All the most recent information from Glasgow, Scotland: Worlds’23 Blended Relay and the U23 Particular person Time Path, plus the Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta prologue. Outcomes, experiences, 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 trip the Gravel World championship and George Bennett leaves UAE Staff Emirates,
Staff information: Is the top imminent for the Human Powered Well being males’s crew? Sylvan Adams defends ‘retirement residence’ 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 Staff Emirates declares rider renewals and BMC and Tudor seal six-year dedication.
Race information: Ladies’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 have to 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,” mentioned Pedersen. “I didn’t have sufficient confidence in my tires and so I didn’t take too many dangers.”
The battle for silver then grew to become a battle for bronze. Pedersen began the dash with Pogačar on his wheel on the again straight. “I assumed I might beat Tadej in a dash, however ultimately it was not potential to do greater than this. So sure, we’ve got to accept fourth place.”
Regardless of the disappointing ending, Pedersen was happy with the work of his crew. 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 nicely and we have been in a position to do nearly the whole lot we got down to do. So I feel we could be happy, even when ultimately I didn’t ship what we had hoped for.”
4th for Pedersen:
World Championships – Blended Relay 2023
Switzerland received the 2023 Blended 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 in opposition to 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 intention at. That they had a robust crew 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 way of, they have been 19 seconds quicker than the Italians.
The Dutch males misplaced 41 seconds to the Swiss after 20 kilometres, in all probability attributable to Daan Hoole’s crash. He needed to abandon after he hit the boundaries, 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 lads completed, however issues didn’t go nicely 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 overlook a couple of medal. Reusser was okay and will nonetheless assist her teammates.
The Dutch girls had crossed the road and have been nicely away from the medals. After Germany, Australia and Italy had completed, France was nonetheless within the lead. Switzerland was the one nation that would nonetheless beat the time of the French crew. Reusser, Elise Chabbey and Nicole Koller did nicely regardless of Reusser’s dangerous luck. The ladies misplaced a while on the French of their time trial, however nonetheless received by 7 seconds. Swiss received gold, forward of the French and the Germans.
Switzerland received the gold medal within the Blended Relay with Stefan Küng, Stefan Bissegger, Mauro Schmid, Marlen Reusser, Elise Chabbey and Nicole Koller. Marlen Reusser: “I particularly wish to apologize to the crew, I actually scared them. Perhaps I might have made it extra thrilling for the followers. It is rather good to turn into World champion for the second time in a row. It exhibits that we’ve got a robust crew. Everybody wished to get entangled once more this yr, which is good.”
Stefan Küng: “Right now we actually wished to win and defend our title. Schmid, Bissegger and I knew the course nicely 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 might begin with a head begin and thus had much less stress. Monday was all about restoration for me. Right now I additionally didn’t wish to put an excessive amount of stress on myself, as a result of Friday is a vital day for me. How did I really feel at the moment? My legs damage extra in the course of the warm-up than in the course of the race itself.”
World Championships Blended Relay Consequence:
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 received the U23 Time Trial World championship on Wednesday. On the finish of the 36.2 kilometres, ending on a cobblestone climb to Stirling Fortress, the Italian was the quickest after a duel with the opposite high 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 mean pace 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 beneath Milesi’s break up time was high 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 remaining climb, a part of which have been on cobblestones, to Stirling Fortress, 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 look at Segaert too on a regular basis because it was shut between us. I simply went full from the begin to the top. There was a headwind within the first half so it was vital to start out nicely after which stick with it. I simply gave it the whole lot to the road. I knew that I wanted to push full to the top. It’s not sunk in but, I feel I’ll want a second to understand simply what’s occurred. I wish to thank everybody that’s been part of this.”
World Campionships – U23 Time Trial Consequence:
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 residence Tour, can also be the primary total chief.
The time variations have been small within the high 10 of the stage outcome. 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 yr, the general victory went to Mauricio Moreira from Uruguay, who was third at the moment.
2nd on the stage and total, Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi): “I’m fairly pleased, though additionally unhappy on the identical 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. Initially, I felt good, I went on the high, and I used to be in a position to 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 a must to be proud of the beginning of the return and in these ten days that stay to provide the whole lot and for the whole lot.”
