Jumbo-Visma sports Director Merijn Zeeman is showing strong signs, if indirect, that the team looking for a new sponsor to replace supermarket chain Jumbo may be over.

In an article with Nieuwsblad, the headline: "Sports Director has good news for Wout Van Aert and co.Zeman said at the beginning, "It is now convinced that we can continue to build with this team in the coming years."And repeated the interviewer's question: "Am I saying that the team is guaranteed?"In the answer, "Yes, absolutely, although I can not go into details."

On May 6 it was reported that Jumbo would stop sponsoring the team at the end of 2024, In an interview Nieuwsblad offered its own claim that "the name of the new sponsor will not be long to come.

Whether confirmed or not, there are strong hints that a new sponsorship deal may be in the bag, just weeks after it was revealed that Jumbo-Visma proposed a 2024 merger with Soudal-QuickStep -1.

"It's true that we sat down with Soudal-QuickStep," Zeeman said in an interview published simultaneously by the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, but it was exploratory.

"We also sat down with [Soudal-QuickStep co-leader] Remco Evenepoel, but it was too exploratory. What suits our team best, how realistic it is, the pros and cons, whether it makes us better "explored by many people"

Speculation that Amazon might be interested in supporting Jumbo-Visma seems to remain speculation, but last week, the Dutch newspaper AD reported that it was not the first time Amazon had been involved in the investigation. It reported fresh rumors that Pon Holdings BV, which owns the team's bike sponsor Cervélo, will become a significant backer of the team in 2024.

Norwegian business software and IT brand Visma has already revealed that it will remain as title sponsor and invest about 1,200 million euros.

Pon Holdings BV is a privately owned Dutch company that also owns Cannondale and other bicycle brands. It imports Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda in the Netherlands, and has dealers of luxury brands such as Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin in the United States. Pon Holdings BV claims that its annual revenue exceeds 100 billion euros.

No matter who the sponsor is still, Zeeman looks forward to the team continuing for another 10 years and says that "After our time at Jumbo, we are entering a new chapter

In a lengthy interview, Zeeman said that after 8 years Primoš Rogliš has left the team and many of the team's top players have been He explained how he saw that many had won.

"He showed us that he wants something different during the years that remain with him as a cyclist," Zeman said, "He rides for him Chi

"Primocci is very open and honest about this and we understand and respect it, so we are very proud of him." Help the relocation."But he was aware that Roglich would be a formidable rival in the coming years.

So far in 2023, the team has won all 3 grand tours and 66 victories, and there is still a lot of potential in the last few races of the season. However, Zeman also pointed out that there will be no 2023 victory in Paris - Roubaix and the tour of Flanders, and other monuments they will try to fill in the future

"On this year's tour of Flanders, we will cross paths with [winner] Tadej Pogañar (UAE Team Emirates), and we will go to Paris." - In Rubé, Wout [Van Aert] was out of luck, so what would have happened if it hadn't happened, but we will work intensively towards these goals in the coming years.”