What will happen with SCOTT SRAM MTB Racing in 2025?

With Nino Schurter at the helm, the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team has been considered the most powerful mountain bike team of the last decade, but clearly it is going through a cycle change and there are many rumors about how it will face the next season. Will Nino Schurter retire?

The SCOTT SRAM MTB Racing faces a cycle change

The current SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team is composed of Kate Courtney, Nino Schurter, Filippo Colombo, and Andri Frischknecht as cyclists and Thomas Frischknecht in the management. It is a very particular team that from the beginning has avoided large structures, deployments, or huge budgets, to concentrate all its effort and talent on a few cyclists. It is also worth noting that most of their success is due to Nino Schurter.

But in 2024, it seems that all its current members' contracts will end, and it is still unknown what will happen with the team for 2025. Schurter and Courtney renewed until 2024 and there is no confirmation about Colombo and Andri Frischknecht, but it would also be logical for their contracts to last until the end of the Olympic cycle in Paris.

If we look at the situation objectively, Schurter is heading towards the end of his sporting life, but he has shown that he is still capable of winning World Cup races, this year he did it in Val di Sole. Filippo Colombo is becoming increasingly solid in the top positions of any race. On the other hand, Kate Courtney, although she has had some years where she has not been as competitive as when she won the World Championship in 2018 or the Overall World Cup in 2019, in 2024 she has managed to enter the Top 10 ranking again. Finally, Andri Frischknecht remains in a second line but with a slight setback in the last seasons.

All this could indicate that the team is about to undergo a significant change, and it could be, but if we look at the movements of the legendary Thomas Frischknecht in recent years, his style tends to be more cautious.

Although there is much talk about the future of Nino Schurter, the truth is that there are few rumors circulating, and it could be a sign that the Swiss would hold on for at least a few more seasons as long as he maintains his good level. The continuity of Filippo Colombo in the team would help with this. The future of Kate Courtney is also uncertain and some rumors place her outside the team in 2025, but there is no confirmation yet.

All this could be clarified in the coming days as the SCOTT SRAM Racing Team has announced that they will soon make a statement.