6/28/2023 0 Comments Until sunset in spanish![]() ![]() Some of the riders who departed the team have found new contracts, with Cordon-Ragot signing with Human Powered Health just ahead of Paris-Roubaix, Jounier with Team Coop-Hitec and Meijering with Movistar, Franz signing with DNA Pro Cycling Stannard with Israel Premier Tech, who is currently competing at La Vuelta Femenina because her transfer was handled by the UCI due to the team being a Women's WorldTeam. Silvestri's departure from the Zaaf Cycling Team follows Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed, Drummond, Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Lucie Jounier, Mareille Meijering, Elizabeth Stannard, Heidi Franz, and Maggie Coles-Lyster. The UCI has confirmed to Cyclingnews that the Zaaf Cycling Team's roster is below the minimum of eight riders that the sport governing body requires for a team to obtain a Continental women's team licence, and as such, the team does not currently meet those requirements, stated in article 2.17.004, and has lost its licence. The Spanish-registered team is currently under investigation after the majority of its riders have walked away from the programme amid allegations that they have not paid some riders and staff salaries and that they have shown a lack of professionalism.Ĭyclingnews has contacted the Zaaf Cycling Team to clarify the team's financial situation, along with the allegations that they have not paid some riders and staff and allegations of a lack of professionalism, but the team has not responded. It’s not the end, maybe some news are coming,” Silvestri wrote. I just want say a big good luck and big thanks to all the nice girls I met in this team. I won't say nothing more from what media are saying, only things haven't gone how they had to go. ![]() "Unfortunately, the adventure with Zaaf is over. Silvestri announced her official departure from the Zaaf Cycling Team on Sunday but has not been named to a new team yet. She is the ninth rider to leave the team, which started with 15 riders in January. These are legal things, but we trust in the good faith of the Zaaf so that this is resolved," the federation said.ĭebora Silvestri was part of the Zaaf Cycling Team until the UCI removed it from its list of registered Continental-licenced women’s teams on April 27. “We, at the RFEC, are guarantors. We have to make sure, and try, that everything goes in the best way. As we have a current contract, we cannot accept something like this. We are going to try to make everything come to fruition, and on Wednesday (the first working day in Madrid this week) we will speak with the Zaaf. It depends on them that the rider can go to Farto. They didn't feel it was possible to have it done in time to arrange the registration transfer between the two Spanish teams, which are not Women's WorldTeams, and so transfers fall under the Spanish Cycling Federation. The Spanish Cycling Federation explained to AS.com that it received a request from Farto-BTC to register Drummond to the team for La Vuelta Femenina last Friday, April 28, with Saturday being the final date to register.
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