SD Worx-Protime need to proceed their domination of the Girls’s WorldTour, eyeing “as many wins as doable” on the upcoming Tour of Britain Girls.
The Dutch squad shall be led by World Champion Lotte Kopecky and high sprinter Lorena Wiebes as they tackle the 4 phases, which begin on Thursday in Welshpool and conclude on Sunday in Better Manchester.
As a workforce, they’ve 31 wins already in 2024 and have taken total wins at half of the 18 WWT occasions up to now this season. Their 4 most up-to-date wins additionally got here within the UK on the RideLondon Classique, the place Wiebes gained all three phases and the general with Kopecky on lead-out responsibility.
“We’re going there with a robust workforce. Our purpose is to get as many wins as doable,” stated Sports activities Supervisor Danny Stam stated when SD Worx confirmed their line-up.
“It’s a difficult course that ought to go well with us. Nevertheless, we have now to see how nicely Lotte Kopecky has recovered from the RideLondon. She rode a powerful race there but additionally crashed exhausting and had a little bit of a chilly.
“For stage wins, we will definitely even be Lorena Wiebes. She has gone the additional mile once more this season. She is solely unbeatable within the dash.”
SD Worx-Protime have been the highest girls’s workforce for the previous few seasons with Kopecky, Wiebes and GC star Demi Vollering all contributing most to their near-total domination in 2023.
The 2024 season has seen them miss out on large targets on the Ardennes Classics and Tour of Flanders, with Lidl-Trek, Canyon SRAM and FDJ-SUEZ all spoiling the social gathering. However Stam was nonetheless delighted with the present win tally, particularly after Vollering’s clear sweep of the Spanish stage races in Might.
“For now, there’s virtually nothing to write down off. We’ve had a robust spring. Within the Ardennes classics, we carried out lower than the 12 months earlier than, however total I’m happy with the spring,” stated Stam.
“Then, as a workforce, we rode very impressively within the Spanish block. After the 2023 success 12 months, we didn’t count on originally of this season to have such a excessive win complete once more now.”
Kopecky and Wiebes will probably share management throughout the various parcours on the Tour of Britain Girls because it returns to the calendar now beneath the organisation of British Biking. SD Worx-Protime may also have Elena Cecchini, Chantal van den Broek-Blaak, Barbara Guarischi and Christine Majerus to assist their sprinter and the World Champion.