- Now we're into 2019, we thought it would be a good idea
to have a look of some of the newer pros
stepping up to the World Tour level, going into 2019.
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FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope
have snapped up Jade Wiel for 2019,
after an eye-catching season saw Wiel take
the national individual time trial title,
and second place in the national Road Race Championships.
And for the second consecutive year,
she took a top five in the World Road Race Championships.
The lithe-limbed Welshman has long been touted
as future star in professional cycling.
Joining Bahrain-Merida for his debut professional season,
where we can expect the best of him to come out
in the toughest of mountain stages.
Transferring from development squad SEG Racing Academy,
where he won a stage at the Baby Giro
and spent a day in the maglia rosa.
Williams is certain to find himself
a great education in the service of Vincenzo Nibali,
a man whose talent for climbing he's long looked up to.
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Another great prospect for the future
of French cycling is Marie Le Net,
who's also joined FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope
after a fantastic season on both road and track.
Le Net also achieved a top five
in both the European and National Junior Road Race,
as well as the individual time trial championships.
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The fast-finishing Norwegian sprinter
podiumed at Gent-Wevelgem,
and finished third at the National Road Race
and the World Championship Road Race,
as well as been previously National Criterium Champion.
Her turn of pace is going to for sure
be a good addition to team Hitec,
and she's going to have a great education
alongside some really experienced riders.
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Long since been earmarked as one of Britain's rising stars,
Pfeiffer Georgi joins one of the most successful teams
in women's cycling, Dutch team, Team Sunweb.
With her palmares on the track and road,
it was in 2018 that Georgi garnered the attention
while riding against the world's strongest riders
at the Tour de Yorkshire,
where she actually found herself leading
the mountains classification competition.
With ambitions featuring the Olympic
and World Road Race titles, there's little shying away
from the fact that this girl is capable of such success.
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SEG Racing Academy sees another rider
leave them for the World Tour.
The powerful Edoardo Affini of Italy
moves to join the Australian team, Mitchelton-Scott.
Winning the Italian Road Race
and the individual time trial titles,
as well as winning the under-23
European individual time trial championships
were strong markers that the step-up
was definitely on the cards, going into 2019.
With their penchant for fostering time trial talent,
Mitchelton-Scott is a good fit for Affini.
And I'm sure that his talents will be
put to good use going into 2019.
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The 18-year old Canadian, Simone Boilard,
is joining the World Tour
after concluding her 2018 season with a bronze medal
at the junior World Road Race Championships,
and is joining the Twenty20 Pro Team,
going into the 2019 season.
As the reigning junior pursuit champion,
Boilard is keen to keep her focus on the Olympics,
which was a consideration when she selected Twenty20,
given their well-documented support of young riders
with ambitions for road and track.
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Given the hype surrounding the Belgian rider,
it feels there is little to be said
or suggested of his talents.
Of his 56 one-day and stage races,
he produced a whopping 36 victories,
making it a win rate of 64%.
Unsurprisingly, he chose Belgium dream team,
Deceuninck-Quick-Step for 2019.
However, the team have announced that his race program
will be quite light, with around 50 race days,
and no debut at the Flandrian Cobbled Races yet.
There you have it, a list of newer pros
for you to watch out for in 2019.
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