Trek completes 2016 roster with Alafaci extension
The Trek Factory Racing team announced they would complete their roster for 2016 with a contract extension to Eugenio Alafaci, the Italian rounding out a 25-rider squad.
The team will consist of 25 riders, down two riders from this season, but added more North Americans - Ryder Hesjedal is the first Canadian in the team, and while American Matthew Busche moved across to UnitedHealthcare, Trek added Kiel Reijnen and Peter Stetina.
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"Obviously, we must also pay attention to the desires of our sponsors, and the US market is always growing for Trek and this is why we also need to adapt our roster to have some Americans on board and we think that we have found some good guys," general manager Luca Guercilena said.
In addition to Hesjedal, Reijnen and Stetina, the team also added neo-pro Julien Bernard, Jack Bobridge (Budget Forklifts), Niccolo Bonifazio (Lampre-Merida), and Edward Theuns (Topsport Vlaanderen), winner of the Ronde van Drenthe and runner-up in the Scheldeprijs. Left out of the team are Jesse Sergent, Kristof Vandewalle, Calvin Watson, and Hayden Roulston and Fabio Silvestre, both expected to retire.
"We lost Danny Van Poppel and Bob Jungels, two strong, young riders, but we added guys like Stetina and Reijnen, who are not so young but young still for the WorldTour, and can do something, especially in the USA races. And Hesjedal is a big value that we have added to the team and we are expecting from him good results. And with a guy like Bobridge, who we know is a huge talent, we want to see him get back to his form at the highest level possible. And then we have Theuns and Bonifazio, who I actually consider some of the best riders in the EuropeTour ranking," Guercilena continued.
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