Johansson joins Wiggle-Honda for 2016 season
Swedish champion targets Olympic gold in Rio
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wiggle-Honda have announced the signing of Swedish national champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Emma Johansson for the 2016 season. Johansson, who is currently second in the World Cup standings, joins the team on a two-year contract. However, it appears that only one of those will be spent as a rider as she is set to bring her career to a close with the Bel⛄gian-re♕gistered team next season.
“After 10 years as a professional cyclist and the three previous years with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-AIS, I feel I need new challenges. I have learned a lot professionally and personally during these last ten🍃 years, and I’m proud of the results I’ve achie𓆉ved with the support of my teams,” Johansson said in a team press release.
“I plan to stop racing at the highest level of the sport following the 2016 season, and I’m confident that Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling Team is ༒theꦫ best place for me to continue to learn and grow, even in my final season, so that I can call close to my career at my very best.”
Johansson turned professional back in 2005 and has been riding with the Australia Orica-AIS team since 2013. Despite a troubled start to the season that saw her 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:break her collarbone in March, she won both the national road and time trial national championships in June, giving her a tally of 12 national titles. ♏Johansson also won the Swedish cyclo-cross championships last season. Among her biggest🧔 achievements are victories at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the Ronde van Drenthe, plus silver medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and in the road race at the 2013 World Championships.
With ju🦩st one season of racing remaining, Johansson has set her eyes on big go✅als.
“The 2016 season is an Olympic year, and it’s no secret that Rio is my main goal alongside my typical objectives at the World𝄹 Cup races and in the Spring Classics. I won a silver medal in Beijing, and I would love to stand on the podium again in Rio.”
Johansson will join the likes of Giorgia Bronzini – who is also due to retire 𓆏next season – Elisa Longo Borghini and Mara Abbott at the Wiggle-Honda team. “Emma is a really experienced professional who will bring strength in depth to our team and be an invaluable asset on her own terms, as well as a mentor to the younger team members as they develop their racing experience,” said team managing direct𝔍or Rochelle Gilmore.
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Johansson is due to compete in the RideLondon GP this weekend, th🧔e only Orica-AIS rider to do so.
Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism aꦦt university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour⛎ de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.