The future of the VolkerWessels women’s team appears to be more secure than the men’s squad, despite ongoing uncertainty around the wider cycling structure and the future of the VolkerWessels name.
Reports in the Dutch cycling media suggest that the women’s team is expected to continue, potentially under the Team Reggeborgh name, while the men’s Continental squad faces more questions around its long-term future. General manager Marnix Drysdale has stressed that no final decision has been made, with multiple scenarios still being assessed.
Women’s team expected to continue
The uncertainty comes against the background of wider corporate changes around VolkerWessels. Investment company Reggeborgh, owner of VolkerWessels, agreed last year to sell the Dutch activities of the construction group to HAL. That deal is still awaiting regulatory approval, with the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets carrying out further investigation into the proposed takeover.
That corporate situation has fed speculation within Dutch cycling. The men’s VolkerWessels Cycling Team has already removed races including the ZLM Tour and Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc from its 2026 calendar, increasing talk that the men’s squad could be heading towards the end of its current form.
The women’s team, however, is being spoken about differently. Dutch reports suggest that its future would be guaranteed through Reggeborgh, the investment company linked to sisters Gérita and Inge Wessels. Under that scenario, the women’s squad would continue as Team Reggeborgh.
Drysdale did not confirm that outcome, but he also did not shut down the possibility of a future restructure.
“I hear that for the first time,” Drysdale said when asked about the reported Team Reggeborgh scenario. “It is logical that these rumours are there, but do not let yourself be thrown off course. Nothing has been decided yet and at the moment we are thinking about many different scenarios.”
Several options still being assessed
The key point from the team’s side is that the women’s squad has not been presented as being at immediate risk. Instead, the situation appears to be tied to what happens with partnerships once the VolkerWessels sale process is resolved.
“What happens to the partnerships when VolkerWessels is sold?” Drysdale said. “Together with the parties involved, we are currently working hard to look at all options.”
That leaves the team in a holding pattern. The current name, sponsor structure and wider organisation may all depend on how the corporate process develops, but the reporting around the women’s squad suggests continuity is the preferred direction.
For a women’s team that has become a regular presence across the European calendar, that would be important. VolkerWessels have built a recognisable identity in the women’s peloton, often giving opportunities to riders who can develop across one-day races, smaller stage races and selective Continental-level events.
Possible Team Reggeborgh future would preserve women’s project
A move to a Team Reggeborgh identity would represent a rebrand rather than a disappearance, if the reported scenario is confirmed. It would also keep the women’s project attached to the Wessels family investment structure, even if the VolkerWessels company name moves out of the team’s future.
That distinction is important. Much of the current noise has centred on the men’s side because of the reduced calendar and speculation around whether that programme will continue. The women’s team appears to have a clearer route to survival, even if the final structure has not yet been formally announced.
Drysdale’s comments suggest that planning for next season is ongoing rather than paused.
“There is still nothing decided,” he said. “We have been working hard on next year for some time. In that sense, it is business as usual.”
Men’s calendar cuts add to wider speculation
The recent decision to remove at least 15 race days from the men’s programme has intensified the rumours, although Drysdale said that move was not directly linked to the ownership situation.
He explained that the men’s team had been too opportunistic in entering multi-day races for 2026, particularly with a young group of riders and only four riders remaining from the previous season’s squad. According to Drysdale, the reduction was mainly about rider workload, even if the financial aspect also played a part.
That context matters for the women’s team because it separates the calendar cuts from the reported plan to preserve the women’s structure. The men’s squad may be reducing its programme for performance, workload and financial reasons, but the women’s team is still being discussed as a project with a future.
Clarity still needed
For now, the safest reading is that the VolkerWessels women’s team is not confirmed under a new name, but its future appears more secure than the men’s squad.
The reported Team Reggeborgh route would allow the women’s programme to continue even if the VolkerWessels brand leaves the cycling structure. That would be a significant outcome for Dutch women’s cycling, preserving a team that offers race opportunities and development space below the very top level of the Women’s WorldTour.
A formal decision is still pending, but the direction of the reporting is clear: while uncertainty surrounds the wider organisation, the women’s team looks the more likely part of the project to be protected.
