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Uitgelichte uitslagen
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Ian Spenkelink
04/07/2021 Omloop van de Kempen; topcompetitie1
Daan Hoeks
12/07/2021 Tour Des Deux Sevres; Etappe 36
Luuk van Gestel
13/07/2021 Tour Des Deux Secres; Etappe 4
Carpathian Couriers Race, The final stage en daarvoor
#WEDSTRIJDVERSLAG
Het is 3 mei 2018, de voltallige ploeg van WPGA, Sven Burger, Jobbe Krijnsen, Joep Steinbuch, Teun Mouris en Thimo Kroeze, staat gemotiveerd aan de start om ook deze etappe met branie af te sluiten….
Uitgelichte koersen
Clubompetitie: Zuiderzee ronde
17/07/2021Kalmar GP Criterium Race; Zweden
02/08/2021Hansa Bygg Grand Prix; Zweden
03/08/2021
📊 It’s silver for our Vincent Hoppezak in Grenchen! Congrats champ! ![]()
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#uectrackcycling #silvermedal
🗓 Preview: Piccolo Giro di Lombardia![]()
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Sunday, the 93rd edition of il Piccolo Giro di Lombardia, marks the last Italian race of our 2021 season.![]()
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The 169.80 km long course, designed by our friends from Velo Club Oggiono, presents some novelties this season. The initial section counts four laps around Oggiono, with the climb of the Bevera di Sirtori. ![]()
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As always, the mythical climb to Ghisallo after about 121.00 km will determine the rest of race, but it's not over when the riders made it to the top. In the final the climb to Ravellino waits, followed by the Colle Brianza and the Marconaga di Ello at less than 6.00 km from finish.![]()
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Amsterdam Racing Academy is one of the 22 teams selected in what is one of the most prestigious U23 races on the international UCI calendar. On the startlist are 11 of the best Italian teams and 11 foreign teams representing Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland. , Great Britain and the Principality of Monaco.![]()
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📺 The official start will be given at 12:00. From 14:30 it will be possible to follow the race via live streaming (www.ilpiccololombardia.it/it/streaming), the finish is expected around 16:00 on Viale Vittoria in Oggiono.
📄 Strong team effort resulting in 11th for Hoeks in Ruota d'Oro.![]()
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Daan Hoeks sprinted to a 11th place in Ruota d'Oro - GP Festa del Perdono, a U23 race on the international UCI calendar. ![]()
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The race was won by Andrea Piccolo who left Astana - Premier Tech earlier this season. In the streets of Terranova Bracciolini, Piccolo outsprinted Antonio Puppio of Team Qhubeka-Assos in the sprint, after the two had escaped on the last climb to Cima Monticello. ![]()
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🗣 Arthur van Dam, sports director: "The initial plan was to go for the break with Luuk, but despite several attempts to break away we missed a group of seven. The boys then decided to lean back and to save as much energy as possible for the difficult final with the climb to Cima Monticello and Cicogna. Jordan and Niek did a perfect job and pulled for Daan, who finished third of their group being outsprinted by the new world champion Filipo Baroncini. ![]()
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I am especially delighted to see Jochem back on the bike, barely 7 weeks after his crash that resulted in a pelvic fracture, a small miracle. We can look forward, with confidence, to Sunday's Il Piccolo Lombardia!"![]()
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📊 Results Ruota d'Oro-GP Festa del Perdono:![]()
11. Daan Hoeks![]()
22. Niek Voogt![]()
25. Jordan Habets
🗓 Preview: Ruota d'Oro-GP Festa del Perdono.![]()
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Another week of racing in Italy lies ahead of us, starting tomorrow with Ruota d'Oro - GP Festa del Perdono, a one day race for U23's in the Tuscan village of Terranuova Bracciolini. The race was first organized in 1978, a well-known winner of the race is Francesco Moser, in 1979.![]()
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The ups and downs of the Valdarno hills always guarantee a hard race, as well as the field of participants among which you'll find both the Italian champion Gabriele Benedetti and the new world champion Filippo Baroncini.![]()
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Start of the race is at 13.00h, make sure to follow us on Twitter for background race info and live updates!
