After two years with Giant-Alpecin, 22-year-old Fredrik Ludvigsson finds himself in limbo for the 2017 season as he continues to search for a new team. In order to continue his career, Ludvigsson has taken to Twitter to help his cause, asking his followers that if you know "a team who need a strong rider for 2017 please contact me" via email with offers.
"The problem is that it's really late in the season and all the team I have had contact with are full for 2017 so it's put me in a really bad situation," Ludvigsson told Cyclingnews via email. "That's why I wrote onTwitter to see if I can get some help also from there, and I'm really thankful for all the people's help. At the moment no team has contacted me but we will see in coming days..."
Having been told there would be no contract extension after the Canadian one-day WorldTour races, Ludvigsson rode a trio of one-day races in Italy that culminated with Il Lombardia. His time with Giant-Alpecin then came to a close at the Tour of Hainan last month, where he helped teammate Max Walscheid to five stage wins and the points classification.
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"I'm really motivated again after Hainan and I really want a contract and to take revenge for my last two years as pro that was really was terrible for me and that I just want to forget," said Ludvigsson, whose older brother Tobias is also leaving Giant-Alpecin but has secured a deal with FDJ. "But at the moment, I'm really dejected and If I have no team for 2017 I probably will end my career or take one year off and try to come back to 2018.."
Ludvigsson was one of the six Giant-Alpecin riders involved in the pre-season Calpe training ride crash that derailed the start of his season. While his injuries weren't as severe as some of his teammates, the crash was a mental set back and coupled with crash later in the season, Ludvigsson's race days were limited to just 39.
"For sure the accident in Calpe before the season was a big reason for not being able to show my real me during this season," he said of the impact of the accident. "I felt after a really good winter training better than ever before and really think this season could have been really good for me and I could really show the big engine I now have. But then the accident came and it destroyed a lot for me.
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