There was little surprise that the Canyon-SRAM boss, Ronny Lauke, snapped up former world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot when the French rider appeared on the transfer market. After all, the 24-year-old is one of the most decorated riders in the current peloton and, with Lauke’s team looking for a winner, the marriage appeared too good to turn down.
Canyon-SRAM underwent something of a refurbishment at the end of 2015, with several experienced leaders moving on and new, younger, riders taking up the reigns.
The loss of Trixi Worrack for a large portion of the season due to injury hardly helped matters, with the vastly experienced German a pivotal member of the team. A lack of climbing prowess also hampered the team, though they did pull off a number of impressive wins.
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Lauke is confident that if his new signing can rediscover her form from 2014 the team will have a new dynamic and tactic to play with in 2017.
“It’s a big signing. We have a functioning structure but we’re always looking for personalities and she’s the right fit,” Lauke told Cyclingnews from the World Championships, where his team are training for the team time trial.
“She’s young - that’s important for us - and for me personally it’s important that we’ve hired someone that’s worn rainbow stripes before. Normally we’ve developed riders or had riders who have been promising but need to get back to initial strength. Somewhere in between there I rate the hiring of Pauline. She’s won everything.”
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