SD Worx-Protime need to proceed their domination of the Girls’s WorldTour, eyeing “as many wins as doable” on the upcoming Tour of Britain Girls.
The Dutch squad will likely be led by World Champion Lotte Kopecky and high sprinter Lorena Wiebes as they tackle the 4 phases, which begin on Thursday in Welshpool and conclude on Sunday in Higher Manchester.
As a workforce, they’ve 31 wins already in 2024 and have taken general wins at half of the 18 WWT occasions thus far this season. Their 4 most up-to-date wins additionally got here within the UK on the RideLondon Classique, the place Wiebes received all three phases and the general with Kopecky on lead-out obligation.
“We’re going there with a powerful workforce. Our intention is to get as many wins as doable,” mentioned Sports activities Supervisor Danny Stam mentioned when SD Worx confirmed their line-up.
“It’s a difficult course that ought to swimsuit us. Nevertheless, we’ve to see how properly Lotte Kopecky has recovered from the RideLondon. She rode a powerful race there but in addition crashed arduous and had a little bit of a chilly.
“For stage wins, we will definitely even be taking a look at Lorena Wiebes. She has gone the additional mile once more this season. She is solely unbeatable within the dash.”
SD Worx-Protime have been the highest girls’s workforce for the previous few seasons with Kopecky, Wiebes and GC star Demi Vollering all contributing most to their near-total domination in 2023.
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The 2024 season has seen them miss out on large objectives on the Ardennes Classics and Tour of Flanders, with Lidl-Trek, Canyon SRAM and FDJ-SUEZ all spoiling the get together. However Stam was nonetheless delighted with the present win tally, particularly after Vollering’s clear sweep of the Spanish stage races in Might.
“For now, there’s virtually nothing to put in writing off. We have had a powerful spring. Within the Ardennes classics, we carried out lower than the 12 months earlier than, however general I’m glad with the spring,” mentioned Stam.
“Then, as a workforce, we rode very impressively within the Spanish block. After the 2023 success 12 months, we didn’t anticipate originally of this season to have such a excessive win whole once more now.”
Kopecky and Wiebes will doubtless share management throughout the numerous parcours on the Tour of Britain Girls because it returns to the calendar now beneath the organisation of British Biking. SD Worx-Protime can even have Elena Cecchini, Chantal van den Broek-Blaak, Barbara Guarischi and Christine Majerus to assist their sprinter and the World Champion.
