Carlos Verona will leave Mitchelton-Scott and join Movistar for next season after signing a two-year deal with the Spanish squad. It will be the first time that Verona has ridden for a Spanish team since turning professional in 2013. After two seasons with the Burgos2016-Castilla y Leon squad, Verona began his professional career with Omega Pharma-Quick-Step. He spent three years with the Belgian outfit before switching to Mitchelton-Scott midway through the 2016 season. At Mitchelton, Verona carved himself a spot as an important support rider for Simon and Adam Yates and Esteban Chaves. He has also enjoyed some of this on success, winning the mountains classification at this year´s Vuelta al Pais Vasco and the Tour des Fjords as well as a second place at the GP Miguel Indurain in March. Verona is likely to play a similar role at his new home, with three general classification riders to support in Nairo Quintana, Mikel Landa and Alejandro Valverde. The 25-year-old is the first confirmed signing for Movistar after recently extending the contract of Marc Soler.ADVERTISEMENT Dumoulin donates criterium money to charity Post-Tour de France criteriums are a lucrative business for riders, with high starting fees going to the top riders. According to local publication Limburger.nl, Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) has decided to use some of his for good by donating the fee he received for riding the Ridderronde in Maastricht on Wednesday. A Maastricht local, Dumoulin spoke to the crowd ahead of the event and said that the funds would go to Ironman athletes Mathon van Eijsden and Glenn Wijntjens, who have been raising money for research into the muscular disease ataxia. The pair, also from Maastricht, recently completed the Maastricht IronMan to raise money for research into the disease. Debusschere and Demol to Katusha-Alpecin Guarnieri extends with Groupama-FDJ Beppu renews with Trek-Segafredo Cyclingnews Films presents: RUNNING WITH WOLV ...
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