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Visma complete 2027 roster with 20-year-old Scottish talent Elliot Rowe
Dutch WorldTour team opts for development option after talks with Primoz Roglic ended. Jonas Vingegaard, Wout Van Aert, Matthew Brennan and Matteo Jorgenson remain as team leaders for 2027.
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Visma I Lease have completed their 2027 roster, promoting 20-year-old Scottish rider Elliot Rowe from their development team, according to a report by Wielerflits.
Visma held talks with Primož Roglič about his return to the team and considered other pro rider options but ultimately decided to promote Rowe.
Jonas Vingegaard, Wout Van Aert, Matthew Brennan and Matteo Jorgenson will again lead the Visma team in 2027, with Brennan pushing for a place in the Tour de France squad. The 2027 roster also includes Christophe Laporte, Sepp Kuss, Victor Campenaerts and Davide Piganzoli, who is likely to lead the team at the Giro d'Italia.
Richard Plugge's team are yet to confirm a major new title sponsor to replace Visma in 2027 and so far they have only signed Mark Donovan from Pinarello Q36.5 and promoted Matisse Van Kerckhove from the development team.
Simon Yates retired before the start of the 2026 season, with Steven Kruijswijk retiring at the end of the campaign. Fabio Jakobsen joined the team during the 2026 season after terminating his contract with Picnic PostNL.
Visma considered fast tracking the career of Ashlin Barry after he won the Under 23 world title but the American is still only 19 and has only raced one year with the Visma development team.
Rowe, who is from Scotland and not a relation of former Team Sky rider Luke Rowe, is a year older and has shown his stage race talents with sixth place at the Tour of Britain and the Giro d'Italia Next Gen. He won a stage at the Tour de L'Avenir in 2025 and was second at the under-23 Il Lombardia.
