Riders
Our academy graduates

Marco Frigo
Who? Marco ‘Tricolore’ Frigo. What about him? Marco joined the Academy as a second-year U23 after taking the Italian scene by storm in his first year. As a talented […]
Graduated in 2022

Dries de Pooter
Who? Dries de Pooter, the master from Geel. What about him? Dries joined the Academy straight from the Junior ranks after being one of the most promising prospects of […]
Graduated in 2022

Wessel Krul
Who? Wessel ‘America Dreaming’ Krul. What about him? Krul joined our team as a trainee deep in his first-year U23 and with accolades of having placed second in the […]
Graduated in 2021

Stan van Tricht
Who? Stan ‘Mr. Consistency’ van Tricht. What about him? Stan joined the Academy late in 2019 as a trainee to set the ground running for his last two years […]
Graduated in 2021

Corbin Strong
Who? Corbin Strong, World Champion on the track, a prodigy on the road. What about him? Corbin joined our program at the start of 2020 from St. George Continental Cycling […]
Graduated in 2021

Daan Hoole
Who? Daan Hoole, 1,98m of pure quality on and off the bike.. What about him? Daan Hoole joined the Academy straight from the Junior ranks. After four years in our […]
Graduated in 2021

Jordi Meeus
Who? Jordi Meeus, the lion of Lommel. What about him? Jordi Meeus joined the Academy program as a trainee towards the end of the 2017 season as a first-year U23 […]
Graduated in 2020

David Dekker
Who? David Dekker, A.K.A SneakerDave. What about him? David joined the Academy ahead of the 2020 season which was also his last in the U23 ranks. He landed a spot […]
Graduated in 2020

Thymen Arensman
Who? Thymen Arensman, cycling’s Clark Kent: Monday-Friday, just a regular high school student. Sunday,Tour de l’Avenir podium finisher. What about him? Thymen Arensman joined the Academy in 2018 from […]
Graduated in 2019

Kaden Groves
Who? Kaden Groves, ‘Grovesy’. What about him? While racing in Australia and Asia with Saint George Continental team and Mitchelton-Scott’s development squad, he quickly became was one of the […]
Graduated in 2019

Ide Schelling
Who? Ide Schelling, from Den Haag to the Bora – Hansgrohe squad. What about him? Ide joined the Academy straight from the junior ranks in 2017. The young Dutchman […]
Graduated in 2019

Alberto Dainese
Who? Italian roots, unique style. Alberto ‘King of Europe’ Dainese. What about him? In September 2018, Alberto Dainese landed at the Academy ready to make himself ready to move […]
Graduated in 2019

Bárnabas Peák
Who? Bárnabas ‘Barney’ Peák, he came as Hungarian champion and left as WorldTour rider. What about him? Bárnabas arrived to the Academy ahead of the 2019 season from the […]
Graduated in 2019

Alex Evans
Who? Alex Evans. All the way from Australia, with a huge climbing engine. What about him? Alex had been racing in Australia before the Academy management got in contact […]
Graduated in 2019

Edoardo Affini
Who? Edoardo Affini, Italian style, WorldTour level. What about him? After two difficult years as U23 in Italy, Affini joined the Academy in 2017 in order to make the […]
Graduated in 2018

Cees Bol
Who? Cees Bol, class of 1995, Noord-Holland’s Best. What about him? Bol was recruited by the Academy ahead of 2017 after winning the overall classification of the Olympia’s Tour. […]
Graduated in 2018

Jan Maas
Who? Jan Maas, born in 1996 joined the Academy as a third year U23 and left as a trainee to the WorldTour. What about him? The Academy recruited Maas […]
Graduated in 2018

Stephen Williams
Who? Williams, Stephen Williams, born in 1996 in Newport, Wales. Mega personality. What about him? Stephen Williams joined the Academy ahead of the 2017 season as a third-year U23, and […]
Graduated in 2018

Julius van den Berg
Who? Julius van den Berg, born in 1996, was part of the first ever Academy roster back in 2015 and after four years in our development program he showed that […]
Graduated in 2018