Here’s our Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia in pictures, three days of racing in one of the most beautiful regions of Italy.![]()
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The second stage took us to Piancavallo, a ski resort in the Dolomites on northern Friuli Venezia. It was there where Niek showed that he’s a good climber, finishing 28th.![]()
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The third and last stage, 157.00km in length, finished in Pordenone. Jordan Habets was part of a breakaway that emerged early in the stage, in the streets of Pordenone he finished just off the podium in fifth place.![]()
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🗣 Arthur van Dam, sports director: “In this heavily occupied field with two Proteams, the boys managed to deliver according to plan. We were really close to a podium place, showed ourselves and can be satisfied with two boys in the top-15 overall young rider classification.”![]()
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📊 Overall individual GC:![]()
31. Niek Voogt![]()
36. Jordan Habets![]()
110. Daan Hoeks![]()
127. Jelte Krijnsen![]()
148. Mathijs Loman![]()
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📊 Overall young rider GC:![]()
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11. Niek Voogt![]()
15. Jordan Habets![]()
42. Jelte Krijnsen
Tomorrow is the start of the 57th Giro della regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, with three very interesting stages!![]()
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📍 03.09.21 | Rive d’Arcano - Tarvisio![]()
📍 04.09.21 | Casarsa della Delizia - Piancavallo![]()
📍05.09.21 | Mortegliano - Pordenone![]()
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Riders:![]()
👨🏻🦰 Jordan Habets![]()
👱🏻♂️ Jelte Krijnsen![]()
👱🏻♂️ Daan Hoeks![]()
👱🏻 Niek Voogt![]()
👨🏼 Mathijs Loman
📄 About winning and loosing, in the last kilometer, by six hundreds of a second.![]()
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The second and last stage of 38th Carpathian Couriers Race was won by Filip Maciejuk, he also takes secured the GC victory due to the 10 seconds time bonus on the finish line.![]()
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Bad luck hit our Academy riders in the final three kilometers of the stage, two crashes ended the dream of winning the race for the second consecutive year. As a result of the first crash, Bram Leerkes was moved to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with four fractured ribs. Jelte Krijnsen and GC leader Daan Hoeks where involved in a later crash, caused by an oil spill. ![]()
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Although the three-kilometer-rule applied, Maciejuk’s 10 bonus seconds for taking the stage win where enough to take the GC lead by six hundreds of a second.![]()
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🗣 René Kos, sports director: “There’s nothing to do about bad luck, the boys can’t blame themselves as they did every thing right. Luckily Daan and Jelte are fine and able to race Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia that will start this Friday 03.09.2021.”![]()
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📊 Overall individual GC:![]()
01. Filip Maciejuk![]()
02. Daan Hoeks (+00’00”)![]()
03. Fran Miholjević (+00’04”)![]()
04. Jordan Habets (+00’14”)![]()
10. Luuk van Gestel (+00’27”)![]()
11. Jelte Krijnsen (+00’27”)![]()
14. Bram Leerkes (+00’36”)![]()
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📊 Overall teams GC:![]()
01. WPGA Amsterdam Racing Academy ![]()
02. Polish National Team (+01’11”)![]()
03. Cycling Team Friuli ASD (+01’15”)
📄 Hoeks wins first stage Karpacki Wyścig Kurierów and takes GC lead.![]()
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Daan Hoeks won the 1st stage of the Carpathian Couriers Race, due to the 10 seconds time bonus, he also becomes the new leader of the race.![]()
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The first stage led from Tarnów to Ciężkowice, including six GPM sprints and the finish line of the race on a 700-meter climb, with a maximum slope up to 17%.![]()
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With about 20 kilometers to go, a first group of 16 riders merged in front of the race, including all five Academy riders and the top two of the prologue: Fran Miholjević (CT Friuli) and Filip Maciejuk (Poland).![]()
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In the last 2 km of the stage, Jelte Krijnsen attacked and got caught with 300 meters to go. In the uphill sprint in Ciężkowice, it was Daan Hoeks who finished the superb teamwork and took the stage win.![]()
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🗣 René Kos, sports director: "This was a race 'by the book' in which the boys did absolutely everything right. We are now focussing on tomorrow's second stage and will try to secure the overall win for the second consecutive year and the overall team classification."![]()
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📊 Results stage 1:![]()
01. Daan Hoeks![]()
06. Jordan Habets![]()
07. Jelte Krijnsen![]()
14. Luuk van Gestel![]()
15. Bram Leerkes![]()
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Full results p/b FirstCycling.com: firstcycling.com/race.php?r=314&y=2021&e=01
📣 BREAKING: Daan Hoeks wins first stage Carpathian Couriers race, that was dominated by the whole team being present in the 15-man breakaway will all five riders!![]()
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Report will follow later..
