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I found a Facebook page with content from Lukas Postlberger and looked at numerous posts going back to January 2024. He may very well have personal sponsorship deals with several companies, including RH77 cycling kit, 100 percent cycling, boa fit system, and lapierre bikes, but I can't find any announcement from him or any of those other companies that he is a "lapierre rider" or whatever, for 2024. If there was any announcement like that, I would have resolved to the Gravel/MTB pioneer, because he has posted many photos of riding in MTB races and other races, with RH77 kit.

It looks destined to resolve to the No Announcement, as it's much too late for any team to sign him for the 2024 season. Since it says 2024 season, I think we can resolve at the end of October, updating the closing date.

Also, I think he put a date of 22 October in one of the posts, he might have an announcement coming....

@Eliza Looks like the 22 October was just Lapierre announcing a bike.

For this answer to resolve Yes, he has to not just show up to a gravel or MTB race, but "announce" a team/sponsor. So racing a random race in black or even with a sponsored kit might not count. And it should be an announcement for the season, not just for a one-off race.

Big thanks to Lion for finding the article from Kronen Zeitung -- since there has been SOME word and I no longer feel like this is just a black hole, I think we can leave this market open longer than 1 March even with no announcement. Note that the title of the question is "2024 season", so if he announces a signing for 2025, that will not resolve this.

I am adding a new answer "No team and no retirement announcement". If he goes the entire season with no pro contract announced from a team for the 2024 season, I will resolve to that option.

I extended the market to 1 March. If he doesn't announce anything by then, I will N/A. It just needs to be SOMETHING saying "Postlberger is riding for X this season". Or a retirement.

@Eliza This Austrian 'article' (Kronen is gossip news) from Frebruary 5th states that he doesn't have a team, that he'll ride for the Austrian national team in the future and looks for a team. He doesn't want to retire. He blames his former manager who thought there would be better salary somewhere. But I amn't sure if the Austrian national team qualifies for this market. If you've questions or would like to have an accurate translation, feel free to ask. https://www.krone.at/3240738

@Lion If he is still seeking a team and NOT announcing "I am doing a solo thing this year intentionally", then I will probably extend this. Lots of riders sign later in the year in recent seasons. Thank you for sharing.

Does anyone have any kind of definitive announcement on this? I heard some stuff about a gravel or MTB privateer thing and bet that up, but I didn't see any announcements.

I think we need to extend the market until there is an announcement?

Any news yet?

cmon taschu, there is no autocorrect on markets, you could have written this properly

@Checktaschu Editing answers is now supported, you can fix it.

@Eliza :cilleooo: