Giulio Ciccone joins forces with Tom Pidcock at Pinarello-Q36.5 in 2027 after early exit from Lidl-Trek

Italy's Giulio Ciccone has signed for Pinarello-Q36.5 for 2027 on a three-year deal after engineering an early exit from his long-term team, Lidl-Trek. The news of Ciccone's departure from the German team was confirmed on Friday, on the eve of Il Lombardia, but his new destination was not revealed at the time. However, as heavily expected after reports from journalist Daniel Benson , that new team was confirmed on Monday morning with Ciccone the latest rider to head to Pinarello-Q36.5 . "After eight years with the same team, this is a big decision, but one I genuinely wanted to make.