Lidl-Trek have announced some major changes in their team staffing roles, with Fränk Schleck taking over from Mick Rogers as the director of the women’s team and Bernie Eisel moving from a sports director position to becoming the head of racing.
Lidl-Trek said in a press release that the changes reflect an increasingly ambitious squad, with their “bold goals for the coming years, including claiming yellow jerseys at both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes.“
Apart from bringing in new directors in the Finance and Admin department and in Marketing, on the racing front, Fränk Schleck’s new role comes after a short spell as sports director.
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“His recent role as national coordinator with the Luxembourg women’s programme, which spanned coaching and new initiatives,” the press release says, “and has given him a clear perspective on what the next generation of women’s racing demands, both tactically and in terms of rider support structures.”
His new role reflects what Lidl-Trek said was their intention “to bring greater strategic depth to race planning and schedule management across the men’s, women’s and development teams.”
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