Pantano extends with Trek-Segafredo - Transfer shorts
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Colombian climber Jarlinson Pantano will stay with the Trek-Segafredo team through the 2020 season. A winner of a stage in the Volta a Catalunya this season and past winner of a stage in the Tour de France, Pantano was kept from racing the Vuelta a España after being diagnosed with a toxoplasmosis infection. Although his return to racing this season is uncertain, Pantano was pleased to ink a new contract. `I am really happy to stay two more years with Trek-Segafredo, a team that is very special for me,` Pantano said in a press release. `I had been dreaming to join them since I was a kid and the past two years have given me everything I had expected and more. So in the next years, I want to keep going for it and give it my all for a team that I have so close to my heart. I hope that I can still bring a lot of great results. `ADVERTISEMENT `Unfortunately this year, things still haven`t turned out the way the team and I wanted and expected, but I am sure and confident that there are still better years and things to come.` Pantano will be joined by newcomer Richie Porte in 2019, along with other new signings Will Clarke, Alex Kirsch, and fellow Colombian Ivan Sosa. UAE Team Emirates signs Bohli Portuguese climber Amaro Antunes to CCC Ventoso extends as CCC road captain You can read more at Cyclingnews.com