It came as a surprise to many people after it was announced that WJSM's project had lost the backing of both Lampre and Pinarello due to, narrowly, missing out on crucial goals in the 2023 season. In addition to the low goal completion, manager whitejersey also failed to secure the signatures of any Italian talent besides stagiare Sandri, which created a lot of dismay among the sponsors.

This ultimately led to a point where they pulled their backing and WJ had to scramble to find new funding. Luckily Specialized were able to see the vision of the Dane's management of a truly global team racing under a Canadian license for the future teams. After Isostar's disband Specialized had looked to find a way back into the peloton after sitting out a year.

Specialized saw the chance to join in on the rebuilding of a consistent PCT team that now are looking at their third consecutive season at the next best level in the sport after having lead a turbulent life in the first few years of the team's existence.

Air Canada and Northwestern Territories will stay on as secondary partners with the team riding in Santini clothing for the forceable future.

Samuelle Battistella | ClimberV1

After a succesful loan at our good friends Evonik, Battistella is back to chase breaks for us this year in his maxed form. While he was a much bigger talent in the past he will still be a very nice fit for us even with the shift in focus.

Fillippo Baroncini | Hills

Another rider that will be able to chase breaks in the future will be Fillippo Baroncini. The young Italian took important steps this year towards becoming a great stage chaser that can also do great dom work whilst offering some TTT support. His versatile skillset will allow him become a great rider in GTs in the future.

Jonathan Milan | Track TT

While there's a chance that Milan might get loaned out next year, he could already be a vital piece of the puzzle for us if we're able to max him ourselves this season.

Sergey Medvedev | Fighter

Sergey Medvedev doesn't have the speed on a TT bike that makes him incredibly useful in a TTT but he does have an incredible engine that we have seen him show off in breaks this year already. While he has lost quite a bit of development time, because we sacked him after our last relegation, he is no springbuck anymore but will still provide a ton of utility once maxed for the 2025 season.

Final Thoughts:

We have an incredibly solid set of level fours this year and there's a chance we can make use of our uncashed GT wildcard this season to max them all ourselves. This could leave us with great flexibility with our loan cap but even if that's not going to be the case we have a great crop of riders that we can get loaned out as well.