Italian Ciccone joins Pinarello from Lidl-Trek
The climbing specialist left Lidl-Trek early and joins a Swiss ProTeam that is building for WorldTour promotion and Grand Tour chances.
- On Monday, Italian Giulio Ciccone signed a three-year contract with Swiss ProTeam Pinarello Q36.5, following his mutual departure from Lidl-Trek after eight seasons.
- Ciccone engineered an early exit from Lidl-Trek despite three years remaining on his contract, stating he needed "a new challenge, fresh motivation and an environment where I could feel at home."
- On Saturday, Ciccone finished on the podium at Il Lombardia, briefly following winner Paul Seixas, and will join the roster to support British rider Tom Pidcock.
- Team Principal Doug Ryder praised the signing, stating, "We're building a team where experience, talent and innovation work together," and called Ciccone a proven winner.
- As Pinarello Q36.5 aims for WorldTour status, Ciccone brings proven pedigree: two King of the Mountains wins in Italy and one at the Tour de France.
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The 32-year-old transalpine finished the season in great shape, with the second place in the Europeans' background test, which lost by millimetres to the Belgian Remco Evenepoel
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Oct 12 : Italian Giulio Ciccone has signed a three-year contract with Pinarello Q36.5, the Swiss team said on Monday, after the 31-year-old mutually parted ways with Lidl-Trek after eight seasons.Ciccone's last race in the Lidl-Trek colours ended with a third-placed finish in Saturday's Giro di Lombardia, aft
Italian climber Giulio Ciccone joined the Swiss team for three seasons.
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Italian cyclist Giulio Ciccone has left the Lidl-Trek team after eight years, where he was a teammate of Czech champion Mathias Vacek. He has signed a contract for the next three seasons with the Pinarello Q36.5 team, whose jersey will also be worn by Czech sprinter Pavel Bittner.
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