Matt Brammeier is now set for a move back up cycling's pro ranks, having previously ridden for HTC Highroad on the WorldTour.
A four-time winner of the elite national road race title and former WorldTour rider with HTC Highroad, Matt Brammeier has confirmed he is to depart Synergy Baku and is very close to finalising terms with a ProContinental team for next year.
Such a transfer would be a step up for the Irish international, and would come after a testing year while riding for Synergy Baku; a Continental level team with Ireland’s David McQuaid at the helm.
Brammeier told stickybottle last week that a bad infection in a tooth had spread into his bloodstream during the 2014 campaign and left him feeling run down and generally drained.
The problem had taken a long time to diagnose because he had previously had root canal treatment on the tooth in question and so did not feel any pain in it, only going to the dentist because of persistent blisters.
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He also revealed he had had chickenpox earlier in the year after starting the season with great purpose at the Tour de Langkawi, where was 2nd on a stage, wore the points jersey for a period and won the climbers’ classification.
He said during last week’s interview he was close to a contract but has now revealed it will likely be at ProContinental level.
“At the moment nothing is confirmed but I have something that’s coming into place,” he said.
On the attack at the Mzansi Tour in South Africa in the colours of Synergy Baku back in April.
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“It’s a Professional Continental team and that’s what I was holding out for. It means I’ll be back in some of the bigger European races.
“It’s not definite but I’ve spoken a lot to the team and they’re just trying to finalise everything at their end.
“Unless something drastically goes wrong in the next few weeks it should be fine.”
He also confirmed he had very nearly agreed terms with Tinkoff-Saxo this time last year but that had fallen through and so he accepted the offer from McQuaid.
“I still feel quite young,” the 29-year-old said, looking ahead to the rest of his career.
“I lost a few years when I had accident when I was young but that’s made me feel younger.
“I know what I can do and I believe in myself and the value that I can bring to a team. Given a chance I can prove myself,” he told CyclingNews.
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