All the most recent information from Glasgow, Scotland: Worlds’23 Combined Relay and the U23 Particular person Time Path, plus the Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta prologue. Outcomes, studies, rider quotes and race video.
Mads Pedersen on his Worlds 4th place – TOP STORY.
Rider information: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima congratulate Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogačar receives a wonderful from the Worlds race jury, Wout van Aert to experience the Gravel World championship and George Bennett leaves UAE Crew Emirates,
Crew information: Is the tip imminent for the Human Powered Well being males’s group? Sylvan Adams defends ‘retirement dwelling’ Israel Premier-Tech, Jayco AlUla to strengthen with Spanish Champion Mavi Garcia, Veronica Ewers indicators with EF Schooling-Cannondale, Lidl-Trek presents Jonathan Milan, Groupama-FDJ indicators Sven Erik Bystrøm, Rémy Rochas and Clément Russo, Soudal Fast-Step Indicators Luke Lamperti, Max Kanter goes to Astana Qazaqstan, Noemi Rüegg joins EF Schooling-Cannondale, Jayco AlUla signal younger Italian Davide De Pretto, Vito Braet Joins Intermarché-Circus-Wanty, UAE Crew Emirates publicizes rider renewals and BMC and Tudor seal six-year dedication.
Race information: Girls’s Tour de Pologne in 2024.
No espresso at the moment, Irn Bru and a Tunnock’s tea cake.
TOP STORY: Mads Pedersen, 4th within the Worlds Highway Race: “I misplaced Van Aert on the corners”
The worst place to complete on the World championships should be fourth. It was Mads Pedersen who had that misfortune after a misplaced the dash to Tadej Pogačar. “I’m sorry,” he advised Danish TV 2 Sport after the race.
Behind Mathieu van der Poel, Pedersen fought for the silver in Glasgow with Pogačar and Wout van Aert. The Belgian jumped away earlier than the ultimate kilometre. “I misplaced him on the corners,” stated Pedersen. “I didn’t have sufficient confidence in my tires and so I didn’t take too many dangers.”
The battle for silver then turned a battle for bronze. Pedersen began the dash with Pogačar on his wheel on the again straight. “I assumed I may beat Tadej in a dash, however ultimately it was not attainable to do greater than this. So sure, we’ve to accept fourth place.”
Regardless of the disappointing ending, Pedersen was glad with the work of his group. When turning onto the circuit, it was Denmark that opened the throttle and prompted fairly a little bit of thinning of the peloton. “I feel we raced effectively and we have been capable of do nearly every thing we got down to do. So I feel we will be glad, even when ultimately I didn’t ship what we had hoped for.”
4th for Pedersen:
World Championships – Combined Relay 2023
Switzerland gained the 2023 Combined Relay World championship title. The highest favourites have been 7 seconds quicker than France, regardless of Marlen Reusser crashing. The bronze went to the Germans, 51 seconds down on the Swiss.
The nationwide groups needed to cowl a complete of 40.3 kilometres in Glasgow. Each the women and men’s groups needed to race towards the clock for simply over 20 kilometres every. The route was the identical because the ending circuit of the highway races, however just a bit longer.
It was the French who set the primary time to purpose at. They’d a robust group with Bruno Armirail, Rémi Cavagna, Bryan Coquard, Audrey Codron-Ragot, Cédrine Kerbaol and Juliette Labous. The Italian males (Alberto Bettiol, Mattia Catteneo and Manlio Moro) have been the primary riders to go quicker than the French on the intermediate level. The distinction was 5 seconds. Subsequent the Swiss (Stefan Küng, Stefan Bissegger and Mauro Schmid) additionally got here by, they have been 19 seconds quicker than the Italians.
The Dutch males misplaced 41 seconds to the Swiss after 20 kilometres, most likely as a result of Daan Hoole’s crash. He needed to abandon after he hit the obstacles, Jos van Emden and Tim van Dijke have been left to proceed. This left Loes Adegeest, Shirin van Anrooij and Riejanne Markus to make up for misplaced time. Switzerland and Italy have been in good positions after the boys completed, however issues didn’t go effectively for each international locations after that. First Marlen Reusser crashed after which Silvia Persico had mechanical issues. The Italian girls now solely had two, so they may neglect a few medal. Reusser was okay and will nonetheless assist her teammates.
The Dutch girls had crossed the road and have been effectively away from the medals. After Germany, Australia and Italy had completed, France was nonetheless within the lead. Switzerland was the one nation that might nonetheless beat the time of the French group. Reusser, Elise Chabbey and Nicole Koller did effectively regardless of Reusser’s unhealthy luck. The ladies misplaced a while on the French of their time trial, however nonetheless gained by 7 seconds. Swiss gained gold, forward of the French and the Germans.
Switzerland gained the gold medal within the Combined Relay with Stefan Küng, Stefan Bissegger, Mauro Schmid, Marlen Reusser, Elise Chabbey and Nicole Koller. Marlen Reusser: “I particularly need to ask for forgiveness to the group, I actually scared them. Possibly I may have made it extra thrilling for the followers. It is vitally good to turn into World champion for the second time in a row. It reveals that we’ve a robust group. Everybody wished to get entangled once more this 12 months, which is sweet.”
