Top-ranked SD Worx-Protime dedicated to retaining Italian Barbara Guarischi as one among their key lead-out sprinters for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
The 33-year-old re-ignited her 15-year profession final 12 months with a transfer from Movistar and transitioned with success as a assist rider for SD Worx-Protime’s high sprinter Lorena Wiebes.
“Barbara Guarischi is a paragon of the professionalism wanted to ship a high efficiency. Barbara expressed her need to race for 2 extra years and we’re comfortable that she’s going to achieve this with us,” mentioned Sports Manager Danny Stam in a press launch.
“She places in loads of work and thus varieties an necessary basis of Team SD Worx-Protime. She and Lorena Wiebes have meant quite a bit in optimising our lead-out. They are a duo that may blindly depend on one another. When Barbara signed with us, everybody thought it was a little bit of previous glory. But she has proved everybody improper. She is invaluable. Not solely in dash phases, but in addition in classics.”
In her second season with SD Worx, Guarischi was a part of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift squad to assist Dutch stars Wiebes and Demi Vollering, with the workforce incomes three stage wins there and Vollering second on GC. Guarischi used her sturdy kick to safe two podiums at Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour and a high 5 on sooner or later of the Giro d’Italia Women, which landed teammate Lotte Kopecky to the victory in Foligno.
‘Five years in the past I used to be nonetheless profitable bunch sprints myself, however at a sure level I could not try this anymore. I accepted that and targeted on making an attempt to assist others get wins. At Team SD Worx-Protime, I discovered the enjoyment in biking fully again,” Guarischi mentioned.
“My biggest power has all the time been my potential to evaluate and anticipate the actions of different riders. I’ve overview of what’s taking place and nearly all the time discover the hole. That is available in very helpful within the lead-out. I’ve been in a position to have fun many nice wins since I arrived at Team SD Worx-Protime.
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“As knowledgeable athlete, you might be captivated with your job and also you do know when to be disciplined and targeted. I’m proud to have the ability to journey for this nice workforce for 2 extra years and end my profession right here.’
The workforce beforehand introduced they renewed contracts via 2028 for Wiebes and 2023 highway world champion Kopecky, with extensions additionally confirmed for 2023 European highway champion Mischa Bredewold, Femke Gerritse, Marie Schreiber and multi-discipline expertise Blanka Vas.
In March rumours started to swirl about Vollering departing SD Worx on the finish of 2024 after 4 full seasons, however there has not been any updates on the place the 2023 Tour de France Femmes champion will land forward of the UCI Road World Championships, the place she’s going to compete for the Dutch squad within the highway race. She gained the silver medal at 2023 Road Worlds.
In 2025 the workforce will add Anna van der Breggen, who returns to the peloton after three years as a workforce director. Van der Breggen is anticipated to make an impression even with time away from racing, the three-time highway World Champion including to her 62 profession victories.
Guarischi competes subsequent for Team Italy on the UEC European Road Championships within the elite ladies’s highway race on Saturday.