American Adrien Costa will get a chance in the big leagues as a trainee for the Etixx-Quickstep team later this year. The junior world championship silver medalist in the time trial, who is part of the Axeon-Hagens Berman development team, joins Ivan Cortina and Hamish Schreurs (Klein Constantina) as the cycling equivalent of interns.
Wanty-Goupe Gobert also announced their trainees, Xandro Meurisse (Crelan-Vastgoedservice), who recently claimed a top 10 in the Tour de Wallonie, and Jenthe Biermans (SEG Racing Academy).
Still just 18, Costa has been one of the US's biggest talents to emerge from its development programs. He was twice the silver medalist at the world championships time trial as a junior, and this season won a stage in the Tour des Pays de Savoie, the overall at the Tour de Bretagne - Trophée des Granitiers, and was third in the U23 time trial championships in the US.
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Schreurs, a New Zealand native, is the country's U23 champion and won the Carpathian Couriers Race and was third in the U23 Paris-Roubaix. Cortina placed top 10 in both the U23 Ronde van Vlaanderen and U23 Paris-Roubaix this year.
Schreurs will debut this weekend at the Prudential RideLondon, Cortina will start at the Dwars door het Hageland, and Costa will debut in September after completing the Tour of Utah with Axeon-Hagens Berman.
Wanty-Groupe Gobert brings Meurisse into the team as a trainee after the 24-year-old Belgian placed seventh overall in the Tour de Wallonie and won a stage and placed third overall in the 4 Days of Dunkirk this season.
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