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Prologue Consequence:
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) Staff Vorarlberg
8. Daniel Babor (CZ) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9. Moran Vermeulen (Aust) Staff Vorarlberg at 0:06
10. Antonio Jesús Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi.
Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Total 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) Staff Vorarlberg
8. Daniel Babor (CZ) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9. Moran Vermeulen (Aust) Staff 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 unbelievable method 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 might cease Mathieu. Congratulations on successful this nicely deserved world title!”
It isn’t the primary time that Van der Poel has acquired congratulations from King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. After his World titles in cyclo-cross, he additionally acquired congratulations from the royal household.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima:
Tadej Pogačar Receives a Wonderful 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 Staff 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 trip the time trial on Friday.
Wonderful for Pogačar on the Worlds:
Wout van Aert to Trip the Gravel World Championship
Will Wout van Aert be initially of the Gravel Worlds in Veneto, Italy on Sunday 8 October? In keeping with Jan Bakelants, who recurrently trains with Van Aert, it appears that evidently method. “I feel there’s a good probability that he’ll participate within the Gravel World championships,” mentioned the previous skilled on the Wuyts and Vlaeminck podcast.
“I don’t suppose that’s a secret,” says Bakelants. “The crew has to permit it, however it’s an possibility that he participates. I feel he’ll. Van der Poel additionally did it final yr.”
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 trip final yr.
Bakelants might also be initially. “I’m certified, however solely in my age group, I feel. I solely wish to trip if I can begin with the true professionals. I do know that I actually don’t have any probability, however then I’ve the expertise of getting ridden with the true professionals.”
Van Aert for gravel champs?
George Bennett Leaves UAE Staff Emirates, Attainable Change to Soudal Fast-Step
George Bennett won’t race for UAE Staff Emirates in 2024. In keeping with La Gazetto dello Sport, Soudal Fast-Step can be one of many (essential) candidates to take the New Zealander.
The Belgian crew is searching for climbers to strengthen the core round Remco Evenepoel. Bennett had that function with Jumbo-Visma. Since 2022, the 33 year-old rider has had that process at UAE Staff Emirates, however he has not reached his previous stage just lately. Final yr he dropped out early within the Tour de France, he didn’t trip a Grand Tour this yr. He just lately completed seventh within the Tour of Austria.
Soudal Fast-Step can also be enthusiastic about Mikel Landa, who’s keen to modify. Patrick Evenepoel, the daddy and supervisor of Remco Evenepoel, hopes that the crew round his son can be strengthened. He just lately expressed his dissatisfaction in a number of interviews. “No higher climbers have been recruited but,” he mentioned to Het Laatste Nieuws. “There have been boys keen to come back, however all types 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 smart that we begin asking ourselves questions.”
George Bennett to ?
Is The Finish Imminent for the Human Powered Well being Males’s Staff?
It appears just like the Human Powered Well being males’s crew will disappear from the skilled peloton after 2023. GCN experiences that the American ProTeam is having issues discovering sponsors. The Human Powered Well being girls’s crew, which is a part of the Ladies’s WorldTour, will proceed.
The riders of the lads’s crew have been knowledgeable on Monday morning concerning the imminent finish of the crew. Nevertheless, efforts are nonetheless being made to maintain the crew going. “There nonetheless appears to be some form of rescue potential,” a supply advised GCN. “I do know the administration works tremendous onerous and so they have carried out an incredible job up to now. 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 primary sponsor of the American crew since 2022, which began in 2007 on the Continental stage as Kelly Profit Methods/Medifast. The crew 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 crew made the transfer to the ProContinental stage.
Human Powered Well being no extra?
Sylvan Adams Defends ‘Retirement House’ Israel Premier-Tech
Sylvan Adams thinks the criticism that Israel Premier-Tech is a ‘retirement residence’ 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 residence. I do probably not 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 crew who’ve already recognized successes. Chris Froome is the textbook instance of this. In fact it hasn’t at all times labored out nicely,” he advised Cyclingnews.
Adams factors out that Clarke, Woods and Domenico Pozzovivo do obtain good outcomes for the Israeli crew. “If somebody simply delivers, who cares? Superior! If they’ll win like Woods and Clarke, then I’m completely wonderful with older riders.”
“Clearly Froome didn’t end up fairly the best way we wished, however there was an concept behind it. He was and is likely one of the finest GC riders of his era and we wished to play a component within the GC.” Froome will stick with the crew for years to come back, Adams continued. The Brit continues to be beneath contract till 2025. “A contract is a dedication that we’ve got given. We attempt to not get away from that.”
