From dust to tar: Alan Hatherly’s WorldTour quest
South African XCO World Champion Alan Hatherly is taking the step from mountain bike World Cup racing to WorldTour road racing – is the way ahead for the sport?Last week came the surprise announcement that 28-year-old South African cross-country MTB racing ace Alan Hatherly was set to join the Australian WorldTour road team Jayco-AlUla for 2025 and 26 and that he is to mix the rough stuff with the hardcore smooth of pro road racing.
Although no outline of his potential schedule has been mooted, we suspect this will include at least several MTB World Cup rounds and the World Championships, while his road schedule is also wide open right now, but likely to be taken in small steps. So far, we’ve been unable to get input from Alan as to how the whole deal came around and what his aims are with the new team. On the team website, he said “I think now is the perfect moment for me to get out of the comfort zone and develop even further. Moving to a WorldTour road team is of course something new for me, it will be a steep learning curve, and I will be learning from the best.
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