According to Belgian media reports, experienced Katusha-Alpecin sport director Dirk Demol will join the Israel Cycling Academy in the same role for 2020, helping to steer young German talent Nils Pollitt in the Spring Classic He will.

"Sporza.be" reported on Wednesday that Katusha-Alpecin's sporting director Claudio Cozzi and Demol will move to the Israel Cycling Academy after Katusha's 2020 World Tour license ...

Demol grew up in the Classics capital of Cune, Belgium, and is familiar with early-season one-day races; in 2019, he led Pollitt to second place in Paris-Roubaix and fifth in the Tour de Flanders, and will work closely with Pollitt again at the Israel Cycling Academy He will be working closely with Pollitt again at the Israel Cycling Academy.

Demol won Paris-Roubaix in 1988 with the Belgian professional team ADR (the team that Greg LeMond would join in 1989 to win the Tour de France by eight seconds) and finished third in the Coure Brussel-Coone, held in his home town the year before He also won the Paris-Roubaix in 1988.

The team then developed into the current Trek-Segafredo WorldTour team after Quick Step, Astana, and RadioShack.

He then left Trek-Segafredo at the end of the 2018 season to become head sport director of Katusha-Alpecin in 2019.

Along with Pollitt, the 2020 Israel Cycling Academy team includes Grand Tour contender Dan Martin (Ireland), experienced German sprinter Andre Greipel, British time trial champion Alex Dowsett and Canadian favorite James Piccoli, who is stepping up to the World Tour level from the American Continental team Elevate KHS.