Evidently Israel Premier-Tech has modified barely. Final yr, Derek Gee and Marco Frigo, amongst others, have been introduced into the crew, 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:
Staff Jayco AlUla to Strengthen its Normal Classification Squad with Spanish Champion Mavi Garcia in 2024 & 2025
As a part of the great biking plan for 2024 and past, which sees Liv Racing TeqFind mix forces with Staff 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 checklist of palmarès in among the greatest races on the ladies’s UCI WorldTour calendar.
A Giro d’Italia total podium finisher, Garcia has what it takes to steer the Australian outfit of their hunt for basic classification success within the coming seasons, along with her signing set to bolster the squad, because it continues so as to add power and depth to all areas, with ambitions of changing into probably the greatest 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 along with her open and aggressive racing method. The Spaniard is at all times keen to take dangers in try and 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 – Staff Jayco AlUla Normal Supervisor: “Mavi is a really thrilling addition to the crew, she joins us as a part of the thrilling new undertaking with Liv Biking and having her come onboard is a really massive 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 got been impressed along with her racing type through the years, regardless of coming into the WorldTour peloton at a reasonably late age. Having Mavi onboard, I feel it may well change our method and the way we race going ahead with having an actual goal within the Grand Excursions which have gotten increasingly more demanding every season.”
Mavi Garcia: “I’m pleased to hitch the crew as a result of from the skin it appears like a really good ambiance. I’ve at all times thought that it’s a nice construction, very skilled and we had made some makes an attempt earlier than and at last now our paths meet. Yearly I’ve been bettering so much, this yr has not been the perfect for me, however I’ve additionally realized many issues. I by no means go backwards, at all times forwards and above all with enthusiasm. I would really like to have the ability to benefit from the races collectively in 2024 with the crew and I hope that we are able to create a robust union to attain 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 Start: 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 – Total (2022)
Veronica Ewers Indicators with EF Schooling-Cannondale Starting in 2024
EF Schooling-Cannondale, our new UCI Ladies’s Continental crew debuting in 2024, proudly declares Veronica Ewers will be a part of our roster.
The American climber is barely in her second season of being knowledgeable bike owner and has already proven her aptitude within the peloton. Final yr, 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 received the ultimate stage within the Competition Elsy Jacobs the place she completed second total. She took first place on the Navarra Elite Classics the day after inserting 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 total on the three-stage Tour de Romandie. This yr, Ewers was within the high 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 conversant in EF each as an organization and as a associate in biking, knew instantly that she wished to signal with the brand new EF Schooling-Cannondale crew.
“I’m actually excited to be a part of an EF crew and to be a part of rising one thing profitable collectively,” she says. “I actually recognize EF as an organization eager to ensure that males’s and ladies’s biking are considered equally and handled equally. I feel that’s a extremely massive step in our sport.”
She appears ahead to the shut relationship that EF Schooling-Cannondale will share with the lads’s WorldTour crew, EF Schooling-EasyPost.
“Becoming a member of EF Schooling-Cannondale goes again to my roots beginning out as a bike owner. I began biking by coaching and racing with a bunch of fellows and I feel that actually helped me enhance as a bike owner so I’m actually pleased to be a part of a coed crew.”
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 can be large. There are quite a lot of assets in Girona already as a result of it’s such a centre for cyclists however with the crew service course right here and the assets round, it is going to be so handy to have these assets close by.”
Ewers is a pure chief whose power on the bike lies in her climbing skills.
“I’m very a lot nonetheless rising and growing as a rider however I think about subsequent yr I’ll be a race chief at occasions, particularly in the case of the grand excursions. I’m hoping to even have extra alternatives to work on being a help rider for my teammates on different days.”
Staff basic supervisor Esra Tromp recognises Ewers’ energy but in addition understands that the 28-year-old nonetheless desires 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 function is to assist her proceed to develop by offering her with alternatives and assets. Her eagerness to be taught, mixed along with her tenacious character and the mindset of a high athlete, are traits we recognize and stay up for 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 top of 2026. “Jonathan is a rider that we’ve got adopted for a very long time, since lengthy earlier than the Giro,” mentioned Luca Guercilena, the crew supervisor of the American crew.
