frischknecht, and the grandson of Peter Frischknecht, who were also professional cyclists.
Mie Bjørndal Ottestad is a Norwegian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour team Uno-X Mobility. In August 2020, she won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships. Ottestad took her first professional road victory in the 2024 Tour de Normandie Féminin in a breakway on the final and fourth stage, besting Ellen van Dijk who had led the race until the final stage.
Claude Michely was a Luxembourgish cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1982 to 1992. He won the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships in 1984 and 1985, and was also a 12-time national cyclo-cross champion, having held the title continuously from 1979 to 1990. He competed in the 1985 Vuelta a España and the 1984 Giro d'Italia, but did not finish either race. He also finished third at the 1985 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. Michely died from a heart attack on 1 November 2023, at the age of 64.
Jane Zoe Bäckstedt is a Welsh professional racing cyclist riding for UCI Women's World Tour Team Canyon–SRAM, competing across road, cyclo-cross and track racing disciplines.
Firmin Van Kerrebroeck was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist. Professional from 1947 to 1966, he won the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships six times and a silver medal at the 1957 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, winning a total of 44 cyclo-crosses during his career. During the summer, he also occasionally competed in road races. He then coached the Belgian national team for sixteen years and won twenty world championship titles with his riders, notably Eric and Roger De Vlaeminck and Roland Liboton.
Roger De Clercq was a Belgian racing cyclist. Professional from 1954 to 1968, he won 68 races in his career; including the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships three times, in 1960, 1962 and 1964, and a silver medal at the 1964 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. He was the brother of René De Clercq and the uncle of Mario De Clercq, also professional cyclists.
René De Clercq was a Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist. Professional from 1970 to 1976, he won a bronze medal at the 1971 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships and was the UCI Amateur World Champion in 1969. He was the brother of Roger De Clercq and the father of Mario De Clercq, also professional cyclists.
Gilles Blaser is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He most notably won a silver medal in the elite race at the 1979 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships and the Ziklokross Igorre in 1982. He also finished second to Albert Zweifel at the Swiss National Cyclo-cross Championships in 1984 and 1985.
Rigobert Matt is a German former professional racing cyclist.
Hermann Gretener was a Swiss professional cyclo-cross cyclist. He notably won the Swiss National Cyclo-cross Championships six times: in 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975 in addition to four more podium finishes. He also won a silver medal at the UCI World Championships in 1966 and 1968 and a bronze medal in 1967 and 1972.