📄 Great start of Carpathian Couriers Race 2021!![]()
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Karpacki Wyścig Kurierów is a one of our favourite races, because of the long history, the stage wins, GC podiums and victory of Jordan Habets in 2020.![]()
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This years race, is three stages long. Today we started with a 4 km long prologue where four Academy riders managed to get a top-11, with Daan Hoeks taking third!![]()
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📊 Results prologue (29.08.2021):![]()
03. Daan Hoeks (+ 00'03")![]()
07. Jordan Habets (+ 00'06")![]()
10. Luuk van Gestel (+ 00'12")![]()
11. Bram Leerkes (+ 00'12")![]()
27. Jelte Krijnsen (+ 00'17")![]()
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Full results p/b FirstCycling.com : firstcycling.com/race.php?r=314&y=2021&e=00
📄 Injury update Jochem Kerckhaert.![]()
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Monday, August 2nd, we were shocked by the news that our Jochem Kerckhaert had crashed very seriously during a training. ![]()
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Jochem tells what happened; During a sprint block, my chain jammed, while driving between 50 and 60 km/h and I flipped over several concrete blocks. ![]()
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It was immediately clear that my injuries were serious, there were fears of internal bleeding in my abdomen and a pelvic fracture. There were 2 ambulances and 2 police cars on the crash site to provide assistance and I was moved to the UMC Amsterdam hospital.![]()
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Now, two weeks after his fall, we are very happy to see that Jochem is already back on the bike despite his fractured pelvic and determined to return to race this season.![]()
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Get well soon Jochem!
🗓 Preview: 45° Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana - 45° Trofeo Bonin Costruzioni![]()
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Yet another UCI 1.2U race on our program, and yet another monument. The GP Sportivi di Poggiana is an iconic race with a long history, this year is the 45th edition and we are happy to be here after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the pandemic.![]()
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The race is 164.20 km long and starts with four laps of 12.10 km around the city of Poggiana, after which we transfer to a mountainous circuit of 13.00 km that must be takes four times before returning back to Poggiana for one final lap of 12.10 km.![]()
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On the way, the riders will have to fight for 12 GPM sprints before they reach the finishline, which is expected to be around 17:30 - 18:00.![]()
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Start of the race is at 13:30, make sure to follow our socials (@wpgamsterdamra) for LIVE updates!![]()
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Riders:![]()
👨🏻🦰 Jordan Habets![]()
👱🏻 Daan Hoeks![]()
👱🏻 Niek Voogt![]()
👨🏻🦱 Bram Leerkes![]()
👱🏻♂️ Mathijs Loman
🗓 GP Citta’ di Empoli.![]()
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it’s time for our fourth block of racing in Italy this season; The Tuscan city of Empoli, located near Florence, is the setting for the 43rd edition of GP Citta’ di Empoli.![]()
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The 147.20km long race, is divided in two circuits. Firstly three laps of 29.00km, followed by a 60.20km long circuit with multiple GPM sprints.![]()
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Start of the race is at 12:45, finish will be approximately at 16:30. Make sure to follow our Twitter (@wpgamsterdamra) for LIVE updates!![]()
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Riders:![]()
👨🏻🦰 Jordan Habets![]()
👱🏻 Daan Hoeks![]()
👱🏻 Niek Voogt![]()
👨🏻🦱 Bram Leerkes![]()
👱🏻♂️ Mathijs Loman
We’re back in France for four days of racing!![]()
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Stages:![]()
Friday (Grand Champs - Grand Champs)![]()
Saturday (Scrignac - Poullaouen)![]()
Sunday (Guerlesquin – Le Ponthou-Plouigneau)![]()
Monday (Loudéac – Loudéac)![]()
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🧑🏻 Vincent Hoppezak![]()
🧔🏻♂️ Quinten Veling![]()
👨🏻🦱 Jelte Krijnsen![]()
🧑🏻🦱 Bas Van Belle![]()
👱🏻 Tom Jonkman![]()
🧔🏻♂️ Ian Spenkelink
📄Internatie Reningelst, Kerkhaert’s day in the break not rewarded with a good result.![]()
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Take a weekday, wind force five, a few clouds in the sky - all ingredients for a hard race in Flanders fields.![]()
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It took until halfway through the race until the peloton scattered for the first time. Our riders fanned the pack before Tarteletto took over and picked up the pace further, resulting in a first group with our Bram Leerkes and Jochem Kerckhaert.![]()