In that Giro d’Italia, Milan received one stage and completed second 4 occasions. 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 higher achievements. With the unconditional assist of Lidl-Trek, he has the potential to turn into probably the greatest cyclists on this planet. His dedication and values are an ideal match for our crew’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 greatest want for my journey at Lidl-Trek is to attain outcomes, develop and luxuriate in what I do,” mentioned the 22 year-old rider. “I wish to finish this nice yr on a excessive word after which dedicate myself absolutely 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 crew from 2024. All three have signed a two-year contract.
Bystrøm comes from the Intermarché-Circus-Wanty crew. The 31-year-old Norwegian has been racing for the Belgian crew since 2022, earlier than that he was with UAE Staff Emirates. For Bystrøm, 2023 began nicely with a seventh place within the remaining classification of the Santos Tour Down Beneath, however after that he primarily had dangerous luck. Within the Giro d’Italia he needed to abandon due covid, though he initially continued to trip 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 crew in 2021, after driving for a number of years at NIPPO DELKO One Provence. Final yr Rochas completed second behind Matteo Trentin within the Giro del Veneto.
Russo comes from one other French crew, 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 driving his whole skilled profession for Arkéa-Samsic and its predecessor Fortuneo-Samsic.
Soudal Fast-Step Indicators Luke Lamperti
The gifted US rider can be a member of the crew till no less than the top of 2025.
Hailing from California, the place he used to trip his bike at first as a part of his coaching for moto-cross, Luke Lamperti has turned in current seasons into some of the 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 exceptional palmarès for the age of 20: a three-time US Criterium Nationwide Champion, he’s additionally put his title on the winners’ checklist 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 regarded as much as this crew since I used to be a extremely little child and I’m actually excited to hitch them and see the place this takes me. Soudal Fast-Step is thought for growing younger guys and this had a large impression on my choice to come back right here. It’s the fitting 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 driving 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.”, mentioned Luke, who in June 2021, on the age of 18, grew to become the youngest US Criterium Nationwide Champion.
“We’ve recognized Luke for a while now and we’re delighted that he determined to show professional with us. He’s some of the gifted riders coming from the U23 ranks, he has quite a lot of potential, and a giant love for the Classics, so he’s in the fitting place to find the Belgian one-day races and develop. We stay up for the following two years”, mentioned Soudal Fast-Step CEO Patrick Lefevere.
Lamperti to Soudal Fast-Step:
Max Kanter Goes to Astana Qazaqstan
Astana Qazaqstan Staff welcomes the German sprinter Max Kanter (25), who’s shifting to the Kazakh crew for the next two seasons (2024 and 2025).
“It’s a good transfer to me. Astana Qazaqstan Staff is a crew with an incredible and profitable historical past in biking. Wanting again to the beginning of my biking profession I bear in mind Astana very nicely as a crew with quite a lot of successes. Becoming a member of the crew now means so much 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 in addition the continuation of the bettering which the crew is aiming for in dash. I’m prepared and I’m trying ahead to assist the crew on this progress”, mentioned Max Kanter.
Max Kanter acquired some robust outcomes each in Junior and Beneath 23 classes, in 2018 changing 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.
Through the present season Max Kanter labored so much for different riders, but in addition scored 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 Beneath 23 class and initially of his professional profession, however later, maybe he missed one thing to indicate 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 it is going to be wanted. I’d say it’s a good switch for Astana, it can assist us to proceed our work on creating a robust and profitable sprinter group”, mentioned Alexandr Vinokurov, Normal Supervisor of Astana Qazaqstan Staff.
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 hitch our new girls’s crew. The younger expertise from Switzerland can’t 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 heart to get to the entrance of the pack and energy to dash over quick, steep climbs.
“I actually just like the classics,” Noemi says. “I’m fairly a punchy rider, so these races swimsuit me rather well. I prefer it when it will get hectic within the bunch and it’s a must to be nicely positioned, as it’s simply going up and down all day and over the cobbles. You must know when it’s a must to be the place. Something can occur in these races and no person is aware of how they will unfold. I feel that makes it actually thrilling.”
For a similar motive, Noemi is happy for this subsequent stage in her profession. When she began driving as a younger lady, she had no concept that she would possibly turn into a professional. She simply wished to maintain up along 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 quite a lot of cyclocross at first after which turned to highway biking,” she says. “I did do a little bit of mountain-biking as nicely, however by no means actually loved the coaching. I simply wished to trip my bike.”
