Jarlinson Pantano to join Alberto Contador at Trek-Segafredo in 2017

Colombian Tour de France stage winner Jarlinson Pantano will team up with Alberto Contador at Trek-Segafredo.

Jarlinson Pantano wins stage 15 of the Tour de France (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Jarlinson Pantano is set to add to Trek-Segafredo's roster of climbing talent when he joins for the 2017 season.

The Colombian, 27, is to leave the soon-to-be defunct IAM Cycling at the end of 2016 and team up with Alberto Contador at the American team.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.