Stefan Küng: “At present we actually wished to win and defend our title. Schmid, Bissegger and I knew the course effectively from the highway race. It’s after all totally different on the time trial bike, however the three of us additionally be ok with one another. We belief one another. We particularly wished to make sure that the ladies may begin with a head begin and thus had much less stress. Monday was all about restoration for me. At present I additionally didn’t need to put an excessive amount of stress on myself, as a result of Friday is a crucial day for me. How did I really feel at the moment? My legs harm extra in the course of the warm-up than in the course of the race itself.”
World Championships Combined Relay Outcome:
1. Switzerland in 54:16
2. France at 0:07
3. Germany at 0:51
4. Nice Britain at 1:03
5. Italy at 1:17
6. Australia at 1:37
7. Netherlands at 1:43
8. United States at 1:46
9. Austria at 1:58
10. Poland at 2:47.
Worlds’23 combined relay:
World Championships – U23 Time Trial 2023
Lorenzo Milesi gained the U23 Time Trial World championship on Wednesday. On the finish of the 36.2 kilometres, ending on a cobblestone climb to Stirling Fort, the Italian was the quickest after a duel with the opposite prime favorite, Alec Segaert of Belgium. The ultimate distinction was 11 seconds between gold and silver. The bronze went to Hamish McKenzie from Australia.
Australian Alastair Mackellar was the primary to complete the U23 time trial with a time of 44:42, at a median velocity of 48.6 kph. His countryman, Hamish McKenzie, was additionally an early finisher with a time of 43:51. He was greater than half a minute up on everybody else at the moment.
Lorenzo Milesi, the Italian skilled of dsm-firmenich steadily constructed up lead and crossed the finish-line precisely on 43:00 minutes. This put second positioned McKenzie, greater than 50 seconds down. The primary rider to go below Milesi’s cut up time was prime favorite Alec Segaert. The Belgian was 10 seconds quicker after 12.6 kilometres, however on the second intermediate timing level after 23.1 kilometres his lead was solely 3 seconds. Segaert misplaced extra time to the third level, the place Milesi now had a 3 second lead on the Belgian after 31.8 kilometres.
Within the final 5 kilometres, together with the 900 metre closing climb, a part of which have been on cobblestones, to Stirling Fort, the choice was made within the battle for the rainbow jersey. Segaert couldn’t pull any time again and completed 11 seconds down on the Italian and he needed to accept the silver medal. McKenzie took the bronze.
World champion, Lorenzo Milesi (Italy): “It’s unbelievable. It was a brutal race; particularly the final kilometre on the climb, it was actually painful. It was painful to observe Segaert too on a regular basis because it was shut between us. I simply went full from the begin to the tip. There was a headwind within the first half so it was vital to begin effectively after which stick with it. I simply gave it every thing to the road. I knew that I wanted to push full to the tip. It’s not sunk in but, I feel I’ll want a second to understand simply what’s occurred. I need to thank everybody that’s been part of this.”
World Campionships – U23 Time Trial Outcome:
1. Lorenzo Milesi (Italy) in 43:00
2. Alec Segaert (Belgium) at 0:11
3. Hamish McKenzie (Australia) at 0:50
4. Raúl García Pierna (Spain) at 0:53
5. Darren Rafferty (Eire) at 0:56
6. Josh Charlton (Nice Britain) at 1:11
7. Jakob Söderqvist (Sweden) at 1:18
8. Logan Currie (New Zealand)
9. Jan Christen (Switzerland) at 1:21
10. Michael Leonard (Canada) at 1:29.
Worlds’23 U23 TT:
Video to come back as quickly because the UCI enable it.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta 2023
The Volta a Portugal began on Wednesday with a Prologue. The victory on the three.6 kilometre course in Viseu went to Rafael Reis of Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor. The 31 year-old Reis, who now has eight stage victories in his dwelling Tour, can also be the primary general chief.
The time variations have been small within the prime 10 of the stage consequence. Behind the winner, Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) completed second, 2 seconds down. Reis noticed his teammate Mauricio Moreira of Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor end third at 3 seconds. There are the prologue and 10 phases of the Portuguese tour, which finishes on Sunday twentieth August. Final 12 months, the general victory went to Mauricio Moreira from Uruguay, who was third at the moment.
2nd on the stage and general, Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi): “I’m fairly pleased, though additionally unhappy on the similar time, for these two seconds that make the distinction in getting the victory. It could have been good to be within the yellow jersey, however we did prologue, and I’m pleased as a result of it’s not my distance. At first, I felt good, I went on the prime, and I used to be capable of set time. I used to be within the sizzling seat till Rafa (Reis) arrived, the final to go away, and it was a blow to lose. Even so, it’s important to be proud of the beginning of the return and in these ten days that stay to present every thing and for every thing.”
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Prologue Outcome:
1. Rafael Reis (Por) Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor in 3:58
2. Txomin Juaristi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi at 0:02
3. Mauricio Moreira (Urug) Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor at 0:03
4. César Martingil (Por) Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho at 0:04
5. Iñigo Elosegui (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma at 0:05
6. Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Biking
7. Lukas Meiler (Ger) Crew Vorarlberg
8. Daniel Babor (CZ) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9. Moran Vermeulen (Aust) Crew Vorarlberg at 0:06
10. Antonio Jesús Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta General After the Prologue:
1. Rafael Reis (Por) Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor in 3:58
2. Txomin Juaristi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi at 0:02
3. Mauricio Moreira (Urug) Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor at 0:03
4. César Martingil (Por) Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho at 0:04
5. Iñigo Elosegui (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma at 0:05
6. Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Biking
7. Lukas Meiler (Ger) Crew Vorarlberg
8. Daniel Babor (CZ) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9. Moran Vermeulen (Aust) Crew Vorarlberg at 0:06
10. Antonio Jesús Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi.
Portugal’23 prologue:
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima Congratulate Mathieu van der Poel
Mathieu van der Poel gave the Netherlands a gold medal on Sunday on the World championships in Glasgow. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima despatched their congratulations to Van der Poel on his world title.