Her bike introduced Noemi far. When she was a junior, she earned a spot on the Swiss nationwide crew 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 100% on biking. Racing within the WorldTour over the previous two seasons, she has secured 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 basic supervisor Esra Tromp has stored an in depth eye on Noemi’s improvement and is as impressed by her development as an individual as her achievements on the bike.
“Noemi is an excellent candy lady, who has grown so much in her persona as nicely,” Tromp says. “She now dares to talk up and that can be actually vital to have within the crew. She is a connector. She continues to be tremendous younger, so she nonetheless has issues to be taught, however she is tremendous motivated and desirous to be taught. I like that about her. She made a giant step this yr within the bodily half too. She is an excellent good teammate, but in addition a punchy rider, so we have to see the place she is going to find yourself, however she might carry out rather well within the classic-style races like Gent-Wevelgem or Plouay.”
These are the races that Noemi likes finest, although she desires to contribute proper by way of the yr.
“My massive 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 ambiance and the way they actually deliver you shut with the crew, 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 is going to get loads of possibilities to develop as a racer and helpful teammate.
“Noemi is a rider who want some freedom within the races,” Tromp says. “She must trip various kinds of races to carry out at a extremely excessive stage.”
Noemi likes how that sounds. She is satisfied by our ethos and might’t wait to make our start-up yr a hit.
“I’m actually excited to hitch EF Schooling-Cannondale this coming yr,” she says. “I feel it’s a good step for me proper now. The crew looks as if a extremely good match, with a peaceful ambiance. You actually really feel just like the organisation desires to develop girls’s crew and ladies are actually vital to them, not simply the lads. I really feel like that is going to be a protected surroundings and I will develop in a protected surroundings.”
We couldn’t have mentioned it higher, Noemi. Welcome to EF Schooling-Cannondale!
Noemi Rüegg:
Staff Jayco AlUla look to the longer term with the signing of younger Italian expertise Davide De Pretto
Staff 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 isn’t any stranger to the crew after a stint as a stagiaire on the finish of the 2022 season, and GreenEDGE Biking crew administration has been protecting an in depth eye on his progress throughout a profitable 2023 season, that has seen him rack up a number of stellar victories and podium finishes at U23 stage.
An outstanding victory within the factors classification on the 2023 Giro Subsequent Gen and a podium end on the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège display De Pretto’s uncooked expertise and big potential, together with wins on the GP Normal Retailer and Trofeo Alcide DeGasperi to call a number of.
The Australian outfit consider that the teen from Thiene can turn into a star of the longer term as they give the impression of being to hone his climbing capacity and assist develop him for the calls for of WorldTour racing.
Brent Copeland – Staff Jayco AlUla Normal Supervisor: “Davide is a really gifted U23 rider who we had on the crew final yr as a trainee and we acquired see what sort of character he’s, and he fitted very nicely into the crew surroundings. He’s a really respectful individual and he has the fitting mentality and traits that go nicely with our crew and philosophies. This yr he has been unimaginable, the variety of outcomes he has achieved within the U23 class has been spectacular to see. He’s a climber and a punchy form 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 crew 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 knowledgeable rider. I’m very pleased as a result of I feel that on this crew, I can develop so much each in one-day races and in stage races. Within the coming years I hope to deliver residence glorious leads to the races the place I’ve extra space, and clearly assist the crew for the absolute best outcome. I do nicely on quick climbs, and I’ve dash. I handle to emerge in small teams, within the subsequent few years I wish to enhance so much on lengthy climbs and in stage races and perhaps sooner or later win a giant race. I’m trying ahead to beginning with Staff Jayco AlUla within the WorldTour in 2024.”
Davide De Pretto
Date of Start: nineteenth April 2002 (21)
Nationality: Italy
Joins GreenEDGE Biking: 2024 & 2025
Prime Outcomes:
1st Trofeo Alcide Degaspeii (2023)
1st GP Normal 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 yr previous neo-pro will make his World Tour debut for no less than the following two seasons, following within the footsteps of his compatriots Aimé De Gendt, Pieter Vanspeybrouck or extra just lately Rune Herregodts and Arne Marit, who all joined the Walloon crew coming from Staff 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 high ten leads to Le Samyn (ninth), the GP Monseré (eighth) and the Ronde van Drenthe (tenth) in March.
