After the demise of the Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli ProTeam, Gianni Savio has turned his consideration to managing a brand new Colombian squad, GW Shimano-Sidermec.
The crew, racing at Continental degree however totally different to the Colombia Tierra de Atletas-GW-Shimano crew of 2022, may have 15 riders subsequent season with 12 Colombians, two Italians and a Norwegian rider.
Within the crew are Miguel Flórez from Arkéa-Samsic, Jhonatan Restrepo, Brandon Rojas, Gabriele Benedetti, Alessandro Bisolti, Trym Westgaard Holther, and Santiago Umba from Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli. Additionally within the crew is Alejandro Osorio, who was sacked by Bahrain Victorious in April for allegedly breaching the crew’s COVID-19 bubble.
Edgar Pinzon, Andrés Mancipe and Germán Gómez be a part of from the Colombia Tierra de Atletas crew, whereas the remaining Colombians are under-23 Colombians: William Colorado, Jonathan Guatibonza, Diego Pescador – all 18 – and 20-year-old Jeferson Ruiz.
Savio had a four-year contract with Drone Hopper at first of 2022 however the firm failed to satisfy the phrases of the deal. He advised Cyclingpro.internet the corporate “made some errors in the beginning of the season which resulted in a scarcity of liquidity”.
“We opted for a Continental resolution to take the crew from the 2022 season to the 2024 season wherein we are going to return as a ProTeam.
“It is a resolution to outlive with dignity, I would not have joined a Continental with riders taken from different groups and not using a exact challenge. As an alternative, right here there’s a challenge additionally supported by the Colombian Federation and subsequently in our opinion it stays a fully legitimate operation.”
Savio is nicely acquainted with Colombian riders, having recognized a number of of the highest riders like Egan Bernal and Iván Sosa, hiring them from obscurity after which promoting their contracts to WorldTour groups.
“The expectations are nice: to place this crew as among the finest continental groups on this planet,” says technical director Luis Alfonso Celis in a press launch. One of many crew’s essential objectives is to advertise the bicycle model GW.
“Utilizing the GW bicycle in our crew is an illustration of the best way wherein this firm has managed to place itself within the biking business,” Savio stated.
“I’m completely satisfied that it is a bike that meets all the necessities of recent biking when it comes to development, supplies and parts of the very best high quality and cutting-edge know-how, which ensures the efficiency of our cyclists. We’re proud to compete with this purely Colombian model.”
GW Shimano Sidermec for 2023
- Miguel Eduardo Flórez (Col)
- Jonathan Restrepo (Col)
- Didier Merchán (Col)
- Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col)
- Abner Santiago Umba López (Col)
- Germán Darío Gómez (Col)
- Édgar Andés Pinzón (Col)
- Jonathan Guatibonza (Col)
- William Colorado (Col)
- Andrés Mancipe (Col)
- Diego Pescador (Col)
- Brandon Rojas (Col)
- Jeferson Armando Ruiz (Col)
- Gabriele Benedetti (Ita)
- Alessandro Bisolti (Ita)
- Trym Holther (Nor)
