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Taiwanese Sergio Tu joins CCC Development Team
Sergio Tu, who represented Development Team Sunweb in 2018, is another addition to CCC Development Team. He has inked a 2-year deal.
I believe that this transition will be a good step for me and I will be able to close the gap to European racing scene. My dream has always been to be a good rider who can compete at the high level races. The ultimate goal is of course Tour de France. I will keep dreaming and building towards it and see what I can achieve – Sergio Tu explains – For next year I expect more racing and I hope to gain more experience. I will need some time to get to the right level, to be competitive in races, but I will give my best and continue to work hard.
My strength is a time trial. I’m also a punchy rider with a good maximum power, so I do well in races which end with a sprint from a smaller group. I’m from Taiwan, but next year I will be living in Denmark.
Sergio Tu is one of the most talented rider from Taiwan. As a 19-year old he claimed gold in Elite National Championships in time trial and a year later he finished 5th in Asian Championships U23 in the same cycling discipline.
Last year, while racing for Development Team Sunweb, he had the opportunity to gain valuable experience in European cycling, taking part in some prestigious one-day events, such as Brussels Classic, Rund um Koln, Antwerp Port Epic and Liège – Bastogne – Liège U23.
Sergio Tu showcases great potential and we are hoping that he will make the most out of it at CCC Development Team – Piotr Wadecki, sporting director of CCC Sprandi Polkowice says. – He’s been part of Giant family for few years now, at Sunweb, Team Giant – Castelli or Team Giant Scatto U23. He was able to take that opportunity and use the knowledge of the best experts in the field of training and equipment. Since Giant will provide all CCC-sponsored teams with bikes, signing Sergio to CCC Development Team is a organic continuation of that collaboration.
Attila Valter joins CCC Development Team
Arguably the best U23 Hungarian rider, Attila Valter, will join CCC Development Team on a 2-year deal.
We’ve had the opportunity to follow his early career quite closely, since we often raced against each other. He was spectacular at Tour of Slovakia, finishing the queen stage, with uphill finish to Strbske Pleso, in 3rd place. He was bested only by Julian Alaphilippe and Ben Hermans and outsprinted our Jan Tratnik. Meanwhile in Tour of Hungary he fought a fierce battle against Patryk Stosz for KOM jersey. At the end of the day, he didn’t defeat our rider, but showed great strength, ambition and aggressiveness, which is something we are looking for – Piotr Wadecki, sport director of CCC Sprandi Polkowice explains.
Valter is a current double Hungarian National Champion – as he took both, road race and individual time trial. In the former race, which was held jointly for elite and U23 riders, he was first across the line and only race regulations prevented him from taking the elite jersey.
In July’s U23 European Championships he was 9th and in both stage races mentioned by Piotr Wadecki, he finished in the top 15 overall. He is just 20 years old, so there are still two years in U23 category ahead of him and a lot of space for improvement. Valter will move to the development “orange squad” from Hungarian Pannon Cycling Team.
The day after Tour of Slovakia stage, which I finished on the podium, sport director, Tomasz Brożyna approached me and asked if I have a contract for next year and if I would be interested in joining CCC – says Attila Valter. – For the rest of the day I couldn’t think about anything else and I couldn’t focus on the race. I lost some seconds on that stage and dropped in the overall standings. After the stage Piotr Wadecki called, we talked about the new project and it all sounded very interesting. After the worlds I confirmed to the team that I will sign the contract. I was invited to Polkowice, to the team’s headquarter and I was very impressed with what I saw. I’ve never seen anything like that before.
I can’t think of a better team to land with. It’s a well organized squad and I can continue to live in Hungary and finish my degree in Sports Management. I was also given a green light to still do some MTB races, like European Championships or World Cups, so I can qualify for 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.