Ale Cipollini unveiled its 2018 team in a Gran Gala Ale at the Palazzo Gran Guardia in Verona. New to the team are Japan's Mayuko Hagiwara from Wiggle High5 and Dutchwoman Roxane Knetemann, who spent four seasons with the former Rabo women’s team before moving to FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope last year.
Hagiwara has been a top performer on the women’s circuit during the past five seasons. She is a two-time road champion and five-time time trial champion. She notably won stages of the Giro Rosa and Tour de Bretagne in 2015. She has spent the previous five seasons with the Wiggle High5 team.
Welcome - Benvenuta @MayukoHagiwara #Ale #YellowFluoOrange #WelcomeMayuko http://pic.twitter.com/mTeULVN2bM
ADVERTISEMENT
— AléCipolliniGalassia (@CipolliniTeam) October 4, 2017
The team also brought in new riders Karlijn Swinkels, a former junior time trial world champion (2016), and new to the elite scene Italy’s Sofia Nilda Frometa Leonard.
"The Team Ale - Cipollini is a big reality for women’s cycling. This year we have been the strongest Italian elite team, in eighth place on the UCI ranking and with many victories in the Women's WorldTour. There are also new races to take part in next year," said the team's president Alessia Piccolo.
Returning to the team are former world champion Marta Bastianelli, Anna Trevisi, Soraya Paladin, Janneke Ensing, Lithuanian road champion Daiva Tuslaite, Martina Stefani, Romy Kasper, Ane Santesteban Gonzalez and Anisha Vekemans. Also returning is Chloe Hosking, former winner of the Chongming Island World Cup and La Course by Le Tour de France. Hosking also brought the team its two season victories in 2017 at Ladies Tour of Norway and OVO Energy Women's Tour.
You can read more at Cyclingnews.com
via Cyclingnews Latest News http://ift.tt/2zjlEFQ
No comments:
Post a Comment