Blanka Vas has prolonged her contract with SD Worx-Protime and can stick with the Dutch staff till the top of 2027. The reigning under-23 highway race world champion believes that the staff provides her one of the best alternative to develop whereas racing on the WorldTour.
“I really feel good right here and get quite a lot of freedom right here. I’m satisfied that Crew SD Worx-Protime is the staff the place I can proceed to develop additional,’ stated the Hungarian champion.
Vas joined the SD Worx-Protime staff partway by way of the 2021 season. She is in her third full season with the staff has has already completed stage victory on the Giro d’Italia Girls and Tour de Suisse, each on the Girls’s WorldTour. She additionally completed second in a stage on the Vuelta España Femenina and spent two days within the chief’s jersey. Vas is a five-time highway race and three-time particular person time trial champion on the Hungarian Championships.
A part of her determination to stick with SD Worx-Protime is that she will mix her highway and off-road racing schedules all year long. She additionally highlighted the chance to race alongside Anna van der Breggen, who will come out of retirement to compete with the staff starting in 2025.
“I really feel good at Crew SD Worx-Protime. The environment inside the staff fits me. I get to mix cyclocross with highway and mountain biking. I get quite a lot of freedom and simply really feel at dwelling right here,” Vas stated.
“I’ve already discovered so much from my skilled teammates. I experience alongside a number of high riders and study so much from them. My greatest win up to now is the one within the Giro. The U23 world title can also be a spotlight. I get quite a lot of confidence from that.
“This yr, luck was not but on my aspect, however I’ve to concentrate on the constructive issues. I’m recovering higher and really feel I’m making strides.
“My targets for the longer term are to go for wins, get stronger in climbing and be extra current in finals. I’m additionally trying ahead to racing with Anna van der Breggen. I already discovered so much from her as my coach over the previous three years. I look as much as her and stay up for pinning on a again quantity together with her.”
Crew Director Danny Stam referred to as Vas a ‘mega-talent’ who has bounced again from a couple of troublesome moments in her profession to win vital races.
“She also needs to be capable of maintain her personal within the Classics. We’ll proceed to put money into her improvement within the coming years and are pleased with this extension till 2027. You see longer contracts very often now in girls’s biking,” Stam stated.
“That is attainable as a result of our primary sponsors SD Worx and Protime present stability. In case you have actual confidence in somebody like we do with Blanka Vas, you might be additionally glad to maintain them in your staff for longer.”
