After some hard but successful racing in Tour de Bretagne and Flèche Ardennaise, the Academy colors will be back on the road with an action-packed weekend in the Netherlands. Saturday’s Ronde van Overijssel will see the peloton racing through its 200 km long parcour. The flat and open roads will be a synonym and high pace and tireless attacking, with the race being decided in the final two local laps in Rijssen. On Sunday it will the turn of Ronde van Noord-Holland with start and finish in Alkmaar. The race will follow the same guide as the previous day as the riders will have to fight for almost 194 km on flat Dutch roads. 

The Academy’s morale is high after the recent successes in France and Belgium, but everyone is determined to keep the winning streak on. A really strong and balanced lineup will represent the Academy in both races, and they will be fighting for nothing but the win. 

Lineup Ronde van Overijssel: Minne Verboom, Marten Kooistra, George Stavrakakis, Cees Bol, Jordi Meeus, Edoardo Affini & Peter Lenderink
Lineup Ronde van Noord-Holland: Minne Verboom, Marten Kooistra, George Stavrakakis, Cees Bol, Jordi Meeus, Edoardo Affini & Julius van den Berg. 

Michel Cornelisse, team DS for both races: 
“The confidence of the team is high and we have to take advantage of it. We have been working really well as a team in the recent races, and we have to keep doing that. If we help each other and believe that together we are stronger a good result will come along the way for sure. We will have a  strong group of riders both days, so I am really confident that only good things will come out of these two racing days”.