“Mathieu van der Poel achieves the biking world title in a improbable means and succeeds Joop Zoetemelk after 38 years,” was their message on the social media of the royal household. “What an thrilling race, the place not even a crash may cease Mathieu. Congratulations on successful this effectively deserved world title!”
It isn’t the primary time that Van der Poel has obtained congratulations from King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. After his World titles in cyclo-cross, he additionally obtained congratulations from the royal household.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima:
Tadej Pogačar Receives a High quality From the Worlds Race Jury
Tadej Pogačar has been fined 500 Swiss francs by the race jury on the World championships in Glasgow. The Slovenian didn’t undergo the combined zone.
Pogačar was fined for lacking the combined zone earlier than the highway race. After the end, the Slovenian additionally couldn’t undergo the combined zone both, as a result of he was unwell. The UAE Crew Emirates rider was not penalised for that. Pogačar completed third within the highway race, behind Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. He’ll experience the time trial on Friday.
High quality for Pogačar on the Worlds:
Wout van Aert to Trip the Gravel World Championship
Will Wout van Aert be at the beginning of the Gravel Worlds in Veneto, Italy on Sunday 8 October? In line with Jan Bakelants, who frequently trains with Van Aert, plainly means. “I feel there’s a good probability that he’ll participate within the Gravel World championships,” stated the previous skilled on the Wuyts and Vlaeminck podcast.
“I don’t suppose that’s a secret,” says Bakelants. “The group has to permit it, however it’s an choice that he participates. I feel he’ll. Van der Poel additionally did it final 12 months.”
Van der Poel got here third at that first Gravel World Championship race, which was additionally held in Veneto. The win went to Gianni Vermeersch, second place went to Daniel Oss. Van Aert didn’t experience final 12 months.
Bakelants can also be at the beginning. “I’m certified, however solely in my age group, I feel. I solely need to experience if I can begin with the actual professionals. I do know that I definitely don’t have any probability, however then I’ve the expertise of getting ridden with the actual professionals.”
Van Aert for gravel champs?
George Bennett Leaves UAE Crew Emirates, Attainable Swap to Soudal Fast-Step
George Bennett is not going to race for UAE Crew Emirates in 2024. In line with La Gazetto dello Sport, Soudal Fast-Step could be one of many (fundamental) candidates to take the New Zealander.
The Belgian group is on the lookout for climbers to strengthen the core round Remco Evenepoel. Bennett had that position with Jumbo-Visma. Since 2022, the 33 year-old rider has had that activity at UAE Crew Emirates, however he has not reached his previous degree not too long ago. Final 12 months he dropped out early within the Tour de France, he didn’t experience a Grand Tour this 12 months. He not too long ago completed seventh within the Tour of Austria.
Soudal Fast-Step can also be concerned with Mikel Landa, who’s keen to modify. Patrick Evenepoel, the daddy and supervisor of Remco Evenepoel, hopes that the group round his son will probably be strengthened. He not too long ago expressed his dissatisfaction in a number of interviews. “No higher climbers have been recruited but,” he stated to Het Laatste Nieuws. “There have been boys keen to come back, however every kind of circumstances apparently threw a spanner within the works. We don’t know precisely how the fork is within the stem. I feel it is sensible that we begin asking ourselves questions.”
George Bennett to ?
Is The Finish Imminent for the Human Powered Well being Males’s Crew?
It seems just like the Human Powered Well being males’s group will disappear from the skilled peloton after 2023. GCN studies that the American ProTeam is having issues discovering sponsors. The Human Powered Well being girls’s group, which is a part of the Girls’s WorldTour, will proceed.
The riders of the boys’s group have been knowledgeable on Monday morning concerning the imminent finish of the group. Nonetheless, efforts are nonetheless being made to maintain the group going. “There nonetheless appears to be some kind of rescue attainable,” a supply advised GCN. “I do know the administration works tremendous arduous they usually have accomplished an awesome job previously. So not all hope is gone, however they wished to deal with everybody with respect and provides everybody sufficient time.”
Human Powered Well being has been the principle sponsor of the American group since 2022, which began in 2007 on the Continental degree as Kelly Profit Methods/Medifast. The group later bacame Optum p/b Kelly Profit Methods and Rally Biking. Sepp Kuss and Brandon McNulty raced for Rally Biking earlier of their careers. In 2018, the group made the transfer to the ProContinental degree.
Human Powered Well being no extra?
Sylvan Adams Defends ‘Retirement Residence’ Israel Premier-Tech
Sylvan Adams thinks the criticism that Israel Premier-Tech is a ‘retirement dwelling’ for skilled cyclists is unfair. Adams factors out that Michael Woods and Simon Clarke managed to win a Tour de France stage. “Name us a retirement dwelling. I do not likely care.”
“Not each expertise can instantly win as a neo-pro like Egan Bernal or Tadej Pogačar. That’s the reason we selected on the time to deliver veterans to the group who’ve already identified successes. Chris Froome is the textbook instance of this. In fact it hasn’t all the time labored out effectively,” he advised Cyclingnews.
