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 staff, racing at Continental stage however totally different to the Colombia Tierra de Atletas-GW-Shimano staff of 2022, can have 15 riders subsequent season with 12 Colombians, two Italians and a Norwegian rider.
Within the staff 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 staff is Alejandro Osorio, who was sacked by Bahrain Victorious in April for allegedly breaching the staff’s COVID-19 bubble.
Edgar Pinzon, Andrés Mancipe and Germán Gómez be a part of from the Colombia Tierra de Atletas staff, 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 initially of 2022 however the firm failed to fulfill the phrases of the deal. He informed Cyclingpro.web the corporate “made some errors at the start of the season which resulted in an absence of liquidity”.
“We opted for a Continental answer to take the staff from the 2022 season to the 2024 season wherein we are going to return as a ProTeam.
“It is a answer to outlive with dignity, I would not have joined a Continental with riders taken from different groups and not using a exact venture. As an alternative, right here there’s a venture additionally supported by the Colombian Federation and subsequently in our opinion it stays a completely 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 staff as probably the greatest continental groups on the planet,” says technical director Luis Alfonso Celis in a press launch. One of many staff’s principal objectives is to advertise the bicycle model GW.
“Utilizing the GW bicycle in our staff is an illustration of the best way wherein this firm has managed to place itself within the biking business,” Savio mentioned.
“I’m completely satisfied that this can be a bike that meets all the necessities of contemporary biking by way of development, supplies and parts of the best high quality and cutting-edge expertise, 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)
