Visma | Lease a Bike
Team Visma | Lease a Bike is a Dutch UCI WorldTeam, and the successor of Rabobank, which was active between 1996 and 2012. After the Rabobank sponsorship ended in 2012, the team was known as Blanco, Belkin, Lotto–Jumbo, Jumbo–Visma and now Visma–Lease a Bike.
The team boasts a roster stacked with talent, from multiple Grand Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard, and one day and Monument powerhouse Wout van Aert, to Vuelta winner Sepp Kuss, and young promise Matthew Brennan.
The team secured 52 victories in the 2026 season, including Paris-Roubaix, and the general classification at the Giro d'Italia.
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Visma| Lease a Bike vital statistics
| Team Name: | Visma| Lease a Bike |
| Nickname: | "Killer bees" |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Country registered: | Netherlands 🇳🇱 |
| Years of operation | 41 |
| Team manager | Richard Plugge |
| Sports Director(s) | Robbert de Groot |
| UCI category | WorldTeam |
| Main sponsor | Visma, Lease a Bike |
| Bike brand used | Cervélo |
| Kit sponsor | Nimbl |
| Career highlights | 12 Grand Tour titles 🩷💛❤️,10 Monuments 🪨, 24 Grand Tour Podums 🩷💛❤️ |
| 2026 victories | 52 |
| 2026 UCI ranking | 3 |
| Team website | teamvismaleaseabike.com |
| Team social media | 📷@teamvisma_leaseabike, 🅇 @vismaleaseabike, 📘Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
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Team background
The cycling team was founded for the 1984 season under the name Kwantum–Decosol, and since that year, the team has always been present at the Tour de France. In 1996, the team became Rabobank, and since then has been known as Blanco, Belkin, LottoNL-Jumbo, Jumbo-Visma, and finally Visma | Lease a Bike.
Following the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) report on doping in professional cycling in October 2012, Rabobank announced it would end its sponsorship of professional cycling saying that doping was too rampant in cycling.
In 2019, when the team signed a new sponsorship deal with Visma, creating the team Jumbo-Visma, they also started riding Cervélo bikes. Lease A Bike was a minor sponsor from 2023, but became a title sponsor following the departure of Jumbo in 2024.
In 2022, Jonas Vingegaard delivered the team to its first Tour de France victrory, when he won both the yellow and the polka dot jerseys. In the same edition Wout van Aert won the points classification.
The Dane won again in 2023, with Jumbo-VIsma winning the team classification. That year, the team became the first and only team to have won all three Grand Tours in a single year. Primož Roglič won the Giro d'Italia, and American Sepp Kuss won the Vuelta.
In 2026, they won 52 victories, including Paris-Roubaix, where Wout van Aert beat Tadej Pogačar. Jonas Vingegaard won the Giro, making him one of only eight riders who have won all three Grand Tours. Matthew Brennan also won five stages at the Vuelta a España.
Key riders and roster
The complete 2027 roster has not yet been confirmed, but Visma| Lease a Bike have had a busy transfer window. The current Visma| Lease a Bike roster include..
| Jonas Vingegaard 🇩🇰 |
| Wout van Aert 🇧🇪 |
| Matteo Jorgenson 🇺🇸 |
| Sepp Kuss 🇺🇸 |
| Matthew Brennan 🇬🇧 |
| Christophe Laporte 🇫🇷 |
Team leaders
| Jonas Vingegaard | GC |
| Sepp Kuss | GC, Mountain specialist |
| Wout van Aert | Classics, one-day, stage specialist, lead out |
| Christophe Laporte | Lead out |
| Matthew Brennan | Sprinter |
| Davide Piganzoli | Youngster to watch |
Team results
Visma| Lease a Bike 2026 results:
52 total: 8 GC wins, 7 Classic wins, 35 stage wins
Race programme
Visma| Lease a Bike 2027 Calendar
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Latest Comments
- Eight riders told to go for stages, and nobody gets one—hard to know what the plan was there. It’ll be interesting to see whether they pick a clear leader next time.bikebuffj10-11-2026
- Was Bernal’s 20th place really their best GC result? I thought he might have finished higher. Either way, it sounds like a rough Tour for the whole team.gearguru3310-11-2026
- Five days in breaks with no stage win is a painful stat. The team had chances, but they need to turn those opportunities into results.julien10-11-2026
- The Onley Vuelta example makes sense: a team with someone to rally around often looks much more cohesive. Hopefully INEOS can build on that rather than expecting a quick return to the Sky years.cadencekingm10-11-2026
- Thomas is right about the ambiguity. Eight riders all chasing stages can end up pulling in different directions, even if nobody’s deliberately working against anyone. They need a clearer plan once the GC leaders are out.robert6510-11-2026
- What a mess. The report makes it sound as though nobody properly explained the decision, and that’s hard to defend.jennifer1910-11-2026
- I’m still learning the rules: does moving left in a sprint automatically bring a penalty, or does it depend on whether the other rider is blocked? It sounds like Brand wasn’t impeded here.patriciaw10-11-2026
- A final decision still needs a proper explanation. If the federation’s complaint goes nowhere, I hope the officials at least review how they handled the riders afterwards.michael5410-11-2026
- Fair play to Lucinda for saying Marie had won fair and square. That kind of sportsmanship matters, especially after such a controversial decision.raceready710-11-2026
- Schreiber beat Brand on the road, so the jury needed to explain clearly why that slight deviation warranted relegation. Being cut off before she could give her account sounds appalling.lindae10-11-2026