Adams factors out that Clarke, Woods and Domenico Pozzovivo do obtain good outcomes for the Israeli group. “If somebody simply delivers, who cares? Superior! If they will win like Woods and Clarke, then I’m completely wonderful with older riders.”
“Clearly Froome didn’t prove fairly the best way we wished, however there was an thought behind it. He was and is among the finest GC riders of his era and we wished to play an element within the GC.” Froome will stick with the group for years to come back, Adams continued. The Brit continues to be below contract till 2025. “A contract is a dedication that we’ve given. We strive to not get away from that.”
Evidently Israel Premier-Tech has modified barely. Final 12 months, Derek Gee and Marco Frigo, amongst others, have been introduced into the group, the switch of Ethan Vernon was introduced on Wednesday. And extra names are coming. I feel we are going to actually impress with our transfers,” completed Adams.
So long as they win, Adams doesn’t care:
Crew Jayco AlUla to Strengthen its Basic Classification Squad with Spanish Champion Mavi Garcia in 2024 & 2025
As a part of the excellent biking plan for 2024 and past, which sees Liv Racing TeqFind mix forces with Crew Jayco AlUla, the Australian outfit is thrilled to be welcoming Spanish climber Mavi Garcia into its ranks for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Garcia has confirmed her pedigree time and time once more and regardless of solely focussing on biking full-time in 2018 having beforehand competed in Duathlon, she has risen to the highest quickly, and achieved a formidable record of palmarès in a few of the largest races on the ladies’s UCI WorldTour calendar.
A Giro d’Italia general podium finisher, Garcia has what it takes to steer the Australian outfit of their hunt for normal classification success within the coming seasons, together with her signing set to bolster the squad, because it continues so as to add power and depth to all areas, with ambitions of turning into the most effective groups within the girls’s WorldTour peloton.
The 39-year-old has not solely loved success within the longer hilly stage races however has displayed nice resilience and power in one-day races together with her open and aggressive racing method. The Spaniard is all the time keen to take dangers in try to take the victory which has seen her stand on the highest step of the rostrum within the difficult Basic Lorient Agglomération – Trophée Ceratizit in Plouay and are available near victory with a second place end within the iconic Strade Bianche.
Brent Copeland – Crew Jayco AlUla Basic Supervisor: “Mavi is a really thrilling addition to the group, she joins us as a part of the thrilling new undertaking with Liv Biking and having her come onboard is a really large enhance for us. Mavi has proven that she is a really stable rider that is ready to race up entrance with the final classification contenders. She isn’t afraid to assault, take dangers and we’ve been impressed together with her racing model over time, regardless of coming into the WorldTour peloton at a reasonably late age. Having Mavi onboard, I feel it will probably change our method and the way we race going ahead with having an actual goal within the Grand Excursions which have gotten an increasing number of demanding every season.”
Mavi Garcia: “I’m pleased to affix the group as a result of from the skin it seems like a really good environment. I’ve all the time thought that it’s a nice construction, very skilled and we had made some makes an attempt earlier than and eventually now our paths meet. Yearly I’ve been bettering lots, this 12 months has not been the perfect for me, however I’ve additionally discovered many issues. I by no means go backwards, all the time forwards and above all with enthusiasm. I would love to have the ability to benefit from the races collectively in 2024 with the group and I hope that we will create a robust union to realize victories. We’ll after all proceed with Liv; the perfect bike I’ve had within the groups I’ve been on. I additionally just like the philosophy of the model and the way a lot they contribute to girls’s sports activities.”
Mavi Garcia
Date of Beginning: 2nd January 1984 (39)
Nationality: Spanish
Joins GreenEDGE Biking: 2024 & 2025
Prime Outcomes:
1st Basic Lorient Agglomération – Trophée Ceratizit (2022)
1st Vuelta a Burgos Feminas – stage 3 (2022)
1st Giro dell’Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
1st Tour Cycliste Féminin Worldwide de l’Ardèche – Stage 2 (2020)
1st Tour Cycliste Féminin Worldwide de l’Ardèche – Stage 2 (2020)
1st 5x Spanish Highway Race Championships
1st 4x Spanish Time Trial Championships
2nd Strade Bianche (2020)
third Giro d’Italia – General (2022)
Veronica Ewers Indicators with EF Schooling-Cannondale Starting in 2024
EF Schooling-Cannondale, our new UCI Girls’s Continental group debuting in 2024, proudly publicizes Veronica Ewers will be a part of our roster.
The American climber is simply in her second season of being an expert bicycle owner and has already proven her aptitude within the peloton. Final 12 months, she was ninth on the final classification on the Tour de France Femmes after coming fourth on the anticipated gravel stage and seventh on the queen stage. She gained the ultimate stage within the Competition Elsy Jacobs the place she completed second general. She took first place on the Navarra Elite Classics the day after putting second at Emakumeen Nafarroako. Her 2022 season wrapped up with a pair of second place outcomes at Giro dell’Emilia and Tre Valli Varesine earlier than she completed fifth general on the three-stage Tour de Romandie. This 12 months, Ewers was within the prime ten on three totally different phases on the Giro d’Italia Donne and completed the stage race in fourth place on the final classification.
Ewers, already accustomed to EF each as an organization and as a accomplice in biking, knew straight away that she wished to signal with the brand new EF Schooling-Cannondale group.
“I’m actually excited to be a part of an EF group and to be a part of rising one thing profitable collectively,” she says. “I actually admire EF as an organization eager to ensure that males’s and girls’s biking are seen equally and handled equally. I feel that’s a extremely large step in our sport.”
