Cofidis sign Consonni to strengthen Viviani`s 2020 sprint squad
(Cyclingnews.com)

Cofidis have confirmed that Simone Consonni will join the French team for 2020, further boosting Elia Viviani`s lead-out train as the French team steps up to WorldTour level and targets major sprint success. The 24-year-old Italian is Viviani`s usual Madison partner on the track and a talented Omnium rider. Both are expected to target the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 after riding together on the road. Viviani confirmed his move from Deceuninck-QuickStep to Cofidis a few days after the transfer window officially opened on August 1. His long-standing lead-out man Fabio Sabatini will also join him at the French squad.ADVERTISEMENT Cofidis are working to secure WorldTour status for 2020 and have also confirmed the arrival of French stage race rider and climber Guillaume Martin from Wanty-Groupe Gobert. `We´ll have a really strong lead-out but what I want to build is a team that works together,` Cofidis team manager Cedric Vasseur told Cyclingnews last week. `Cofidis in the future will not look like the Cofidis from the past. We still have a lot to do but, as you saw in the Tour, we`re riding aggressively. We have what´s needed to support a sprinter, although we have to admit the results were not good with Nacer (Bouhanni). What we were missing was a winning sprinter and, for me, we have one in Viviani.` You can read more at Cyclingnews.com