Luis Angel Maté will be one of the climbers of the Cofidis team next year when he will begin his seventh season in the same colors. From December 14, he will meet members of the French team to prepare for the upcoming season. 

The Spaniard cannot hide his desire to meet his teammates in Calpe.

“This is the foundation for the new season,” he said in a statement. ”I get to know the new team, which won’t be difficult this year as it is virtually the same. We will talk about the schedule and start to work on the bike. I am eager to begin. "

The important goal of this first training camp is to build team cohesion.

"We have already started to work in differentiated groups but not every day. It's still early, so we take the opportunity to spend a lot of time together, playing teambuilding games to integrate newcomers, like orienteering ... It is quite nice and fun.”

In the French team, the pure climbers are rare and Mate knows what the priority is. 

"The project continues in a similar manner as the team remains builts around Nacer Bouhanni. He will be our leader like in the last two years and we will continue to do the sprints. "