The women’s and men’s teams are set to kick off the 2020 season at the Santos Tour Down Under WOMEN Trek-Segafredo will line up for the fifth Santos Women’s Tour Down Under, the opening professional women’s race on the international cycling calendar, with a strong six-rider squad eager to fight for stage honors as well as the General Classification. The Australian four-stage race kicks-off on January 16 in Adelaide with a parcours designed to provide sprinters, climbers and all-rounders alike the chance to fight for glory. After a stellar performance in the 2019 edition, which saw Letizia Paternoster sprint to victory on…
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The Australian, racing in Team INEOS colours for the first time, leads a strong lineup for the first race of the 2020 season – the team’s first full campaign as Team INEOS. Pavel Sivakov and Dylan van Baarle will also give the team options in Adelaide, while Chris Lawless will contest the sprint stages. Owain Doull, Luke Rowe and Ian Stannard complete the seven-man team. Sport Director Brett Lancaster will be at the helm for the WorldTour opener. He said: “We’re taking seven strong guys into the race. Rohan has won the race before and knows what it takes to…
For 2020 UAE Team Emirates and Adidas Colombia will join forces as part of a two-year deal with the brand. The iconic sportswear manufacturer will become the team’s official supplier for casual clothing and footwear for all riders and staff. Team principal, Mauro Gianetti, said having a brand like adidas on board will help the team in achieving its goal of rising to the very top of world cycling. “We are delighted to announce the partnership with a global and important brand like adidas, who are coming on board with one of the biggest teams in cycling. It’s not a secret…
Trek-Segafredo General Manager Luca Guercilena shares 2019 reflections and 2020 expectancies When bikes were loaded into the truck on October 22 at the Tour of Guangxi, the 2019 Trek-Segafredo season officially came to an end. 2019 was memorable with numerous unforgettable wins and achievements. In the men’s team, Bauke Mollema had the best year of his career, and youngsters like Mads Pedersen and Giulio Ciccone had absolute breakthrough seasons. The women’s team exceeded expectations in its maiden voyage with 9 out of the 12 women netting wins, and Lizzie Deignan’s comeback season highlighted with an emotional victory in the Ovo Energy Women’s Tour. Looking back across the…
Israel SUN co-founder and co-owner Ron Baron tells how and why the team came to be In 2014, Israeli businessman and hobby cyclist Ron Baron met up with former pro cyclist Ran Margaliot. Lamenting that Israel had no real culture of cycling and therefore offered no opportunities for cycling and cyclists to develop, they decide to do something about it. Within six months they had established the Israel Cycling Academy, the first pro cycling team in Israel. And now, only a few years later, under the new name of Israel Start-Up Nation, the team has joined the highest ranks of…
Emirati team will kick-off their 2020 season at the Tour Down Under which runs from 21-26 January. The race takes place over six stages in and around the city of Adelaide and will provide opportunities for both sprinters and climbers throughout the week. The World Tour season opener will conclude on Stage 6 on the famous Willunga Hill which has decided the overall winner in previous years. The team will be hoping to build on the solid results from 2019 where Jasper Philipsen had a stage win and Diego Ulissi finished in the top-10 on GC. Prior to the race,…
Despite no longer being a fully-committed cyclocross racer, AG2R La Mondiale rider Clement Venturini aspires to retain his national champion title at the French Cyclocross Championships in Flamanville on January 12. “Even if I no longer participate in the entire cyclocross season, I am very attached to the French Champion’s jersey. For the second time in my career (after 2018), I will find myself at the start to defend my title. So far, my preparation has gone well. I’m going to start with humility; I know the difficulty of one day racing since anything can happen during this hour of…
The organisers of the Tour de France have chosen the teams that will take part in the 107th edition (June 27- July 19). In accordance with Union Cycliste Internationale rules, the following nineteen UCI WorldTeams are automatically invited to the race : AG2R La Mondiale (Fra)Astana Pro Team (Kaz)Bahrain – McLaren (Brn)Bora – Hansgrohe (Ger)CCC Team (Pol)Cofidis (Fra)Deceuninck – Quick-Step (Bel)EF Pro Cycling (Usa)Groupama – FDJ (Fra)Israel Start-Up Nation (Isr)Lotto Soudal (Bel)Mitchelton – Scott (Aus)Movistar Team (Esp)NTT Pro Cycling Team (Rsa)Team Ineos (Gbr)Team Jumbo – Visma (Ned)Team Sunweb (Ger)Trek – Segafredo (Usa)UAE Team Emirates (Uae) Furthermore, the Total Direct Energie…