Rohan Dennis joins Primož Roglič and Tom Dumoulin at Jumbo-Visma

Rohan Dennis will ride in the black and yellow of Jumbo-Visma in 2022.

The Australian rider, who has been long linked with a move to the Dutch squad, has signed a two-year deal to take him to the team.

Dennis joins the squad from Ineos Grenadiers, where he had a two-year spell and became an integral part of the support line-up around its GC leaders. He memorably paced Tao Geoghegan Hart through key stages of the 2020 Giro d’Italia, which the British rider would eventually win.

Dennis is likely to take up a similar role within Jumbo-Visma, providing a linchpin within the GC roster, as well as taking some of his own chances. The move links Dennis back up with Dumoulin for the first time in 10 years after the duo rode together on the Rabobank development squad.

Dennis finished third in the Olympic time trial and his signing means that Jumbo-Visma will have all three podium finishers from Tokyo in the team, with Roglič and Dumoulin already secured for next season. Van Aert also finished sixth place in Tokyo, giving Jumbo-Visma a formidable team time trial line-up.

With his abilities against the clock as well as in the mountains, Jumbo-Visma has been keen to get Dennis on its roster for some time.

“I have been talking to him for a few years now. He is a dream asset for me, who will be a great support for our GC riders in particular, but who will also regularly be in a position to chase an overall victory himself,” sport director Merijn Zeeman said.