In April, he completed within the high twenty of the troublesome and moist Brabantse Pijl (sixteenth) for the second version in a row. In Might he achieved his first podium as knowledgeable rider in opposition to the perfect sprinters on this planet, 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 yr, the crew 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 crew to make development and I’m satisfied that it’s potential to make steps already this winter. I’m trying ahead to bike becoming periods and aero exams on the time trial bike for instance, as a result of I connect significance to this self-discipline. My race programme can be extra selective so as to put together my objectives in a simpler method. I’ll be taught so much with Intermarché-Circus-Wanty, for instance from its method within the races. I solely heard and browse constructive issues concerning the gear right here, so I can’t wait to leap on a Dice bike for the primary time!”
Aike Visbeek (Efficiency Supervisor): “We connect quite a lot of significance to the classics, that’s why we’re repeatedly constructing our group of younger abilities with capabilities of exhibiting themselves in troublesome races and with a development margin. Vito Braet has proven that he’s in a position to preserve a excessive stage throughout a protracted race block. In preparation of the 2023 spring classics he distinguished himself in an offensive function within the Etoile de Bessèges by successful the mountain classification thanks to 2 successive lengthy breakaways. He then obtained leads to 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 comparable 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 observe 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 Staff Emirates Proclaims Wave of Rider Contract Renewals
McNulty, Soler, Laengen and Oliveira twins all commit for the longer term.
UAE Staff 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 crew success.
Marc Soler, 29, has prolonged his present contract till 2025, with the Catalan rider bringing his distinctive type of racing to the crew.
Each Rui and Ivo Oliveira, 26, have penned offers by way of to the top of 2027, with each riders establishing themselves in vital crew roles.
Vegard Stake Laengen, 34, extends till 2025. The massive Norwegian has been within the crew 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 present four-year historical past with the crew because the Swiss Racing Academy, BMC is at the moment asserting its continued help of Tudor Professional Biking for an business first, further six years.
The crew, which joined the skilled biking world this yr, is the unification of two companions with a transparent and particular imaginative and prescient – to develop probably the most profitable Swiss biking crew ever. Tudor Professional Biking strives to construct a robust racing surroundings centered on rider improvement, while BMC works meticulously to design and produce solely the very 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 this planet throughout all disciplines and the BMC Racing Program is prime to this. By working intently with the athletes, management and the business, BMC is ready to realise the improvements of the longer term and main into ’24, Tudor can be racing on a brand new platform of bikes, developed in shut collaboration with the crew.
This subsequent section for the crew represents a brand new customary of partnership inside biking. A six-year dedication highlights the drive and motivation to work collectively and get the crew 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 crew is shiny.
BMC started its relationship with the crew since its inception, serving to present a pathway for younger expertise to progress to the highest stage of the game. The Swiss improvement crew that paved the best way for the likes of Stefan Bissegger and Mauro Schmid to turn into high WorldTour professionals continues to supply gifted racers. With Swiss riders Yannis Voisard and Joel Suter main the cost for the skilled crew, 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 could be achieved collectively within the subsequent six years. The crew goes from power to power and with the massive title additions to the ’24 roster, mixed with new bikes, we’re able to push the boundaries of what’s potential!”
Fabian Cancellara – Staff Proprietor: “It has been a giant step up for our crew this season and the blokes 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 implies that the connection goes past the standard one between sponsor and crew. We work and develop collectively, daily. At Tudor Professional Biking we attempt for excellence in each side. And BMC ship.”
Raphael Meyer – Tudor Professional Biking CEO: “We wish to work with the perfect at Tudor Professional Biking and with BMC we’ve got precisely that – the best bikes any skilled crew might want for. We stay up for a profitable future with our Swiss focussed supporters and companions.”
BMC with Tudor for six years:
Ladies’s Tour of Poland Subsequent 12 months
The Tour de Pologne may have a girls’s model in 2024. Race director John Lelangue advised WielerFlits final week. The race will happen in the summertime, however not similtaneously the lads’s occasion.
“We nonetheless have to attend for the UCI calendar, however it is going to be subsequent yr,” mentioned Lelangue. “It won’t happen similtaneously the Tour de Pologne. That could be very troublesome for tv and likewise with the roads. However it can undoubtedly be in the summertime.”
The Tour of Poland additionally had a girls’s race up to now. 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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