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Younger US rider Jared Scott (Aevolo) has made the leap to the European peloton and signed with Inexperienced Mission-Bardiani CSF Faizanè, the Italian workforce confirmed on Tuesday. With a two-year deal by 2024, Scott is the one North American rider on the squad for subsequent season.
Bardiani, which just lately introduced it deliberate to proceed as a ProTeam by 2027 with the help of latest title sponsor Inexperienced Mission Company, just lately added six younger Italian riders to its roster, together with 18-year-old Trofeo Buffoni winner Matteo Scalco.
”I’m very excited to hitch this workforce, there have been a number of developments and enhancements happening forward of the brand new season, and there’s a lot of labor and dedication behind it,” Scott mentioned in a workforce assertion. “I’m very excited to be right here and able to show my price.”
Driving for Workforce USA at Tour de l’Avenir in August, Scott crashed in a mass pileup on stage 1 and withdrew with a damaged wrist. The damage required two surgical procedures and ended his season sooner than anticipated after a stable begin.
“Not how I wished to finish my 2022 season. Bummed to crash out on stage 1 of tour de l’avenir with a damaged wrist. I used to be on the type of my life seeking to end the 12 months out sturdy, however typically that’s simply the way it goes,” Scott posted to social media.
The Colorado native began the 12 months with third place on the opening stage of South Aegean Tour, then had one other podium on stage 1 on the Worldwide Tour of Rhodes en path to eighth total. On a US swing in late spring for Aevolo, he received the ultimate stage of the Redlands Bicycle Traditional and completed eighth total at Tour of the Gila, the place he additionally captured one of the best younger rider classification.
He took the silver medal within the time trial on the U23 US Nationals in Roanoke, Virginia, coming off a studying course of at US Professional Street Nationals the place he was the highest finisher for the event squad within the highway race, high 25, and time trial, eleventh, the day earlier than his twentieth birthday.
“A bit bummed to not crack the highest 10 however I’m proud of how my TTs have improved this 12 months,” Scott mentioned in Knoxville, ending one second out of the highest 10. “I’m fairly proud of my journey. I knew lots of people have been fading on the final lap due to the warmth, so I made certain to tempo it nicely early on.”
Inexperienced Workforce-Bardiani Workforce Supervisor Roberto Reverberi had confidence within the younger US rider, who had impressed on the U23 and elite ranges this summer season.
“Given Jared’s outcomes to this point in nationwide races, we are able to solely hope for a optimistic future for this younger man who will juggle [U23] {and professional} races from subsequent 12 months,” Reverberi added.
Scott’s departure from Aevolo coincides with teammate Cooper Johnson, the US U23 highway race champion, who strikes to Hagens Berman Axeon for 2023.
