Tour de France Magazine 2019 | Page 157

THE TEAMS TREK-SEGAFREDO UNITED STATES MANAGER Luca Guercilena TEAM FOUNDED 2011 (Leopard-Trek) UNDER CURRENT NAME SINCE 2014 Richie Porte B E R N A R D T H É V E N E T G I V E S H I S A N A LY S I S Has Porte still got it in him? A question hangs over Richie Porte, new leader of the Trek-Segafredo team: is he still a Grand Tour rider? Aft er his fi fth place in 2016, he was forced to abandon due to crashes in 2017 and 2018. He is a very good rider in one- week races but we haven’t had any further evidence over the past two years of what he’s capable of over three weeks. It’s diffi cult to assess his prospects... This team also features Bauke Mollema, who’s brave but doesn’t seem to me to be capable of fi nishing in the top fi ve. There’s another enigma in Jarlinson Pantano. The team will also go for stage wins with John Degenkolb. GEAR Frame Trek Madone/Emonda/Domane Groupset Shimano Dura-Ace Wheels Bontrager THE RIDERS TREK-SEGAFREDO 2019 Name Category PORTE Richie BEPPU Fumiyuki BERNARD Julien BRAMBILLA Gianluca CICCONE Giulio CLARKE William CONCI Nicola DE KORT Koen DEGENKOLB John EG Niklas FELLINE Fabio FRAME Alex GOGL Michael IRIZAR Markel KIRSCH Alex MOLLEMA Bauke MOSCHETTI Matteo MULLEN Ryan PANTANO Jarlinson PEDERSEN Mads REIJNEN Kiel SKUJINS Toms STETINA Peter STUYVEN Jasper THEUNS Edward Leader All-rounder Climber Puncheur Climber Rouleur Climber All-rounder Sprinter All-rounder Puncheur Sprinter All-rounder Rouleur Sprinter Climber Sprinter Rouleur All-rounder Rouleur All-rounder Puncheur Climber Puncheur Sprinter Date of birth 30/01/85 10/04/83 17/03/92 22/08/87 20/12/94 11/04/85 05/01/97 08/09/82 07/01/89 06/01/95 29/03/90 18/06/93 04/11/93 05/02/80 12/06/92 26/11/86 14/08/96 07/08/94 19/11/88 18/12/95 01/06/86 15/06/91 08/08/87 17/04/92 30/04/91 Nationality Height Weight AUS JAP FRA ITA ITA AUS ITA NED GER DEN ITA NZL AUT ESP LUX NED ITA IRL COL DEN USA LVA USA BEL BEL 1,72 m 1,80 m 1,76 m 1,70 m 1,76 m 1,92 m 1,84 m 1,81 m 1,80 m 1,83 m 1,75 m 1,84 m 1,86 m 1,82 m 1,94 m 1,81 m 1,79 m 1,89 m 1,73 m 1,79 m 1,80 m 1,78 m 1,80 m 1,86 m 1,83 m 62 kg 69 kg 60 kg 57 kg 58 kg 81 kg 68 kg 70 kg 77 kg 60 kg 68 kg 82 kg 70 kg 73 kg 75 kg 64 kg 73 kg 77 kg 61 kg 70 kg 63 kg 70 kg 63 kg 78 kg 72 kg Pro since 2008 2005 2016 2010 2016 2009 2018 2001 2008 2016 2009 2013 2012 2004 2012 2007 2018 2016 2012 2014 2014 2011 2010 2012 2014 Tour stage wins - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 2018 Tour result ab. 9th - 35th - - - - 78th 111th - - - 113th - - 26th - - - - - 82nd - 63rd 88th Number of Tours 8 1 1 1 - - - 7 6 - 2 - 2 6 - 8 - - 3 - - 1 2 2 2 Best Tour result 5th 112th 35th 53rd - - - 70th 109th - - - 113th 63rd - 6th - - 19th - - 82nd 35th 63rd 88th 2018 team BMC Racing Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Bardiani CSF EF Education First-Drapac Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo WB-Veranclassic-Aqua Protect Trek-Segafredo Polartec-Kometa Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Trek-Segafredo Team Sunweb 2 0 1 9 TO U R D E FR ANCE | 157