She seems ahead to the shut relationship that EF Schooling-Cannondale will share with the boys’s WorldTour group, EF Schooling-EasyPost.
“Becoming a member of EF Schooling-Cannondale goes again to my roots beginning out as a bicycle owner. I began biking by coaching and racing with a bunch of men and I feel that basically helped me enhance as a bicycle owner so I’m actually pleased to be a part of a coed group.”
With each groups primarily based in Girona, Catalunya, Spain, the place she lives and trains, Ewers says there are an a variety of benefits.
“Having the service course right here will probably be huge. There are loads of sources in Girona already as a result of it’s such a centre for cyclists however with the group service course right here and the sources round, will probably be so handy to have these sources close by.”
Ewers is a pure chief whose power on the bike lies in her climbing talents.
“I’m very a lot nonetheless rising and creating as a rider however I think about subsequent 12 months I’ll be a race chief at instances, particularly in relation to the grand excursions. I’m hoping to even have extra alternatives to work on being a help rider for my teammates on different days.”
Crew normal supervisor Esra Tromp recognises Ewers’ energy but additionally understands that the 28-year-old nonetheless needs to develop as a rider.
“Veronica is already an extremely gifted rider,” Tromp says. “She has achieved a lot on the bike in such a brief period of time. Our position is to assist her proceed to develop by offering her with alternatives and sources. Her eagerness to study, mixed together with her tenacious character and the mindset of a prime athlete, are traits we admire and look ahead to nurturing.”
Veronica Ewers to EF:
Lidl-Trek Presents Jonathan Milan
In April, WielerFlits reported that Jonathan Milan would transfer from Bahrain Victorious to Trek-Segafredo. Now Lidl-Trek has formally introduced the arrival of the Italian. He has signed till the tip of 2026. “Jonathan is a rider that we’ve adopted for a very long time, since lengthy earlier than the Giro,” stated Luca Guercilena, the group supervisor of the American group.
In that Giro d’Italia, Milan gained one stage and completed second 4 instances. This earned him the purple factors jersey in Rome. “His efficiency within the Giro was a testomony to his distinctive expertise and a wonderful affirmation of his qualities. We consider he’s able to even larger achievements. With the unconditional assist of Lidl-Trek, he has the potential to turn into the most effective cyclists on the earth. His dedication and values are an ideal match for our group’s ethics. We’re very a lot trying ahead to becoming a member of his journey.”
Milan himself can also be trying ahead to his time at Lidl-Trek. “My largest want for my journey at Lidl-Trek is to realize outcomes, develop and revel in what I do,” stated the 22 year-old rider. “I need to finish this nice 12 months on a excessive observe after which dedicate myself totally to a brand new chapter in my profession.”
Jonathan Milan to Lidl-Trek:
Groupama-FDJ Strengthens with Sven Erik Bystrøm and Two French Riders
Groupama-FDJ has introduced the arrival of three new riders. Sven Erik Bystrøm, Rémy Rochas and Clément Russo will race for Marc Madiot’s group from 2024. All three have signed a two-year contract.
Bystrøm comes from the Intermarché-Circus-Wanty group. The 31-year-old Norwegian has been racing for the Belgian group since 2022, earlier than that he was with UAE Crew Emirates. For Bystrøm, 2023 began effectively with a seventh place within the closing classification of the Santos Tour Down Below, however after that he primarily had unhealthy luck. Within the Giro d’Italia he needed to abandon due covid, though he initially continued to experience with the virus. Within the Tour de Wallonie he crashed and his shoulder dislocated, which prompted a tear within the ligament.
Groupama-FDJ acquires Rochas from Cofidis. The 27-year-old rider joined that group in 2021, after using for a number of years at NIPPO DELKO One Provence. Final 12 months Rochas completed second behind Matteo Trentin within the Giro del Veneto.
Russo comes from one other French group, Arkéa-Samsic. The 28 year-old Frenchman has one victory to his credit score: the ultimate classification of the Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid (2.1) in 2019. Russo has been using his total skilled profession for Arkéa-Samsic and its predecessor Fortuneo-Samsic.
Soudal Fast-Step Indicators Luke Lamperti
The gifted US rider will probably be a member of the group till not less than the tip of 2025.
Hailing from California, the place he used to experience his bike at first as a part of his coaching for moto-cross, Luke Lamperti has turned in current seasons into probably the most sought-after younger riders on the market because of his quite a few victories and spectacular potential proven in each sprints and one-day races.
A resident of Girona, Luke – who will make the step to the World Tour after three seasons with Trinity Racing – has a outstanding palmarès for the age of 20: a three-time US Criterium Nationwide Champion, he’s additionally put his title on the winners’ record on the GiroNextGen, Tour of Japan, Tour de Bretagne, Volta ao Alentejo, Tour of Taiwan, and the Lincoln Grand Prix – all within the final two years.
“I appeared as much as this group since I used to be a extremely little child and I’m actually excited to affix them and see the place this takes me. Soudal Fast-Step is thought for creating younger guys and this had an enormous influence on my determination to come back right here. It’s the correct match for me. I see myself doing extra of the Classics sooner or later as I progress within the sport, I simply love the cobbled one-day races, and I’m glad I’ll do it with the Wolfpack.”
