Hincapie's Modern Adventure reflect on debut year: 'All the guys are really eager for next season.'
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Follow us on GoogleCanadian Riley Pickrell was consistently among the top finishers at this year's Tour de Langkawi, winning one stage and coming second in a further three. The 25-year-old reflected on the season with Modern Adventure Pro Cycling, and looked ahead to see where the American team is hoping to go.
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Busy first year for new American team
George Hincapie, co-founder of Modern Adventure, has his sights set on the Tour de France in years to come. The team, who are ranked 14th out of 16 ProTeams have some work to do there, but have already had a promising season.
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The team were given a Paris-Roubaix wildcard, as well as taking wins in the Tour of the Gila, and the Tour de Wallonie, where Ben Oliver surprised bigger teams by winning two stages and the overall standings.
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Ben Oliver took two stage wins in the Tour de Wallonie
Progress is being made, says Pickrell
Pickrell spoke about the progress the team have already made in such short time. "We didn't have this kind of consistency at the beginning of this year because we had never worked with each other before."
"We didn't have the processes. We have spent so many hours post-race being pretty critical on where we've made mistakes in these lead outs and how to read the race better," he told Cyclingnews.
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"This week I can really only say thanks to my team because they're the reason why it's so consistent."
We're gaining respect from bigger teams, says sports director Alex Howes
Alex Howes, who is one of the fresh new team's sports directors said, "We're figuring stuff out as a team so honestly, we're just happy to be in a position where we get to have this conversation about beating a team like Astana."
They went on to do just that, and were rewarded with respect when XDS-Astana laid the reposibsilyt for chasing down the break at their door.
"We kind of went into this season kind of being like 'we're just gonna be like the little shit team that nobody respects and it's gonna be really hard to do anything' whereas I really feel like by the end of this season we have a lot of respect," Pickrell added.
"The trajectory we are on is really impressive."
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Clarice has been following cycling her whole life, wroting about Thibaut Pinot (among others) for her university magazine while earning her masters in Journalism. She is passionate about furthering equality in sports coverage, and has taken huge inspiration from pillars of women’s cycling like Beryl Burton, Marianne Vos, and Laura Kenny.
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