The Belgian professional gravel racing team from gear shifting specialist Classified is starting the 2025 season with a new partner, as Germany’s ROSE Bikes takes over as the team’s new main sponsor.
Formerly the Classified Factory Team, and racing in many of the world’s most prestigious gravel races, in the 2025 season the team will be known as Classified x ROSE fuelled by Foodmaker.
New faces in the team include Thomas De Gendt; and riders will be hitting gravel events worldwide with the ROSE Backroad FF bike. The ROSE Backroad FF team bike includes Classified’s Powershift shifting system.
“Since the market launch of the innovative Classified shifting system, ROSE has been equipping high-end gravel and road bikes and selling them successfully,” said Anatol Sostmann, Director Product & Brand at ROSE Bikes.
“The joint racing team will now impressively prove that the combination of Rose Backroad FF and Powershift technology is ready to take on the toughest gravel races in the world.”
Nick Sannen, Team Manager at Classified, added “Just like an advanced shifting concept, a team has to work in perfect harmony.
“We have known ROSE for some years now and are delighted to be taking this collaboration with the Classified x ROSE fuelled by Foodmaker racing team to a new level, in addition to the integration into the ROSE bike line-up.”
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