“I’m pleased additionally as a result of I’ll proceed on the Specialised bikes. I’ve been using this model for 5 consecutive years now and it’s good that my relationships with them will proceed, particularly as we’re each primarily based in California.”, stated Luke, who in June 2021, on the age of 18, turned the youngest US Criterium Nationwide Champion.
“We have now identified Luke for a while now and we’re delighted that he determined to show professional with us. He’s probably the most gifted riders coming from the U23 ranks, he has loads of potential, and an enormous love for the Classics, so he’s in the correct place to find the Belgian one-day races and develop. We look ahead to the following two years”, stated Soudal Fast-Step CEO Patrick Lefevere.
Lamperti to Soudal Fast-Step:
Max Kanter Goes to Astana Qazaqstan
Astana Qazaqstan Crew welcomes the German sprinter Max Kanter (25), who’s transferring to the Kazakh group for the next two seasons (2024 and 2025).
“It’s a good transfer to me. Astana Qazaqstan Crew is a group with an awesome and profitable historical past in biking. Wanting again to the beginning of my biking profession I bear in mind Astana very effectively as a group with loads of successes. Becoming a member of the group now means lots to me and I’m very assured that I’ll obtain some nice issues along with Astana. For me this switch means the continuation of my improvement as a rider but additionally the continuation of the bettering which the group is aiming for in dash. I’m prepared and I’m trying ahead to assist the group on this progress”, stated Max Kanter.
Max Kanter received some sturdy outcomes each in Junior and Below 23 classes, in 2018 turning into U23 German highway race champion, successful a stage on the Tour de l’Avenir and taking a stable 2nd place in U23 Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften).
Turning professional, Kanter took two third locations in La Vuelta phases in 2020, was third in Gooiksi Pijl and Primus Basic and completed 4th in Milano-Torino in 2022.
Throughout the present season Max Kanter labored lots for different riders, but additionally scored quite a lot of stage Prime-10 placements in Saudi Tour, Tour of Oman and Paris-Good.
“We all know Max as a robust and promising sprinter. He was profitable in Below 23 class and at the beginning of his professional profession, however later, maybe he missed one thing to point out his potential. Now we’re able to work collectively, to supply Max the alternatives as a result of we consider he can ship by himself. In fact, we additionally rely on him as a helper for different sprinters within the races the place will probably be wanted. I might say it’s a good switch for Astana, it’ll assist us to proceed our work on creating a robust and profitable sprinter group”, stated Alexandr Vinokurov, Basic Supervisor of Astana Qazaqstan Crew.
Max Kanter to Astana Qazaqstan:
Noemi Rüegg Joins EF Schooling-Cannondale
The gifted Swiss racer is able to step up and tackle the classics
Noemi Rüegg is the most recent rider to affix our new girls’s group. The younger expertise from Switzerland can not wait to start her third season as a professional in EF Schooling-Cannondale colors. She continues to be exploring the place her limits lie.
Noemi’s coronary heart is for the classics. She likes the chaos of the spring races in Belgium and has the center to get to the entrance of the pack and energy to dash over brief, steep climbs.
“I actually just like the classics,” Noemi says. “I’m fairly a punchy rider, so these races go well with me rather well. I prefer it when it will get hectic within the bunch and it’s important to be effectively positioned, as it’s simply going up and down all day and over the cobbles. It’s important to know when it’s important to be the place. Something can occur in these races and no person is aware of how they’re going to unfold. I feel that makes it actually thrilling.”
For a similar cause, Noemi is happy for this subsequent stage in her profession. When she began using as a younger lady, she had no concept that she would possibly turn into a professional. She simply wished to maintain up together with her brother, who’s 5 years older and a racer himself. Their dad ran practices on the native membership. Noemi was quickly tagging alongside. At 13, she rode her first cyclocross race and fell in love.
“I did loads of cyclocross at first after which turned to highway biking,” she says. “I did do a little bit of mountain-biking as effectively, however by no means actually loved the coaching. I simply wished to experience my bike.”
Her bike introduced Noemi far. When she was a junior, she earned a spot on the Swiss nationwide group to race world and European championships, though she was working full-time, caring for disabled folks in a house, at that time in her profession. At 19, she signed her first skilled contract and will focus a hundred percent on biking. Racing within the WorldTour over the previous two seasons, she has secured quite a lot of spectacular outcomes, together with eighth on the RideLondon Classique and fifth on GC on the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana-Vuelta Comunitat, in addition to two podium spots on the Swiss nationwide championships.
EF Schooling-Cannondale normal supervisor Esra Tromp has saved a detailed eye on Noemi’s improvement and is as impressed by her development as an individual as her achievements on the bike.
“Noemi is a brilliant candy girl, who has grown lots in her character as effectively,” Tromp says. “She now dares to talk up and that will probably be actually vital to have within the group. She is a connector. She continues to be tremendous younger, so she nonetheless has issues to study, however she is tremendous motivated and wanting to study. I like that about her. She made an enormous step this 12 months within the bodily half too. She is a brilliant good teammate, but additionally a punchy rider, so we have to see the place she’s going to find yourself, however she may carry out rather well within the classic-style races like Gent-Wevelgem or Plouay.”
These are the races that Noemi likes finest, although she needs to contribute proper by the 12 months.
“My large aim is to get on the rostrum in a basic,” she says. “After which we’ll see the way it goes with some smaller stage races. I just like the stage races due to the environment and the way they actually deliver you shut with the group, however my ambitions are extra within the classics.”
We’re excited to see what Noemi can do, beginning subsequent spring. On EF Schooling-Cannondale, she’s going to get loads of possibilities to develop as a racer and worthwhile teammate.
