Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad will see a name change to Israel-Premier Tech Roland in 2023. Owners of the Women’s WorldTeam have confirmed the name change and that Israel-Premier Tech will increase the team’s funding as it moves into a more prominent title sponsorship role.
The team also revealed that they have applied to launch a corresponding development team with the same financial partners next year, called Israel-Premier Tech Roland Development.
“We are very happy because we would like to give one new touch to our business and teams. It’s important to help riders from countries that have problems with war. We will take riders from Ukraine, Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Israel, and I’ve searched for one rider from Palestine, and with our foundation, we would like to help these riders. It’s very important to us,” team owner Ruben Contreras said of the new development programme that will receive partial support from Bike to Freedom.
On its official Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad social media channels, the team announced its full roster for the Women’s WorldTeam next year, and roster details for the development team will be released at a later date.
The top-tier team will include 12 riders; Swedish time trial champion Nathalie Eklund from Massi-Tactic, Silvia Magri from Born To Win G20 Ambedo, Sofia Collinelli from Aromitalia-Basso Bikes-Vaiano, Mia Griffin from IBCT, Lara Vieceli from Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling, Thị Thật Nguyễn from Lotto Soudal Ladies, Fien Delbaere from Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team, Claire Steels from Sopela Women’s Team, and Elena Pirrone from Valcar Travel & Service.
Only three of the 13 riders from this year return to the team next season; Swiss road race champion Caroline Baur, Hannah Buch and Tamara Dronova-Balabolina are all set to race under the new Israel-Premier Tech Roland banner next season, confirmed Contreras.
This year, Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad raced in its first season on the Women’s WorldTour. In February, financial backers of the men’s WorldTeam Israel-Premier Tech, the President and CEO of Canadian company Premier Tech Jean Bélanger, and Israel-Premier Tech partner Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams, came on board as financial support for the women’s programme.
Although the new sponsors held a prominent place on the jersey this year, the team did not change its official name on its licence and remained Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad. However, the team indicated at that time that the partnership…
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