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Deep in the final, Bram lost contact with the leading group, which then broke up into several small groups. Jochen managed to hold on, but stomach complaints unfortunately made a good result impossible.![]()
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📊 Results:![]()
22. Jochem Kerckhaert +01’42”![]()
38. Bram Leerkes +04’49”![]()
54. Vincent Hoppezak +06’05”![]()
56. Quinten Veling +06’05”![]()
67. Luuk van Gestel +06’19”![]()
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Full results p/b @directvelo: www.directvelo.com/actualite/89832/internatie-reningelst-classement
🗓 Here is our roster for tomorrow's Internatie Reningelst, an interclub race in West Flanders.![]()
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The race consists of 12 laps of 13.70 km over a hilly terrain. The start of the race will take place at 1:30 PM, to finish 164.28 km later, around 5:30 PM at the Zevekotestraat.![]()
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Riders:![]()
Jochem Kerckhaert![]()
Vincent Hoppezak![]()
Quinten Veling![]()
Luuk van Gestel![]()
Bram Leerkes![]()
Tom Jonkmans![]()
Ian Spenkelink
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📸: Julia Zwaan | WPGA Amsterdam Racing Academy
🗓 Here is our roster for the Zuiderzeeronde, first race of the Clubcompetitie.![]()
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It was uncertain for a long time whether the race could take place at all due to the ongoing pandemic, but earlier this week there was the green light: the show will go on!![]()
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The start and finish are located at Flevonice, from where the peloton will start for two laps of 83 kilometers through the polder with typical polder-roads, but also a some gravel sectors.![]()
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The master of gravel himself, Mr Jan-Dick Den Das, returns as sports director! He knows all the trips and tricks to conquer the gravel without any problems.. 🤌🏻![]()
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Riders:![]()
👴🏻 Koos Jeroen Kers![]()
👨🏻🦱 Oscar van Wijk![]()
👱🏼♂️ Tristan Geleijn![]()
👱🏻 Tom Jonkmans![]()
👱🏻 Niels Reemeijer![]()
🧔🏻 Thimo Kroeze
📄 Tour Cycliste Des Deux-Sèvres; What a ride! ![]()
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Strong effort by the whole team in Tour Cycliste des Deux-Sèvres with multiple top-10’s, a stage win, multiple days in te pink and polka dot leader jersey, third place in the team time trial, fifth in the overall team classification, lots of fun and lessons learned!![]()
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📊 Results #tour79 stage 7:![]()
04. Daan Hoeks +00’00”![]()
08. Quinten Veling +00’00”![]()
24. Bram Leerkes +00’14”![]()
34. Luuk van Gestel +00'48”![]()
64. Wouter Zwaan +12'09”![]()
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📊 Results #tour79 GC:![]()
05. Daan Hoeks +02’04”![]()
26. Bram Leerkes +10’35”![]()
33. Luuk van Gestel +15'59”![]()
35. Quinten Veling +16’53”![]()
73. Wouter Zwaan +58'47” ![]()
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Lanterne rouge for Wouter! 🚨![]()
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📊 Results #tour79 mountain classification:![]()
01. Daan Hoeks 28 points![]()
11. Luuk van Gestel 4 points![]()
15. Quinten Veling 2 points![]()
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Polka dot jersey for Daan! ⚪️🟢![]()
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📊 Results #tour79 overall team classification:![]()
01. Home Solution-Soenens 44h 34'08”![]()
02. WB-Fybolia Locminé +09'31”![]()
03. AG2R CITROËN Team U23 +12'07”![]()
04. Les Sables +17'46”![]()
05. WPG Amsterdam Racing +17'47”
📄 Veling sixt in individual time trial Tour Cycliste des Deux-Sèvres.![]()
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We started the day with an individual Time Trial of 14.40 km around Brion-près-Thouet, which Quinten completed in 18 minutes and 26 seconds. He finished in sixth place, just 11 seconds from a podium finish. ![]()
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The boys now have some to time to sit back and relax, at 15:00 the start will be given for the final stage of this years Tour Cycliste des Deux-Sèvres from Brion-près-Thouet to Mauzé Thouarsais.![]()
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📊 Results stage 6 (ITT):![]()
06. Quinten Veling +0'56''![]()
10. Daan Hoeks +01'10''![]()
14. Luuk van Gestel +01'16''![]()
23. Bram Leerkes +01'35''![]()
43. Wouter Zwaan +02'15''
📄 Van Gestel sixth after a 100+ km day in the breakaway.![]()
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Luuk van Gestel finished sixth today in the fifth stage of the Tour Cycliste des Deux-Sèvres. In the 136.50 km stage from Niort to Mauzé sur le Mignon, he was part of a leading group that emerged after 28 km.![]()
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Despite the euphoria of Daan's victory the day before, we started with one rider less; Ian Spenkelink Spenkelink felt sick yesterday and decided not to start today's stage. The five remaining riders had a clear mission, to reclaim the polka dot jersey where Daan was tied on points.![]()