“Noemi is a rider who want some freedom within the races,” Tromp says. “She must experience several types of races to carry out at a extremely excessive degree.”
Noemi likes how that sounds. She is satisfied by our ethos and may’t wait to make our start-up 12 months a hit.
“I’m actually excited to affix EF Schooling-Cannondale this coming 12 months,” she says. “I feel it’s a good step for me proper now. The group looks like a extremely good match, with a relaxed environment. You actually really feel just like the organisation needs to develop girls’s group and girls are actually vital to them, not simply the boys. I really feel like that is going to be a secure setting and I can develop in a secure setting.”
We couldn’t have stated it higher, Noemi. Welcome to EF Schooling-Cannondale!
Noemi Rüegg:
Crew Jayco AlUla look to the longer term with the signing of younger Italian expertise Davide De Pretto
Crew Jayco AlUla is delighted to welcome younger Italian expertise Davide De Pretto into the WorldTour ranks with a two-year neo-pro contract.
The 21-year-old is not any stranger to the group after a stint as a stagiaire on the finish of the 2022 season, and GreenEDGE Biking group administration has been preserving a detailed eye on his progress throughout a profitable 2023 season, that has seen him rack up a bunch of stellar victories and podium finishes at U23 degree.
An outstanding victory within the factors classification on the 2023 Giro Subsequent Gen and a podium end on the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège show De Pretto’s uncooked expertise and large potential, together with wins on the GP Basic Retailer and Trofeo Alcide DeGasperi to call a couple of.
The Australian outfit consider that the teenager from Thiene can turn into a star of the longer term as they give the impression of being to hone his climbing potential and assist develop him for the calls for of WorldTour racing.
Brent Copeland – Crew Jayco AlUla Basic Supervisor: “Davide is a really gifted U23 rider who we had on the group final 12 months as a trainee and we received see what kind of character he’s, and he fitted very effectively into the group setting. He’s a really respectful individual and he has the correct mentality and traits that go effectively with our group and philosophies. This 12 months he has been unbelievable, the variety of outcomes he has achieved within the U23 class has been spectacular to see. He’s a climber and a punchy kind of rider who can win from a small group in a dash, so he’s undoubtedly a rider that we consider can deliver good outcomes to the group sooner or later. We’re actually excited to start working with him subsequent season and seeing what he can do.”
Davide De Pretto: “It has been a dream since I began racing bikes to turn into an expert rider. I’m very pleased as a result of I feel that on this group, I can develop lots each in one-day races and in stage races. Within the coming years I hope to deliver dwelling wonderful ends in the races the place I’ve more room, and clearly assist the group for the absolute best consequence. I do effectively on brief climbs, and I’ve dash. I handle to emerge in small teams, within the subsequent few years I need to enhance lots on lengthy climbs and in stage races and perhaps someday win an enormous race. I’m trying ahead to beginning with Crew Jayco AlUla within the WorldTour in 2024.”
Davide De Pretto
Date of Beginning: nineteenth April 2002 (21)
Nationality: Italy
Joins GreenEDGE Biking: 2024 & 2025
Prime Outcomes:
1st Trofeo Alcide Degaspeii (2023)
1st GP Basic Retailer (2023)
1st Giro Subsequent Gen – Factors Classification (2023)
2nd Giro Subsequent Gen – Stage 6 (2023)
2nd Giro del Belverdere (2023)
2nd Giro del Medio Brenta (2022)
third Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23 (2023)
third European Continental Championships U23 Highway Race (2022)
Belgian Expertise Vito Braet Joins Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
The gifted Belgian rider Vito Braet will be a part of Intermarché-Circus-Wanty on 1st of January 2024. The 22 12 months previous neo-pro will make his World Tour debut for not less than the following two seasons, following within the footsteps of his compatriots Aimé De Gendt, Pieter Vanspeybrouck or extra not too long ago Rune Herregodts and Arne Marit, who all joined the Walloon group coming from Crew Flanders – Baloise.
This season, the allround rider instantly distinguished himself within the Etoile de Bessèges, as winner of the mountain jersey thanks to 2 consecutive lengthy breakaways. He then collected prime ten ends in Le Samyn (ninth), the GP Monseré (eighth) and the Ronde van Drenthe (tenth) in March.
In April, he completed within the prime twenty of the tough and moist Brabantse Pijl (sixteenth) for the second version in a row. In Might he achieved his first podium as an expert rider towards the perfect sprinters on the earth, taking third in a bunch dash within the Tour of Hungary behind Fabio Jakobsen and Phil Bauhaus.
Vito Braet: “I used to be honoured by the curiosity of Intermarché-Circus-Wanty and my first contact with Aike Visbeek. Like Rune Herregodts and Arne Marit final 12 months, the group wished to supply me the chance to step as much as the World Tour coming from improvement construction Flanders-Baloise. I’ll be reunited with my two former teammates, who each confirmed their potential this season. Like them, I’ve the ambition to learn from the investments of the group to make development and I’m satisfied that it’s attainable to make steps already this winter. I’m trying ahead to bike becoming periods and aero checks on the time trial bike for instance, as a result of I connect significance to this self-discipline. My race programme will probably be extra selective as a way to put together my targets in a more practical means. I’ll study lots with Intermarché-Circus-Wanty, for instance from its method within the races. I solely heard and skim optimistic issues concerning the tools right here, so I can’t wait to leap on a Dice bike for the primary time!”
