Team Jumbo-Visma Women prepares for Simac Ladies Tour and GP de Plouay

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In addition to a prologue and time trial, the womenโ€™s team will be presented with four stages in the Simac Ladies Tour. โ€œThese are nice stages in which we can use our strong pointsโ€, sports director Marco Postma says. โ€œMarianne is our leader, but as a team we have more trump cards to play. We will race aggressively and create and take chances where we can. We have a group of strong riders who can do well in the flat second and fourth stage, but who can also stand their ground in the tough and hilly stages. As a team we are really looking forward to this beautiful Dutch race. Everyone is motivated to show themselves in their own country.โ€

Karlijn Swinkels is also looking forward to racing in her own country. โ€œThe Simac Ladies Tour is always one of the best races of the year. There is a stage for every type of rider. A prologue, a time trial, a number of sprints and the necessary altitude metres. That makes it super nice. I am looking forward the most to the prologue and the last two stages. They offer many opportunities because it involves a lot of twisting and turning. Above all I think we will be at the start with a complete team, so that we can compete for the prizes in each stage.โ€

After the Olympic Games and a training camp at altitude, Marianne Vos will also make her appearance in the stage race. โ€œItโ€™s nice to race in the Netherlands again. And the stage schedule is very varied. There are good opportunities to show ourselves as a team and try to go for a stage win. I just got back from altitude training and it is nice to go into a race with the team again. I am really looking forward to it.โ€

Besides Vos and Swinkels, the selection for the Simac Ladies Tour consists of Teuntje Beekhuis, Anouska Koster, Pernille Mathiesen and Romy Kasper.

Following the Dutch race, Team Jumbo-Visma Women will appear at the start of GP de Plouay on Monday. In the French one-day race the yellow-black formation is represented by Anna Henderson, Aafke Soet, Amber Kraak, Riejanne Markus, Nancy van der Burg and Julie Van de Velde.

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