Mathieu Van Der Pol's Alpecin Deceuninck has announced that it has acquired promising young Frenchman Axel Laurens from the B&B Hotels-KTM team, which was disbanded after failing to secure sponsorship for the scheduled 2023 season.

Laurance will compete in the team's developmental team for the 2023 season before moving to the World Tour team in 2024, Alpecin Deceuninck announced. The team has already secured up to 30 players for its first World Tour season in 2023.

The 21-year-old joined B&B Hotels as a trainee in 2021 and signed as a neo-pro this season.

He scored his first WorldTour podium at the Bretagne Classic-Ouest France in August, finishing second behind Wout van Aert, and he won the CRO Race in a sprint on stage 3 ahead of two Bahraini riders, Jonathan Milan and Matej Mohorič. In the CRO Race, he took his first professional victory in a sprint on stage 3 over two Bahraini riders, Jonathan Milan and Matej Mohorič.

Laurance should fit right in with the Dutch team of specialists in various disciplines. He competed in cyclocross races as a junior and under-23, and competed for one full season in 2019-2020. He continues to compete at the national level in France, most recently winning the Morbihan des Cyclocross Championships in Roquemines.

He will be on his way to the team's World Toursted, as will Italian rider Nicola Conci, whom the team acquired mid-season in 2022 after the disappearance of Russian team Gazprom Rusvelo. Consi was promoted to the main team in 2023, while Guillaume van Kersbulck followed the same path in 2020 after the CCC was disbanded.

Alpecin Deceuninck, after completing his off-season work, will be Søren Cragg Andersen (Team DSM), Ramon Schinkeldam (Groupama-FDJ), and Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) next season, Kayden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco), Rob Giss (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), and Jensen Plowright (Groupama-FDJ Continentale) to the team.

Meanwhile, at B&B Hotels-KTM, Laurence has found a new home for the next season, his eighth. Luca Mozzato moves to Arkea-Samsic, while Viktor Koretzky also turns to the World Tour with Bora-Hansgrohe.

Quentin Jauregui (Dunkerque Grand Littoral), Cyril Barthe (Burgos-BH), Maxime Chevalier (Laval Cyclisme 53), Alain Boileau (VC Rouen 76) and Adrien Lagré (Sojasun Espoir) also found new contracts. found, while Pierre Laurent, Jonathan Hyvale, Cyril Lemoine, Thibault Ferrasse, and Julien Morris announced their retirements.