Aike Visbeek (Efficiency Supervisor): “We connect loads of significance to the classics, that’s why we’re constantly constructing our group of younger skills with capabilities of displaying themselves in tough races and with a development margin. Vito Braet has proven that he’s capable of keep a excessive degree throughout an extended race block. In preparation of the 2023 spring classics he distinguished himself in an offensive position within the Etoile de Bessèges by successful the mountain classification thanks to 2 successive lengthy breakaways. He then obtained ends in cobble classics and difficult races such because the Brabantse Pijl. In Might he completed third in a bunch dash within the Tour of Hungary, forward of riders similar to Ewan, Bennett or Groenewegen. The truth that he’s a trusted factor of the nationwide choices and his time trial performances within the youth classes additionally satisfied us about his capabilities. I count on him to comply with within the footsteps of his compatriots Rune Herregodts and Arne Marit and to quickly make steps ahead within the colors of Intermarché-Circus-Wanty.”
UAE Crew Emirates Pronounces Wave of Rider Contract Renewals
McNulty, Soler, Laengen and Oliveira twins all commit for the longer term.
UAE Crew Emirates has continued to construct for the longer term with the renovation of a number of riders for the approaching years:
Brandon McNulty, 25, has prolonged his deal to remain within the Emirati colors till 2027. The American joined UAE in 2020 and has taken a number of vital victories in that point and been a part of many group success.
Marc Soler, 29, has prolonged his present contract till 2025, with the Catalan rider bringing his distinctive model of racing to the group.
Each Rui and Ivo Oliveira, 26, have penned offers by to the tip of 2027, with each riders establishing themselves in vital group roles.
Vegard Stake Laengen, 34, extends till 2025. The massive Norwegian has been within the group since its inception in 2017 and has been a part of two Tour de France successful groups.
Unprecedented partnership sees BMC Switzerland and Tudor Professional Biking strengthen their imaginative and prescient with a further six-year dedication
Constructing on an current four-year historical past with the group because the Swiss Racing Academy, BMC is at the moment asserting its continued help of Tudor Professional Biking for an trade first, further six years.
The group, which joined the skilled biking world this 12 months, is the unification of two companions with a transparent and particular imaginative and prescient – to develop essentially the most profitable Swiss biking group ever. Tudor Professional Biking strives to construct a robust racing setting targeted on rider improvement, while BMC works meticulously to design and produce solely the best high quality bikes to help the riders on the pinnacle of the game.
The mission at BMC is to create the quickest bikes on the earth throughout all disciplines and the BMC Racing Program is key to this. By working intently with the athletes, management and the trade, BMC is ready to realise the improvements of the longer term and main into ’24, Tudor will probably be racing on a brand new platform of bikes, developed in shut collaboration with the group.
This subsequent section for the group represents a brand new normal of partnership inside biking. A six-year dedication highlights the drive and motivation to work collectively and get the group to the highest of its sport. Coupled with the help of the extremely prestigious Swiss watch model Tudor on board, and with former World and Olympic Champion Fabian Cancellara’s involvement and steering since 2021, the way forward for the group is vibrant.
BMC started its relationship with the group since its inception, serving to present a pathway for younger expertise to progress to the highest degree of the game. The Swiss improvement group that paved the best way for the likes of Stefan Bissegger and Mauro Schmid to turn into prime WorldTour professionals continues to supply gifted racers. With Swiss riders Yannis Voisard and Joel Suter main the cost for the skilled group, wins from the likes of Dane Alexander Kamp and Dutchman Arvid de Kleijn this season offered inspiration to the upcoming expertise on the 13-man roster of the under-23 squad.
David Zurcher – CEO, BMC Group: “We’re excited to proceed on this journey with Tudor Professional Biking and really feel assured about what will be achieved collectively within the subsequent six years. The group goes from power to power and with the large title additions to the ’24 roster, mixed with new bikes, we’re able to push the boundaries of what’s attainable!”
Fabian Cancellara – Crew Proprietor: “It has been an enormous step up for our group this season and the fellows have delivered on each entrance. Our relationship with BMC has been – and continues to be – a key part of our progress and improvement. The geographical proximity of the 2 head workplaces signifies that the connection goes past the standard one between sponsor and group. We work and develop collectively, day-after-day. At Tudor Professional Biking we attempt for excellence in each side. And BMC ship.”
Raphael Meyer – Tudor Professional Biking CEO: “We need to work with the perfect at Tudor Professional Biking and with BMC we’ve precisely that – the best bikes any skilled group may want for. We look ahead to a profitable future with our Swiss focussed supporters and companions.”
BMC with Tudor for six years:
Girls’s Tour of Poland Subsequent 12 months
The Tour de Pologne can have a girls’s model in 2024. Race director John Lelangue advised WielerFlits final week. The race will happen in the summertime, however not concurrently the boys’s occasion.
“We nonetheless have to attend for the UCI calendar, however will probably be subsequent 12 months,” stated Lelangue. “It is not going to happen concurrently the Tour de Pologne. That may be very tough for tv and likewise with the roads. However it’ll undoubtedly be in the summertime.”
The Tour of Poland additionally had a girls’s race previously. From 2000 to 2008, the Tour de Pologne Féminin was on this system yearly, with Kirsten Wild because the winner in 2007. In 2016, the race returned as soon as on the calendar and Jolanda Neff claimed the general victory, however the race has not been held since then.
The Girl’s Tour de Pologne again in 2024:
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