Guarischi bolsters Lorena Wiebes' new lead-out train at SD Worx
Italian joins Cecchini, Majeru🍨s and Uneken to form top-tier lead-out in new sprint adventure for 2023
Barbara Guarischi has signed a two-year contract with SD Worx in a move that will see the Italian bolster 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lorena Wiebes' lead-out train in the sprints tౠhroughout the 2023 season.
"With the arrival of Lorena Wiebes, we were looking for reinforcements ✨to prepare the sprint," said SD Worx manager Danny Stam.
"We never had a real sprint train, but now a lead-out train for Lorena is necessary. With Elena Cecchini, Christine Majerus, Lonneke Uneken and Barbara Guarischi, we have riders who✃ are suitable for this.
"Barbara is an exper𝐆ienced rider who knows how to choose a position in a sprint. She is going to play an importan🍰t role in that sprint train."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Barbara Guarischi, 32, has made a career out of sprinting with victories in stages at the Giro d'Italia Donne, Route de France, and Thüringen Ladies ꦏTour while winning onဣe-day races Sparkassen Giro and Omloop van Borsele.
She joined SD Worx after spending three seasons at Movistar, and bꦚefore that, she raced with Team Virtu, Canyon-SRAM and Italian-based teams Ale Cipo🥀llini, Top Girls Fassa Bortolo, and Michela Fanini Rox.
Guarischi will join her compatriot 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Elena Cecchini, who ren𝔍ewed her current contract for another season as one ༺of the team's on-road captains.
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"I was already hono⛄ured when I heard th🌳rough Elena that the team was interested in me," Guarischi said.
It was revealed at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France Femmes in July that Wiebes would break her contract with Team DSM, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:using the 'better offer' clause, and sign a three-year contract wi꧑th SD Worx beginning in 2023.&nb🌼sp;
With 23 victories so far this season, Wiebes is arguably the best sprinter in the women’s peloton, and SD Worx plans to build a sprint train aro♕und the Dutchwoman to rival the top sprinters in t✤he Women's WorldTour.
ওGuarischi said her move to SD Worx, and to align with Wiebes, marks a new adve♋nture in her career.
"Although I have been in the peloton for years, I see this as a new chapter in my career. It's a switch I didn't expect any more. I am also looking forward to working with Lorena Wiebes. I am 🔴hugely motivated to take on this adventure," Guarischi said.
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