Beautiful step for team leader Aart Vierhouten: "This team is really going to do fantastic in 2025"
CyclingTuesday, 05 November 2024 at 10:04
Aart Vierhouten will become a team leader at Bahrain Victorious. The 54-year-old Dutchman, who spent last season in the car for the ambitious Swiss Team Q36.5 Pro Cycling, will lend his services to a team that includes Pello Bilbao and, from 2025 onwards, Lenny Martinez. It鈥檚 a great step for a man who previously also worked for UAE Team Emirates.
In a press release shared by the team on X on Monday evening, the Dutch selector expressed his satisfaction with his new role. He praised the team and believes that next year will bring many opportunities for the team in white. "I am really looking forward to sharing my knowledge, experience and energy to support the team鈥檚 goals in and outside the races."
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Previously, Vierhouten was a team leader at Q36.5 Pro Cycling, which aims to evolve toward the WorldTour
Vierhouten gets a step up to the WorldTour: "Bahrain Victorious is headed for an incredible 2025"
Vierhouten also addressed the team, where he will work with great talents like Matej Mohoric, Antonio Tiberi, Bilbao, Martinez and Damiano Caruso, among others. "With a mix of young, promising, and more experienced riders, Bahrain Victorious has an amazing roster for the 2025 season." This is certainly the hope for the team from the oil-rich country, as their performance in 2024 was somewhat below expectations.
Bilbao, in particular, had a tough season and, after his strong Tour de France performance in 2023, would have hoped for more. Mohoric also achieved significantly fewer successes than in previous years. Tiberi finished in the top five in the Giro but was simply exhausted in the Vuelta. The Italian will aim to take another step forward in 2025. The arrival of Martinez is a big boost for the team. With the young Frenchman, they have a new climbing talent with immense growth potential.
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- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024
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Barnes127411-10-2024 - And don't forget he has now won 4 of the big 10 races (Grand tours, Monuments and WC/OG) in one year with a chance to make that 5. (5 has only been done once before)Joostmehrtens05-10-2024