Australian Champion Sarah Gigante Joins Five New Riders for 2020 Chibco SVB

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Australian Champion Sarah Gigante Joins Five New Riders for 2020 Chibco SVB

Tibco-SVB has announced the addition of Australian road racing champion Sarah Gigante to its 2020 team, with a roster of 13 riders, including five new riders, revealed in a team press release Wednesday. [Rachel Hedderman, sports director of Team Chivco Silicon Valley Bank, said, "Our 2020 team is a strong mix of experienced riders and raw talent. We look forward to nurturing new riders and providing opportunities for all of them to reach their potential."

Gigante won the 2019 Australian Road Championships, taking both the elite and U23 titles in addition to the U23 time trial title; at the 2018 U19 Australian Championships, he finished first in the road race, time trial, and criterium He was also a member of the U19 team. Gigante is currently a freshman at the University of Melbourne, where he participates in the university's elite athlete program.

The team also recruited Colombian Diana Penuela. She has over seven years of experience as a professional cyclist and spent three seasons with UnitedHealthcare.In 2018, Penuela placed third at the UCI Winston-Salem Cycling Classic and won both the Joe Martin Stage Race and the Tour of the Gila, where she took stage He won the race.

The team hired two American riders, Erica Clevenger and Kristen Faulkner. Clevenger is an all-around rider who won the 2019 Redlands Sunset Road Race. She is pursuing a graduate degree at the Colorado School of Mines. Faulkner is a rower at Harvard University and currently works in venture capital. She is in her first year as a professional cyclist. She has won several California races, including the Madera Stage Race, the Brisbane Criterium, and the Watsonville Criterium.

Jenelle Crooks from New Zealand joins the team after spending three seasons (2016-2018) with Mitchelton Scott. She was part of the team that finished third in the team time trial at the Giro Rosa (2017) and won the youth overall at the Internationale Thuringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (2015). He took the season off but will return to racing with Tibco-SVB during the Australian season.

The team returns eight returning riders, including Nicole Bruderer, Leah Dixon, Nina Kessler, Charlotte Lucas, Shannon Marseed, Emily Newsome, Kendall Ryan, and Lauren Stevens. [Linda Jackson, founder of Team Tibco Silicon Valley Bank, said, "We are incredibly excited about the roster we have assembled for 2020. Our philosophy has always been that we are committed to recruiting not only great athletes, but great people, and I'm excited to see what we can do as a team in 2020."

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