Hartthijs de Vries
Who? Hartthijs de Vries, big talent of the 1996 class and joined SEG Racing Academy in his last step before moving up to the Pro Ranks. What about him? Hartthijs […]
Graduated in 2017

Adriaan Janssen
Who? Adriaan Janssen, born in 1995, he arrived to the Academy ahead of the 2017 season as last year U23 ready to take the next step. What about him? […]
Graduated in 2017

Fabio Jakobsen
Who? Fabio Jakobsen, talented bike rider raised in Heukelum. Fabio joined the team as a first year U23 with the dream of joining the WorldTour one day. Three years and 13 […]
Graduated in 2017

Nick Schultz
Who? Nicholas ‘Nick’ Schultz. Brisbane roots. Australian made. What about him? Nick joined the Academy from French top amateur team CR4C Roanne. The time spent in France showed his potential […]
Graduated in 2016

Jenthe Biermans
Who? Typical Flandrien but from Geel, in Belgium. What about him? Great talent. He came to our team with the Belgian title and a Tour of Flanders win – both […]
Graduated in 2016

Tim Ariesen
Who? Tim ‘Willem’ Ariesen. Dutchie, Dreamer. What about him? Tim made a good impression during the 2015 season. Winning U23 races, finishing top 5 among the pros. Nice project! How […]
Graduated in 2016

Zhihui Jiang
Who? Named ‘Hui’ for friends, teammates and staff. Straight from China. Owner of some great tattoos. What about him? Together with Shimano, we scout the Asian market for talents. There […]
Graduated in 2016

Steven Lammertink
Who? Dutch rider from Enter, a place in the East of the Netherlands. Born in 1992. What about him? Great guy! He was a fantastic ITT talent, but much more […]
Graduated in 2015

Koen Bouwman
Who? Born December 2, 1993 in Ulft, he arrived at the Academy as a fourth year U23 rider without specialty What about him? Koen is a fantastic character; positive, happy […]
Graduated in 2015

Alex Peters
Who? A London Hattney-raised talented bike rider, Alex arrived as a third year U23, leaving the UK to become a real cyclist. What about him? Very good kid, on and […]
Graduated in 2015

Jasper Bovenhuis
Who?Jasper Bovenhuis. Dutch and one of the first members of the Academy. He was one of the few not U23 riders on the team, arriving as second-year elite cyclist.What about […]
Graduated in 2015
Staff
Our academy graduates

Pim Ligthart
Who? Pim Ligthart, 10 years of pro cycling experience under his belt. What about him? Pim rode professionally for 10 seasons at the top levels of the sports and score […]
Graduated in 2021

Ioannis Tamouridis
Who? Ioannis Tamouridis, Greek National Track and Time Trial hero. What about him? Ten times National time trial champion, five times road race champion, countless times on the track as […]
Graduated in 2020

Aike Visbeek
Who? Aike Visbeek, Dutch roots, Swedish life. What about him? Aike Visbeek joined the team as Academy Manager ahead of the 2020 season. After a very successful career as a […]
Graduated in 2020

Vasilis Anastopoulos
Who? The Greek cycling God, Vasilis Anastopoulos. He was the shadow of all our talents for five years. What about him? Back in 2014, when the project of the SEG […]
Graduated in 2019

Michel Cornelisse
Who? Netherland’s finest, Michel Cornelisse, enjoyed a 13-year long pro career in teams such as Superconfex, Panasonic and TVM before jumping on the car and becoming Sports Director for Vacansoleil […]
Graduated in 2018

Michiel Elijzen
Who? Dutchie and Utrecht-based. Before turning his attention to coaching, Michiel was a former professional on the road. He raced for Cofidis (FRA), Rabobank (NED) and Lotto (BEL). Winner of […]
Graduated in 2017

Ken Vanmarcke
Who? Flandrien, former U23 rider, brother of Sep Vanmarcke. A great guy with an endless motivation! What about him? As a long-time SEG Cycling client, Sep Vanmarcke is really known […]