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Felix Gall signs a three-year deal with Lidl-Trek through 2029. He was the only rider to finish on the podium at two different Grand Tours in 2026 — second at the 2026 Giro d'Italia behind Jonas Vingegaard, third at the 2026 Vuelta a España.
As recently as March, Decathlon CMA CGM's own CEO said the team was "working on" keeping him, and that Gall was "quite happy" there. Instead he leaves for a roster that already fields Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose. Lidl-Trek isn't buying a single leader — it's stacking GC options and betting one of them stands up to Vingegaard in July. Gregor Mühlberger, Gall's Austrian teammate, follows him out on a two-year contract.
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