Carlos Barbero will move up to Movistar Team in 2017 and U23 world time trial champion Marco Mathis has signed with Team Katusha.
Barbero, 25, rode for the Continental teams Orbea and Euskadi before joining Caja Rural – Seguros RGA in 2015. That year he rode his first Grand Tour; the Vuelta a Espana.
This year was not a top season for the Spaniard, as his best result was a second place on stage 2 of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon. In 2015, however, he had a breakthrough year, winning not only the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic but also stages at the Vuelta a la Communidad de Madrid, Tour de Beauce and the Vuelta a Burgos.
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"Barbero will bring sprinting power to the Movistar Team in both short and long-term. Even though most of his five wins to date as pro were achieved into uphill finishes," the team said, he "doesn't keep flat sprints out of his sights."
Mathis to Katusha
U23 world time trial champion Marco Mathis will strengthen the German contingent at Katusha, the team announced Wednesday. Mathis, 22, has been with the Continental outfit Rad-Net Rose since 2013.
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