Like yesterday, it was yet again another action-packed day for the Academy as we participated in two stage in French soil at the same time. The third day of the Ronde de l'Isard, started alike the first two and featured a fast first hour of racing, in which a group of five riders jumped away from the bunch. Once the race hit the slopes of the first categorized climb, our Thymen Arensman broke clear of the peloton along two other riders and made up the 2 minutes and a half to the breakaway…continue reading →

After yesterday's win in the opening stage of the Ronde de l'Isard, we started the day with the yellow jersey in the shoulders of Kaden Groves. Today's stage presented a hilly parcour that featured two first category climb in the 136 km long parcour. The day was off to a fast start, 42 kilometers were completed in the first hour of racing, and it took quite a bit to form the breakaway of the day. Our riders were always well-placed close to the head of the bunch, ready to follow the moves when…continue reading →

We kicked off the Ronde de l'Isard 2019 as defending champions, following a successful weekend last year that powered our Alumni Stevie Williams to the overall win. It was a fast start and our riders quickly took the responsibility to control the bunch when most of the attacks took place. In the first bunch sprint, we could see a group of 11 riders going through with our Tiago Antunes taking two bonus seconds before the move was brought back. When a group of two riders went away, our guys slowed down the pace of…continue reading →

"I am feeling in shape and confident to go for a good result in Ronde de l'Isard". Short and clear, our 21-year old Dutchman hopes for a good one in Ronde de l'Isard, which starts tomorrow. Schelling played a key role last year as a former teammate and current Bahrain-Merida rider, Stevie Williams, took two stages as well as the overall win in the race. "I have done the race for the past two years, and even though the parcours are quite different to what we had last year, it will be a really…continue reading →

It was an action-packed weekend for the Academy as we featured the start line of U23 Road Series GP Arjaan Schipper on Saturday as well as Flèche Ardennaise on Sunday. The weekend got off to a solid start as our riders showed themselves from early on in. Quickly a 7-man group got a significant gap to the peloton, with Daan Hoole and Marten Kooistra representing our flag up front. Several groups tried to counter-attack, but we had it cover with Minne Verboom, Jordi Meeus and Jesper Rasch, who successfully defend their teammate's interests.…continue reading →