Team Jumbo comes with a five-year plan to give talent opportunities

Antwan Tolhoek and Sepp Kuss can prepare for a freer role within Team Jumbo. The new five-year plan states that Jumbo will develop its talents by offering them more opportunities in addition to the support work of the leaders, reports Merijn Zeeman at Cyclingnews.

The team is looking forward to the 2018 season. In particular, the Tour de France can rightly called successful. With two men in the top five (Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk) and three stage wins (twice Dylan Groenewegen and once Primoz Roglic). "We have strengthened the group much stronger this season, both personal and drivers," said Zeeman, currently busy with the drivers program for next year. "We have developed a five-year plan that applies to the entire team.We want all members of the team to be involved in the plan so that everyone can see that it's their plan. It's also the most important thing for me. "

The LottoNL-Jumbo team will bid farewell to the Dutch lottery after this season and will continue as a Jumbo team. The plan that has been developed for the Jumbo Team Cycling Branch states that the team must be a place where talent can develop. "We begin our planning with the leaders, but after that, we quickly look at future talents." This plan is very encouraging for Tolhoek and Kuss, who showed they had the highest performance. "We need moments when others are the leaders, the times George Bennett is the leader, but also times when he will have to help other riders on the team. Next year. "One of the changes made to the riders' program is that sprinter Danny van Poppel will focus more on the classics.

Jumbo wants to remain impartial in case Van Aert
still no news of the premature arrival of Wout van Aert at Jumbo. "His manager told us that he was a free man.But some things need to be clarified first.We are not involved in the conflict and we want to remain impartial," Zeeman said.