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Brennan's results put his Tour place on Visma's table
Visma-Lease a Bike is considering Matthew Brennan for the 2027 Tour de France, and team boss Richard Plugge says he is part of the team's 2027 plans alongside Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard. Brennan won five stages of the 2026 Vuelta a España and took 12 wins in 2026, the same number as Vingegaard. His results have put the question on the team's desk, and the team's answer so far is «Let us evaluate and make plans for next year.»
Brennan says he would like to be on the start line, but no decision has been made. He also says «the best squad has to go with the ambitions the team has.» Plugge puts it this way: «Matthew knocked very hard on the door there. You know that he is now one of the big stars in cycling. And this is the biggest race. So we are certainly going to consider it.» Brennan is signed with Visma-Lease a Bike until 2029. The 2027 Tour de France has its Grand Départ in Great Britain, with a likely sprint into Carlisle on stage 1. Brennan himself says his Tour ambition has to fit with the team's plans for Vingegaard. Cyclingnews notes that Visma-Lease a Bike has always made Vingegaard's overall ambitions its top priority, and that it remains unclear how Brennan's Tour targets could fit with that.
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