Uno-X Mobility have introduced their full eight-man Tour de France squad for the 2024 version with Magnus Cort and Alexander Kristoff as headline riders.
Becoming a member of them on the Florence Grand Départ on June 29 will likely be Jonas Abrahamsen, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Rasmus Fossum Tiller, Søren Wærenskjold, Johannes Kulset and Odd Christian Eiking.
It’s the second look on the Tour for the Norwegian workforce. A combative first try in 2023 noticed them take 11 high 10 finishes and end within the high three on two events because of nice breakaway efforts.
They’ll once more goal phases within the sprints by way of veteran and four-time stage winner Alexander Kristoff, whereas riders like Cort will search alternatives elsewhere.
“The workforce was nicely seen throughout final yr’s Tour de France, reaching 11 top-ten finishes. We’ve now assembled a workforce that we consider can take one other step up from final yr,” mentioned workforce Common Supervisor Thor Hushovd in a workforce launch.
“Our focus within the workforce choice has been to discover a good mixture of lead-out abilities, climbing abilities, and common using energy. The riders we now have chosen complement one another very nicely, and I’m assured that we are going to make our mark on a number of phases all through the race.”
Uno-X Mobility are approaching the Tour in a wealthy vein of kind after doubling their win tally on the season from 5 to 10 in June. New signing for 2024 Cort additionally took the workforce to new heights and netted their first WorldTour victory on stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné with a strong uphill dash forward of Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe).
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This was preceded by Kristoff and Abrahamsen taking wins at Heylen Vastgoed Heistse Pijl and the Brussels Biking Traditional respectively and backed up by Wærenskjold taking a stage and general victory on the Baloise Belgium Tour.
Abrahamsen, Tiller, Cort and Wærenskjold will make up the core of the lead-out prepare for Kristoff, whereas the climbing is led by Johannessen.
Johannessen was their most spectacular rider within the mountains on the 2023 race with 4 high ten finishes, one in all which was third on stage 6 to Cauterets-Cambasque from the break behind solely Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).
The previous Tour de l’Avenir winner will likely be backed up by 20-year-old climbing expertise Kulset and Eiking, a earlier wearer of the Vuelta a España chief’s purple jersey.
“The sporting ends in the spring season present that Uno-X Mobility belongs on the most important stage in biking. We’re prepared to indicate the world what we’re fabricated from, and I’m actually wanting ahead to following this yr’s Tour de France,” mentioned Ole Robert Reitan, CEO and co-owner of Reitan Retail, which Uno-X Mobility Biking is a part of.
“The purpose is undoubtedly that we are going to stand on the highest of the rostrum in not less than one stage of the Tour de France this yr.”
