Bora-Hansgrohe strengthen Classics squad with Gatto and Drucker
Peter Sagan set to be even strꦯonger in one-day races thanks to new signings
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Gatto and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jean-Pierre 'Jempy' Drucker will join 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bora-Hansgrohe on two-year contracts, starting next year, and will both be tasked with assisting 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Sagan in the Classics.
Gatto has spe✅nt the past two seasons with Astana, but was teammates with Sagan both at Tinkoff in 2016 aꦏnd at Cannondale in 2014.
The 33-year-old Italian is a strong one-day rider, and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won the 2013 edition of Dwars Door Vlaande🎃ren, but also 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won a stage a♛t the 2011 Giro d'Italia.
More recently, Gatto won the unusual uphꦫill prologue time trial at the 2017 Tour of Austria, beating his Astana teammate Miguel Angel Lopez over the 800m course.
"Bora-Hansgrohe have become one of the biggest teams in cycling, and the way they act is very impressive, and was one of the reasons why I wanted to join them," Gatto said in a press release. "I'm also happy to meet up again with some former teammateꦺs there, like Peter and Rafal [Majka].
"For me, this change als✅o means a new challenge, new structures, new staff, but🐭 my role remains the same. I'll be there to fully support the team and help them to reach their goals in the upcoming seasons."
Drucker joins after four years with BMC Racing. Like Gatto, the 32-year-old from Luxembourg is a handy all-rounder, and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:wo♓n the 2015 RideLondon-Surrey Classic and a 168澳洲5最新开奖ܫ结果:stage at the 2016 Vuelta a España.
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In 2017, the former cycle-cross rider had his best season yet, winning stages at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Luxembourg and the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Wallonie, as well as the Luxembourg time trial championships﷽, ah🐠ead of Quick-Step's Bob Jungels.
"After the first talks I had with the team, I immediately had a good feeling about jo♏ining them. I like the way they've de🎶veloped over the past few years to one of the best teams in the world," said Drucker, "so I'm really looking forward to joining the Bora-Hansgrohe family.
"First of all, I'll be there to strengthen the Classics group around Peter, so that will be one of my main goals in the upꦛcoming season. I love these races and I'm very motivated to team up with him and my former teammates Daniel Oss and Marcus Burghardt," continued Drucker, who rode with Oss and Burghardt when they were at BMC.
"On a person♛al note, I also hope that I can still progress as a rider in this team, and h🔯elp them to become even more successful in the future."
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