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On the second climb of the day, Daan won the sprint and added six points. Mission accomplished, and tomorrow another day in the polka dot jersey for Daan.![]()
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Wednesday starts with an individual time trial, after which another stage has to be ridden in the afternoon before we start our travels back to the Netherlands.![]()
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📊 Results:![]()
06. Luuk van Gestel +00’00”![]()
20. Quinten Veling +00’35”![]()
23. Bram Leerkes +00’35”![]()
28. Daan Hoeks +00’35”![]()
74. Wouter Zwaan +09'13”
🍊 Daan Hoeks part of the National Selection for Nations Cup race Etoile d'Or!![]()
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The 14th edition of the Étoile d'Or (2.Ncup) starts on Monday 19.07.2021 with an individual time trial in and around Pouligny-Saint-Pierre (9.60 km) and later in the day a stage from Mérigny to Le Blanc (141.90 km). A day later, start and finish are in Montmorillon, for a ride over 181.80 kilometers.![]()
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It is not the first time that riders from our team have competed for the National Selection. Back in 2018, Sven Burger (now riding for BEAT Cycling) got invited for Tour de l'Avenir and in 2019, Meindert Weulink (now riding for ABLOC Continental Team) and Wessel Krul (now riding for SEG Racing Academy) were invited to participate in the Orlen Nations Grand Prix. ![]()
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It proved to be an excellent springboard to the continental circuit and to success; Earlier this season, Krul finished on the podium twice in the 2.Ncup race Závod Míru U23 Grand Prix Jeseníky / Course de la Paix U23.
KNWU-selectie voor lEtoile dOr
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Een KNWU-selectie neemt op 19 en 20 juli deel aan lEtoile dor, een Franse Nations Cup-wedstrijd voor beloften. 📄 Daan Hoeks takes the win in third stage Tour Cycliste des Deux-Sèvres!![]()
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The third stage, departing in Chauray and arriving in Bressuire, was won by our Daan Hoeks ahead of Canadian Raphael Parisella. A photo finish had to be involved to determine a winner. Daan turned out to be the strongest of a ten men breakaway group that merged in the final 15 km.![]()
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🗣 René Kos, sports director: ‘The boys felt a bit tired after yesterday, so their primary goal was to secure a good position for Daan on the first climb. Daan was able to win the GPM sprint and secure six more points and is now tied for first place in the mountains classification.![]()
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Quinten and Ian were supposed to sit back and save energy for the most challenging sector of the stage, between kilometer 80 and 90. Unfortunately Ian felt a bit sick and Quinten went in the early breakaway, so they were dropped on the climbs and rolled to the finish in a group behind the pack.![]()
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With 10 km to go, a group of ten riders with (again) Daan managed to escape and take a lead, big enough to ride for the win. In the sprint, he managed to secure our first victory of this season by just two centimeters!”![]()
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📊 Results:![]()
01. Daan Hoeks 3h13'22''![]()
26. Bram Leerkes +01’35”![]()
37. Luuk van Gestel +01'42”![]()
46. Quinten Veling +03’35”![]()
67. Ian Spenkelink +07’03”![]()
75. Wouter Zwaan +20'22”
📄 Teamwork not rewarded in Tour Cycliste des Deux-Sèvres stage three.![]()
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A day that started with a third place in the team time trial, and which also went according to plan, was unfortunately not rewarded with a stage win.![]()
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With Daan and Luuk in the early break, everything seemed to be going according to plan. ![]()
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Along the way, the necessary points for the mountains classification could be secured, but unfortunately we lost the jersey with just two points - a nice goal for the coming days. In the tricky uphill final, Daan managed to sprint to sixth, with Ian just behind him finishing seventh.![]()
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🗣 Rene Kos, sports director: "The boys exactly followed the plan and I'm very happy with that. Sometimes the opposition is just a little bit better, but with four stages to go and with a team that is willing to help each other, I am looking forward to the coming days with great confidence!'![]()
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📊 Results:![]()
06. Daan Hoeks![]()
07. Ian Spenkelink![]()
24. Quinten Veling![]()
58. Luuk van Gestel![]()
60. Wouter Zwaan![]()
73. Bram Leerkes
