French cycling tyre specialist Hutchinson has announced a return to the top tier of professional cycling through a multi-year partnership with Belgian WorldTour team Intermarché-Wanty.
As the team’s official tyre supplier, Hutchinson will equip both the Intermarché-Wanty team and the U23 Development team’s riders with its road tyres.
The partnership goes beyond race day, with Hutchinson and Intermarché-Wanty also working on research and development. Hutchinson notes that insights from the team’s riders is set to be instrumental in further developing upcoming additions to its range of performance road tyres.
Intermarché-Wanty has earned notable victories and podiums across WorldTour events in recent seasons. Known for its attacking style of racing and diverse roster of talent including Biniam Girmay, one of the world’s leading sprinters, the team sees the partnership with Hutchinson as a key step in their 2025 campaign.
Mikey van Kruiningen, Head of Equipment at Intermarché-Wanty, said “When we switched to tubeless tyres years ago as one of the first teams, we gained a significant advantage in speed.
“Now that all teams are riding tubeless, we were looking for a way to regain our technological edge. With Hutchinson, we found a new partner who wanted to work with us on a tyre with good grip, which has been the Achilles’ heel of the tubeless system so far, especially in wet conditions.”
He continued, “Building on the knowledge gained during the development of the Blackbird tyre, we are now developing new Hutchinson Racing Lab tubeless tyres. These new wide tyres combine a super-light weight with top rolling resistance and exceptional grip – our riders don’t call it the ‘MotoGP tyre’ for nothing.
“We started extensive testing of the prototypes early on, both in the mountains and on the cobblestones, with excellent results. We are very happy with this new partnership with Hutchinson and our full setup for 2025. The equipment with which the Intermarché-Wanty riders race is of absolute top quality, and we continue to work on improvements continuously, in close contact with all our technical partners.”
Sylvie Woroniecki, Global Communications & Brand Manager of Hutchinson Tyres said “We are thrilled to partner with Intermarché-Wanty, a team that has consistently demonstrated resilience, ambition, and incredible team spirit on the global stage.
“Their unfaltering approach to performance and thirst for victory at the highest level will help push development of our products even further than before. We’re confident that this partnership will play a pivotal role in helping the team achieve new heights in 2025.”
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