Tudor Pro Cycling have secured Marius Mayrhofer and Florian Stork on long-term contracts, with both German riders extending through the end of the 2029 season.
Mayrhofer and Stork joined Tudor in 2024 and have developed into important but very different parts of the team’s roster. Mayrhofer offers speed on selective Classics terrain and reduced finishes, while Stork has increasingly found opportunities as an attacking climber and stage racer.
Their new deals also come at contrasting points in their seasons. Stork has added another Giro d’Italia stage podium to his record in 2026 and still has racing ahead of him this year. Mayrhofer’s campaign is already over because of injury, but Tudor’s three-year commitment makes clear that the team still see him as part of their long-term plans.
Tudor back Mayrhofer through a difficult 2026
Mayrhofer arrived at Tudor with a WorldTour victory already on his palmarès after winning the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in 2023.
That breakthrough remains a good illustration of what makes him useful. The Geelong circuit had already removed many of the pure sprinters before Mayrhofer won from the reduced group, beating Hugo Page and Simon Clarke. Our history of the men’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race looks back at how that 2023 victory fitted into the event’s run of selective finales.
Mayrhofer added another victory at the Boucles de la Mayenne in 2025 and has continued to occupy the space between a pure sprinter and a Classics specialist. On the right terrain, he can survive enough climbing to retain the finishing speed that makes him dangerous.
His 2026 season has been much more difficult.
An injury suffered earlier in the year has prevented him from building a consistent campaign, and Tudor have now confirmed that the 25-year-old will not return to competition before the end of the season.
Rather than waiting to see how he recovers, the team have extended his contract through 2029.
“I’m happy to continue racing with Tudor Pro Cycling for the years ahead,” Mayrhofer said. “Since joining the Team in 2024, I have witnessed impressive growth here, and I am proud to have contributed to that progress.”
The German also pointed to the support he has received during a difficult year.
“Although this year brought personal challenges, I always felt the Team’s full support. I am determined to repay the trust placed in me with strong performances as soon as possible.”
Photo Credit: GettyMayrhofer still gives Tudor a valuable one-day option
Mayrhofer’s value to Tudor has never rested on being a high-volume winner.
His profile gives the team flexibility.
On flatter days, there are quicker specialists. On the hardest climbing races, Tudor have riders better suited to long ascents. Mayrhofer becomes particularly useful between those extremes, when repeated hills, positioning and fatigue begin removing the fastest sprinters.
That made him one of the more interesting secondary options in Tudor’s 2026 Classics squad and also part of the team’s wider Tour de Suisse plans before injury interrupted his year.
The challenge for 2027 is rebuilding enough consistency to put him back into those situations.
Tudor’s willingness to commit until 2029 suggests they believe his best results with the team are still ahead rather than behind.
Florian Stork has found another level at Tudor
Stork’s two-and-a-half seasons with Tudor have followed a different path.
He joined after a difficult period affected by injury and has gradually developed from a dependable climbing support rider into somebody capable of taking his own opportunities.
His first professional victory arrived at the Trofeo Serra Tramuntana in January 2025, when he won on the demanding Mallorcan terrain.
That was followed by a stage podium at the Giro d’Italia later in the year.
Stork returned to the Giro in 2026 and immediately produced another major result, finishing second on Stage 2 in Veliko Tarnovo. He survived the difficult finale before being beaten by Guillermo Thomas Silva in the reduced sprint, with Giulio Ciccone taking third.
Our Giro d’Italia 2026 Stage 2 report covered a day that briefly put Stork at the sharp end of the overall classification as well as on the stage podium.
The result meant he had finished on a Giro stage podium in consecutive seasons.
Photo Credit: GettyStork credits Tudor with giving him the reset he needed
For Stork, the extension is closely tied to the way his career has developed since leaving Team DSM and joining Tudor.
“Joining Tudor Pro Cycling in 2024 was exactly the fresh start I needed at this stage of my career and after a longer period of injury,” he said.
“From day one, I felt welcomed and supported, which helped me grow and develop to new levels, like completing my first Grand Tour and even fighting for stage podiums at the Giro d’Italia.”
Those Giro performances have helped redefine how Tudor can use him.
Stork remains valuable when the team need support on climbing days, but he has also shown that he can be released into breakaways and selective finales rather than spending every race working exclusively for a leader.
That was evident again this season. Tudor’s Giro d’Italia 2026 team arrived with broader ambitions, and Stork’s early second place showed the value of having riders outside the main leadership structure ready to take chances.
A contract built around mutual trust
Stork, now 29, described the extension as a reflection of the confidence that has developed between rider and team.
“The environment here encourages me to challenge myself and take the next step, both personally and professionally,” he said.
“This contract extension is a sign of mutual belief and trust, and I’m excited to keep building on our progress and the future.
“I look forward to the next races until the end of the season and working towards the bigger goals we have as a Team over the course of the next years.”
Unlike Mayrhofer, Stork’s 2026 season is not finished. He will continue racing before beginning preparations for the first year of his new deal.
Tudor secure two different pieces of their long-term roster
The significance of the announcement is not that Mayrhofer and Stork perform the same job.
They do not.
Mayrhofer gives Tudor speed and versatility for Classics-style racing. Stork gives them climbing depth, breakaway potential and another rider who has proved capable of turning freedom into Grand Tour results.
Both have also improved or found a clearer place within the team since arriving in 2024.
Tudor have continued to strengthen as a ProTeam during that period, building a roster capable of competing directly with WorldTour opposition rather than simply relying on wildcard visibility. The team’s 2026 programmes, including the Tour de Suisse and Giro d’Italia, have increasingly reflected that ambition.
Keeping Mayrhofer and Stork through 2029 provides continuity around that growth.
For Stork, the extension follows the strongest period of his professional career.
For Mayrhofer, it arrives at a much more difficult moment. That arguably makes the length of the deal even more significant, with Tudor choosing to back him through his recovery rather than waiting for results before deciding his future.
Both Germans will now remain part of the team’s plans for at least another three seasons.
