Vekta, the AI-powered training and coaching platform, that launched in April 2025, is growing at an unprecedented rate.
Vekta has announced that several WorldTour cycling teams are now using their platform. In a recent released press release it was announced that Lidl-Trek, DECATHLON CMA CGM Team, and Team TotalEnergies have joined their rosters.
The announcement in full is as follows:
“Newly joining Vekta in 2026 are Lidl-Trek, DECATHLON CMA CGM Team, and Team TotalEnergies, and they join existing partners Team Jayco AlUla, Live AlUla Jayco, FDJ–SUEZ, and Team AMANI.
For these world-leading teams, Vekta brings together data, AI and coaching expertise within a single platform used day to day for training planning, race preparation, and performance review, providing coaches, performance staff and riders with a shared and enhanced view of workload, execution and readiness.
By rapidly interpreting large volumes of performance data, Vekta reduces manual processing and speeds up decision-making, allowing coaches and performance staff to spot patterns and signals earlier rather than after weeks of manual review. In practice, this means the insights that matter most are available when they matter most – applied directly and seamlessly into how teams prepare and compete.
The platform’s talent ID and scouting tools illustrate this well, where emerging riders whose performance markers were not previously visible have been identified earlier, supporting more timely development planning. It is this kind of practical, day-to-day impact – streamlining how data is collected, interpreted and shared – that reduces the time spent managing information and frees coaches to focus on higher-quality coaching and clearer decision-making, strengthening the human connection at the heart of elite performance.
For Lidl-Trek and Team TotalEnergies, Vekta has been appointed Official Training and Coaching Platform across the men’s WorldTour team, women’s WorldTour team and development programme, embedding the platform into the team’s performance workflows. DECATHLON CMA CGM Team are partnering with Vekta and actively using the platform across their coaching and performance environments, spanning their WorldTour, development and junior team.
Josu Larrazabal, Head of Performance at Lidl-Trek, said: “The capacity to collect data has increased exponentially in recent years, far beyond what we can realistically analyse. At our level, we need more than a communication platform. We need powerful analysis, and we need it quickly. Working with Vekta allows us to spend less time processing data and more time on the human connection with our riders, which is what really makes the difference in the long term. That is a core value for us.”
Paul Barratt, Head of Innovation at DECATHLON CMA CGM Team, said: “As we continue to expand our high-performance approaches, we recognise that a strong data infrastructure is essential. We are thrilled to have Vekta as our data partner to assist us on this journey, and to drive data-informed decisions to support our World Tour and NewGen riders.”
Maxime Robin, Scientific Director & Training at Team TotalEnergies, said: “We are excited to begin our collaboration with Vekta. This partnership will help us work more efficiently and extract deeper insights from our performance data.”
Paul-Antoine Girard, Co-founder & CEO of Vekta, said: “The decision by Lidl-Trek, DECATHLON CMA CGM Team and Team TotalEnergies to adopt Vekta reflects where performance in elite cycling is heading. These aren’t trials or experiments, they’re long-term commitments to modern, data-driven coaching and athlete development. We’re proud to work with world-leading organisations and to play a part in how performance and coaching evolve in the sport.””
