Danilo Hondo who retired at the end of the season, will become Swiss U23 National Coach from January 1, 2015. Two days ago, Swiss Cycling announced that the German who has lived in Ticino for many years, "will reinforce the association with a 50% workload." Spokeswoman Selina Kuepfer told radsport-news.com that he will have 120 travel days with the national team every year.

“I am looking forward to the new task and see it as a challenge for me personally, to work with the young riders. I am convinced that we will build on the great developments of recent years when Swiss Cycling was able to introduce some very talented riders to the professional world," Hondo said in a press release.

According to Swiss Cycling, the new national coach will have the task of trying to "build a professional environment" for the young riders and "work to improve the race tactics."

 “Danilo has a strong sense of tactics and can read a race very well,” said Thomas Peter from Swiss Cycling. “This strength will help our young riders and train them to make the leap into the professional circuit. We are trying to build long-term cooperation with Danilo.”