The short 2020 coronavirus season was a great one for junior Luke Wiedmann. Gold at the Swiss Championships, bronze at the European Championships in Ticino and seventh place at the World Championships in Austria - plenty of reasons for the man from Solothurn to celebrate. Now comes the next step: Wiedmann will ride for the Thömus RN Swiss Bike Team next year. The change of team is also linked to his age-related promotion to the U23 category. Wiedmann thus succeeds Ursin Spescha from Graubünden, who is leaving the team.

Further transfers are no longer planned, so personnel planning for the 2021 season is complete. The team's focus remains the same as for 2020. The two figureheads Alessandra Keller (Nidwalden) and Mathias Flückiger (Bern) have their sights set on the Olympic Games in Tokyo, while Vital Albin (Graubünden), Alexandre Balmer (Neuchâtel) and now Luke Wiedmann (Solothurn) will continue to be introduced to the world elite in the junior ranks.

This will be Albin's first season in the elite category. For the bronze medal winner of the 2019 U23 World Championships, it is clear that he also wants to establish himself in the top league of mountain bikers. The multi-talented cyclist Alexandre Balmer will also ride occasional road races in the coming season.

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