Gregor Mühlberger: Change after 2025 - waiting for new challenges!

Gregor Mühlberger: Change after 2025 - waiting for new challenges!

Gregor Mühlberger, the 31-year-old cyclist, will leave the well-known Spanish World Tour Team Movistar at the end of 2025. In a current interview, he expresses the desire to accept a new challenge and describes that the level in cycling increases constantly. "Young drivers are getting better and better," says Mühlberger. He realizes that careers in cycling could be shorter in the future, possibly less than the usual 10 to 15 years.

For the coming season 2026, Mühlberger is planning to drive for Felix Gall's decathlon Équipe, although there is still no official confirmation. "I want to find out what is still possible for me," explains the athlete, who wants to take up the upcoming challenges. Before his farewell, there are some important races on the program, including the Salzburg old town criterion on September 4, two races in Canada and a demanding block in Italy with the Lombardy tour.

Challenges at the Tour of the Alps 2024

Iván Sosa is seen as the ideal candidate for the heavy Alpine passes, but could lose time on the initial, hilly stages. Mühlberger and his team -mate Antonio Pedrero could have hope of trying out. Mühlberger himself has already had a stage win from 2023 and could benefit from its proximity to the Austrian borders. The Movistar contingent for the tour is made up of Gregor Mühlberger, Will Barta, Iván Sosa, Antonio Pedrero, Mathias Norsgaard, Vinícius Rangel and Sergio Samitier.

A changing cycling

Cycling is in a steady change. An analysis of the development of professional cycling shows that the average age and weight of the Tour-de-France participants have dropped since the 1990s. For example, the average weight of a tour starter today is around 67.8 kg, in contrast to 73 kg 30 years ago. These trends are not only shown in the races, but also in the commercialization of sport, which is increasingly discussed. Experts such as Jonathan Vaughters, team boss of EF Education-Nippo, call for an introduction of a "Salary Cap" to promote equal opportunities in Professional Radport.

It remains to be seen how these developments affect the future of drivers and teams. Mühlberger could play an interesting role here because he strives for new challenges and witnesses the changes in cycling up close.

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