Lars van der Haar will leave Giant-Alpecin at the end of the season and has signed a contract with Telenet-Fidea.

Van der Haar joined the team at the beginning of the 2015 season, after riding for Team Giant-Alpecin’s development team. Van der Haar had many successes in cyclo-cross together with both teams, including winning the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in 2013; winning the Dutch national cyclo-cross championship twice, in 2013 and 2014; and last year becoming European champion.

Van der Haar’s current contract expires at the end of the 2016 season, meaning he will still ride in the team’s colors until December. In 2017 he will join a new team. He has just confirmed that he has signed a contract with Telenet-Fidea.