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Visma-Lease a Bike's first new signing for 2027 is a reclamation project

Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed Mark Donovan as their first new signing for 2027, a two-year deal running through 2028. It marks his first return to a WorldTour team since leaving DSM in 2022, rebuilt on a GC win at second-division Q36.5 rather than Grand Tour results.
DSM informed Donovan mid-season in 2022 that it would not renew the three-year neo-pro contract he'd signed in 2020, and he moved to the newly formed Q36.5 for 2023. Marc Reef, who as Sunweb director once talked Donovan out of signing with Jumbo-Visma in 2020, is now Visma's head of racing and says Donovan "can be relied upon in different situations" around team leaders in stage races. The signing bets on a rider rebuilding a career, not finishing one at its peak.
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Visma-Lease a Bike look to realise 'untapped potential' of British rider Mark Donovan as first new signing for 2027From WorldTour rejection to Giro d'Italia stage hunting: Mark Donovan is back at cycling's top tableVismaVisma

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