We are very happy to announce our new elite team from 2023 onwards. This team is ambitious to join the Women’s World Tour in the very near future.
Over half of the riders of our current U23 development team will be promoted to the elite team. The entire Tour de France Femmes team of Julia Börgstrom, Anya Louw, Gaia Masetti, Lone Meertens, Ilse Pluimers and Ally Wollaston plus Britt Knaven and Maud Rijnbeek will step up. More senior and experienced riders will be announced soon.
This team will be added to our NXTG – Next Generation – project structure to create a complete development path from juniors via U23 to the elite ranks.
“We have officially applied to become a Women’s World Team. My opinion is that having three teams to give young and aspiring cyclists a path to grow from juniors through U23 to Women’s WorldTour level is the example of how it should be done in the women’s peloton. The fact we take over half of our current U23 riders to the elite team is testimony of our vision to grow and develop from the bottom up,” Natascha den Ouden (CEO AG Insurance-NXTG) said.
Further announcements on new riders and the team for 2023 onwards will be made soon