Israel-Premier Tech shake up directeur sportifs group in preparation for 2023 season
Steve B🌞auer be꧋comes head DS as Bewley and Mandri join and Dempster, Cozzi and Sørensen leave

The Israel-Premier Tech team have shaken up their group of directeur sportifs as they prepare for 2023. The team is set to be 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:relegated from the WorldTour despite threats from team owner Sylvan Adams to s💧tart legal action, with the UCI due to make a final decision on the 2023 teams in the next few weeks.
After other ProTeams scored more points in 2022, Israel-Premier Tech may also need wildcard invitations to the Grand Tours and major races but appears determined to prove their worth in 2023. The team is expected to have a roster of 27 riders, including Chris Froome, Michael Woods, Giacomo Nizzolo, Hugo Houle, Simon Clarke and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:new signing Dylan Teuns.
The team held a pre-season staff meetin🍸g in Barcelona last week, where Sam Bewley and Rene Mandri were welcomed on board ꦰas new directeur sportif, and Steve Bauer was confirmed as Head Sports Director.
Somewhat surprisingly, Zak Dempster, Claudio Cozzi, and Nicki Sørensen will leave the team despite being highly regarded by 🌳some r🐈iders. René Andrle, Dirk Demol, Oscar Guerrero and Dror Pekatch, Ruben Plaza all remain as part of the directeur sportif group for 2023.
“Our Sports Director group will have a new look next year with Sam Bewley and Rene Mandri adding their unique experience and a fresh outlook so we are excited to see them jꦆoin the team,” team manager Kjell C🌃arlström said in an official announcement.
“Steve B𒆙auer will move into the role of Head Sports Director, a role he previously held at CCC Team, which will see Steve lead our DS group and work alongside Sporting Manager Rik Verbrugghe, while Eric Van Lancker will transition to an operations role.
“At the same time, I want to extend a big thank you to Zak Dempster, Claudio Cozzi, and Nicki Sørensen☂, who will be leaving IPT. They have all contributed significantly to the tea🍷m over the past years, and we wish them well with their next endeavours.”
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Bewley retir🐲ed as a rider last month after a 13-year career as a trusted domestique, largely with the Bike-Exchange-Jayco squad.
“I’m really excited to start this new chapt𓆉e🉐r in my cycling career and get stuck into my new role as Sports Director. After a long career as a pro, this felt like the natural next step for me and Israel – Premier Tech presented a great opportunity that will allow me to develop and also offer my experience to the team,” Bewley said.
Mandri retired in 2013 and 𒈔has beꦜen working as the manager for Estonian Team Ampler-Tartu2024 Continental squad.
“In my recent work as Manager of Team Ampler-Tartu2024, I was really missing working as a Sports Director and being at the races. So I was looking for something more exciting and having a good structure around me. After the three days of meetings t🐎his week, I can see this is a great group of people, and I&rs🥂quo;m excited to get started,” Mandri said.
2023 Israel Premier-Tech directeur sportif group: Steve Bauer (🍸Canada), René Andrle (Czech Republic), Sam Bewley (New Zealand), Dirk Demol (Belgium), Oscar Guerrero (Spain), Rene Mandri (Estonia), Dror Pekatch (Israel), Ruben Pl💙aza (Spain).

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