Ineos Grenadiers looks to implement a new development program in 2025 with the German continental team Rot Köln Haus PSD Bank.

The WorldTour team was named “Devo Partner” at the 2025 Tour of Rhodes in Greece in early March.

Cycling News understands that the partnership with the Lot Cologne House PSD Bank forms an important step in a process that Performance Director Scott Drewer first revealed to Cycling News over the summer.

According to ProCyclingStats, the German team has only signed four riders for 2025, but Ineos Grenadiers could soon reveal details of its development program.

“There will be a press release next week. Otherwise, if you want to know something in advance, you will have to contact Ineos,” team owner Florian Monreal told Cycling News.

Drawer told Cycling News that Ineos will invest in a development program for 2025.

“Our owners are committed to developing their own talent. We're not going to buy top riders, we're going to develop them ourselves,” Drewer told Cycling News during a few days at the Tour de France. It's more exciting for the coaches. It's more exciting for the coaches and more exciting for the riders.

“To win Grand Tours again, we need to invest and work with young talent.”

Current World Tour pros Kim Haiduk (Ineos Grenadiers), Jonas Rucci (Intermarque Wanty), and Max Walscheidt (Jayco Alura) all come from German training teams with a long history.

Lot Kern-Haus has also had a similar role with Bora-Hansgrohe in 2022. However, the team, now majority-owned by Red Bull, announced its own new development team just a few weeks ago in October.

Ineos Grenadiers has remained an anomaly among the top World Tour teams in recent years in that it has no development team or pathway from junior to World Tour level. Visma Lease-a-Bike, UAE Team Emirates, and Sourdal Quickstep have teams that allow talented U23 riders to progress before making the jump to the top level.

Ineos Grenadiers has finally built a route to the World Tour for young prospects to stop the exodus of talented riders to rival super teams.

“The traditional path to becoming a World Tour cyclist has changed. It all starts at a young age. I'm thinking deeply about how to get it right,” said Drewer.

. 'Rider development will be a big part of the team in the future.'