With the extension of Michael Schwarzman this Monday, training Israel-Premier Tech has revealed the list of its 30 riders who will defend the chances of the ProTeam team. If Israel-Premier Tech did not communicate clearly on this, Simon Clarkeat the end of his contract, will leave for at least one season. For the rest, the ProTeam training will be able to rely on its leaders (Vernon, Gee, Williams, Strong, Ackermann) in addition to being strengthened with the arrivals of Jan Hirt, Alexey Lutsenko et Matis Louvel.
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Riccitello, Blackmore… Young people surrounded by experienced runners
In addition to its leaders in the prime of life, Israel-Premier Tech continues to focus on young people with always Matthew Riccitello (22 years old) and Joseph Blackmore (21 years old) within the workforce. Riccitello was impressive on the roads of Tour of Switzerland (5th in the general classification) while Joseph Blackmore offered himself the Tower of the Future in front Pablo Torres et Jarno Wider notably. They will be accompanied by many experienced runners like Christopher Froome, Jakob Fuglsang or Michael Woods.
The full squad
Pascal Ackermann (GER)
George Bennett (NZL)
Joseph Blackmore (GBR)
Guillaume Boivin (CAN)
Simon Clarke (AUS)
Pier-André Côté (CAN)
Itamar Einhorn (ISR)
Marco Frigo (ITA)
Chris Froome (GBR)
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
Derek Gee (CAN)
Jan Hirt (CZE)
Hugo Hofstetter (FRA)
Hugo Houle (CAN)
Oded Kogut (ISR)
Matis Louvel (FRA)
Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
Krists Neilands (LAT)
Riley Pickrell (CAN)
Nadav Raisberg (ISR)
Matthew Riccitello (USA)
Nick Schultz (AUS)
Michael Schwarzmann (GER)
Riley Sheehan (USA)
Jake Stewart (GBR)
Corbin Strong (NZL)
Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL)
Ethan Vernon (GBR)
Stephen Williams (GBR)
Michael Woods (CAN)
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