Crew Jayco AlUla elevated the scale of the ladies’s WorldTour squad for 2024 with 4 extra riders transferring from the merger with Liv Racing-TeqFind, which can see the latter develop into the event squad.
The Dutch trio of Quinty Ton, Silke Smulders, Jeanne Korevaar shall be joined with Swede Caroline Andersson and proceed on the high tier for the Australian outfit.
The Jayco-AlUla roster growth follows the two-year signing of Spanish champion Mavi García, who raced her eighth professional season with Liv Racing-TeqFind this 12 months, profitable the highway race championship of Spain for a fifth time and ending seventh on the Giro Donne.
“These 4 riders symbolise the philosophy we [Team Jayco AlUla increased the size of the women’s WorldTour squad for 2024 with four more riders moving from the merger with Liv Racing-TeqFind, which will see the latter become the development squad.
The Dutch trio of Quinty Ton, Silke Smulders, Jeanne Korevaar will be joined with Swede Caroline Andersson and continue at the top-tier for the Australian outfit.
The Jayco-AlUla roster expansion follows the two-year signing of Spanish champion Mavi García, who raced her eighth pro season with Liv Racing-TeqFind this year, winning the road race championship of Spain for a fifth time and finishing seventh at the Giro Donne.
“These four riders symbolise the philosophy we [Liv Racing-TeqFind and Team Jayco AlUla] share. It’s all about scouting skills at an early stage, enabling them to develop to their most potential and finally profitable races with them,” stated Eric van den Increase, now the staff supervisor for Liv Racing-TeqFind and can handle the event programme for Jayco subsequent 12 months.
Each Andersson and Smulders are younger skills, each simply 22 years previous. Andersson stated the merger of her former staff with Jayco-AlUla offers a constructive synergy and he or she seemed ahead to persevering with to experience with García in addition to reconnecting with Ingvild Gåskjenn, who was her teammate for 2 seasons at Hitec Merchandise.
“At Crew Jayco AlUla, I’ll meet an previous acquaintance: Ingvild Gåskjenn. We’re very shut, so it’s good that our paths cross once more. Moreover, I like the truth that a number of present teammates are additionally within the staff in 2024. For instance, I did quite a lot of races along with Mavi García. In the course of the season, the teamwork on the race went higher and higher. Hopefully, that may go even one step higher subsequent season,” Andersson stated in a staff assertion.
Ton, who raced with Liv Racing for 2 years, confirmed her versatility with a seventh place at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad within the spring and high 15 GC finishes on the Simac Girls Tour this 12 months and The Girls’s Tour final 12 months.
Korevaar has been a part of the Liv programme for 9 seasons and is a useful veteran for the squad. She has expertise within the Classics and stage racing, together with a pair of high 10s on the Baloise Girls Tour final 12 months.
“I’ve been using for Liv Racing TeqFind since 2015. I’ve develop into accustomed to the staff and have all the time felt comfy right here. The staff’s philosophy and method have largely introduced me to the place I’m at the moment. For that motive, I’m thrilled to begin a brand new, promising chapter with the staff,” Korevaar stated.
“I’m in favour of all the pieces associated to the event of our sport, and this considerate, complete plan with a Continental Crew for expertise improvement alongside the World Crew definitely contributes to that. Girls’s biking has grown significantly lately. The highest has develop into stronger, making it more durable for skills to maneuver as much as the best stage. With the biking plan, Crew Jayco AlUla fills a spot.”
