Lapierre Announce 2013 World Cup Team
Emmeline Ragot joins Sam Blenkinsop and Loic Bruni on the Lapierre International Team!
They are also joined by junior rider Loris Vergier. (What’s this about a “proper Junior World Cup circuit”?!)
Lapierre announced sponsor change too, out go Fox and in come SRAM.
So where does that leave Cam Cole? Does the latest Team Rumours hint at a possible move to Yeti?
And who will fill the Mondraker spot left by Ragot?
so the sultan of bruni isn’t moving then…
He probably took the budget left over from Cam Coles departure! That Vergier kid is a beast, please put him on the fantasy team listings! The biggest news here is that they have completely dropped their XC team. Are people only buying DH and enduro bikes these days? Dont blame them…
It says “Proper JUNIOR World Cup circuit”! Which I think is good news, as they struggle to qualify as it stands now, which leads to few teams fielding them. If the juniors gets a separate category, I predict lots of action there.
Soz, fat finger typo, meant JUNIOR. A separate category could be good, but I do like watching when the fast young guns mix it up with the top Elites.
Fore sure I agree, watching Bruni and Brosnan get on the elite grown-ups podium was a real treat. Maybe they could have a qualifying rule of letting 10-20 juniors race together with 70-80 seniors, keeping both sides happy?
Brosnans WC-run i Champery last year was really, really good. Stacking that one next to Hart’s amazing run would have been really, really inspiring.
Oh, and great news in that a top team signs a girl. I hope more of them follow. DGR and Specialized, take note. And someone please sign Morgan Charre!
RT @DirtMagazine: Big change at Lapierre! Emmeline Ragot joins, Blenkinsop, Bruni and Vergier. Where does that leave Cam Cole? http://t.co/w9G5rfww
Whats happening to Patrick Thome? that kid did well last year!
Ah, well spotted, forgot about the Thomester!
Hang on, Thome was on Mondraker, no? Not Lapierre.
I bet Thome goes to Trek…
来季のラピはブリンキー、ブルーニは残留でジュニアライダーが新加入して、ラゴーがモンドレーカーから移籍か。さて、キャメロン・コールは何処に？ Lapierre Announce 2013 World Cup Team http://t.co/19KkJHYc
Pretty sure the top five 2012 Juniors have option to race for Elite or Junior title but must elect which one before season starts
Interesting to see that Trek and Lapierre are both dropping their XC teams? Is XC really dead now? Enduro taking over?
xc is road biking on a gravel path by fit people(who may or may not be on drugs).
Not really that simplistic…….try it once, you’ll see