Ineos Grenadiers, once a dominant force in pro cycling, has struggled to match the pace of its rivals, with UAE Team Emirates, Visma - Lease-a-Bike, Sourdal - Quick Step, and Red Bull - Beulah Hansgrohe. They are behind the strong teams.

After finishing the 2024 season in seventh place behind Lidl-Trek and Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, the British team announced significant staff changes for 2025.

Performance Director Scott Drewer said in a team press release that he “listened, observed, and worked with the team for six months to determine what was needed to establish excellence for 2025 and beyond.

“I have looked at every element of the changing landscape of professional cycling, including how we race, how we train, and how we support riders.”

After the review, Drewer reorganized the team into three performance areas-Grand Tours and stage races, classics and one-day races, and Future Talent-and began to focus on time trials, sprint and power development, endurance training science, race strategy, aerodynamics and technology development.

To this end, the team brought in Dr. Mehdi Kordi, a track and sprint specialist and coach who brought numerous gold medals to the Dutch national team during his tenure. Cordi will be the new Head of Performance Support & Innovation at Ineos.

The team also hired DSM-Firmenich-Postnl sports scientist and coach Tom Herreman as lead performance coach. In addition, former player Kurt Asle Arvesen was named lead director sportif and Leonardo Basso, also a former player, was named DS.

Ineos, which brought aerodynamics specialist Dan Bigum to Red Bull-Bohra Hansgrohe, promoted Dr. Luca Oggiano, who helped Filippo Ganna achieve the hour record, to director of research and development.

The team continues to search for a director of engineering and technology and other staff for the 2025 season.

“We are a motivated, hungry, and ambitious team of coaches, sport directors, and performance specialists.

Their collective energy and desire will prepare us for the challenges and opportunities that await us in 2025.

“The rest of this year will be spent making further positive changes, setting team performance plans and goals, conducting several key training camps, and preparing the entire team for the hard races in January. We want to set the right direction from the start and work closely with our riders to promote success and establish a culture that will be the foundation for the future."

Ineos, who won seven of eight Tour de France races between 2012 and 2019, has not won a Grand Tour since Egan Bernal won the Giro d'Italia in 2021, and after Bernal suffered a near-fatal injury in training before the 2022 season He has been steadily dropping down the rankings since.

No new Grand Tour contenders have been found to replace those who have retired or left the team, and 38-year-old Geraint Thomas has bolstered the team's hopes with podium finishes in the recent Giro and Tour.

Ineos has also reportedly been struggling with poor Classics results and recently released Tom Pidcock in an attempt to clear its budget, but a deal to buy out the MTB Olympic champion's estimated €3.5 million contract has reportedly fallen through.

Team CEO John Alert described the drawer initiative as “a clear plan and the decisive change needed for success in the coming years.”

“This is a team with a proud legacy of success and we are all determined to return to the top step of the podium. Our new performance structure and approach is key to building the next chapter of the team.