Team Sky sign world points race champion Jon Dibben
Wednesday 9 November 2016 10:15, UK
Team Sky have signed 22-year-old British rider Jon Dibben.
Dibben is the current world points race champion on the track and joins compatriots Owain Doull and Tao Geoghegan Hart in turning professional with Team Sky in 2017.
Dibben has ridden for WIGGINS on the road for the past two seasons and had hoped to represent Great Britain on the track at the Olympic Games in Rio, but he was beaten to a place in the team by Mark Cavendish.
He said: "It's very exciting. It's going to be a big change and obviously a big step up, going from Team WIGGINS and an academy which is very track-focused, to go into the biggest cycling team in the world.
"It's certainly a large step up and it's a great opportunity to get into the big leagues and see what it's all about.
"Obviously I know Owain and Tao - they are two of my best mates - so it's good that we're all joining the team together. It's certainly a whole new environment and a different lifestyle. It's a big change and it's something I'm looking forward to."
Dibben enjoyed a strong year in the amateur ranks, finishing second in the Under-23 Tour of Flanders and in the top three of three stages of the Tour de l'Avenir, which is regarded as the Tour de France for juniors.
