Even in its early years, the team from Sursee has given young riders an important platform for their sporting development. This will not change in 2015, ensuring that the basis for major sporting success will continue to exist in the future. Jolanda Neff rode in Wheeler colors in 2012 and is now the number one in women's racing.

With the commitment of U23 Swiss champion Lars Forster, Fabian Paumann, bronze medal winner of the U23 Swiss Championships and U17 national champion Ramona Kupferschmied, WHEELER-iXS is sticking to its strategy of remaining a development team in the future. Under the sporting leadership of Manfred Kupferschmied, the older team members, such as former world champion Esther Süss, will allow the youngsters to benefit from their experience.

Away from the Giant Swiss team, elite rider Daniel Eymann is also joining the Wheeler team. The 25-year-old compensates for the departures of Silvio Büsser, Marcel Bartholet and Jonas Baumann, as well as the internal transfer of Lucien Besançon to the BiXS/Wheeler-iXS marathon team. The two U23 riders Jennifer Kupferschmied and Janina Wüst will continue to ride for WHEELER-iXS. Stefan Peter will also remain with the team. However, he will be taking part in a few competitions with a focus on enduro and will continue to drive forward the project in the gravity sector together with Intercycle.

The WHEELER-iXS team will continue to compete as a UCI mountain bike team in 2015. The racing program includes the national championships, the national race series and the European competitions of the Cross-Country World Cup with a special focus on the race in Lenzerheide, where the World Championships will be held in 2018.

With Esther Süss, Lars Forster and Ramona Kupferschmied, no fewer than three WHEELER-iXS athletes are now members of the Swiss cross-country national team. Depending on how the season progresses, international title fights could also move onto the competition schedule - following the example of Jolanda Neff.

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