Team SD Worx-Protime kicks off season at UAE Tour with Lorena Wiebes as leader

Team SD Worx-Protime kicks off season at UAE Tour with Lorena Wiebes as leader

“UAE Tour is first important yardstick”

04/02/2025

For the third year in a row, Team SD Worx-Protime will start the season at the UAE Tour. The riders on the roster are Barbara Guarischi, Femke Markus, Lorena Wiebes, Femke Gerritse, Marta Lach & Elena Cecchini. Lorena Wiebes already won three stages in the UAE Tour for Team SD Worx-Protime and is looking to maintain her status as the fastest sprinter in the world this season. “It's always exciting to find out what strides the competition has made. I want to continue to grow in the classic work this year, as well as keeping my sprint on a high level.”

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Lorena Wiebes: “I'm really looking forward to the new season. Will I start the UAE Tour with confidence? It is always exciting to discover what progress the other riders have made. You know what numbers you are pedaling yourself, but you are not sure how that compares to the others. I do know that we worked hard as a team last winter. Hopefully that will be enough to achieve success right away. If you get your first win quickly, it is often a release. Some pressure immediately goes off then.”

“As a sprinter, the UAE Tour is the perfect start to the season. The weather is good, there are sprint opportunities and the tough stage over Jebel Hafeet provides a good training incentive. They also made the overall tour a little tougher. Some stages got longer. I'm also looking forward to the second day of racing, where we might be able to draw echelons. According to the current forecast, the wind will be hard enough and coming from the right side. That would be ideal, though, because that way you train course toughness right away.”

“What I want to achieve this season? I want to make strides in the classical work and maintain my strong sprint. I also want us to further expand our sprint train. With Marta Lach we have a new rider who not only fits very well with Team SD Worx-Protime, she brings a lot of energy to the group. Marta is an asset. She can definitely play a role in our sprint train and we can also try this out in the UAE Tour. Femke Gerritse has also clearly made strides. And my locomotive Barbara Guarischi I trust blindly after two seasons. Despite her being already a bit older, she is still making progress. If you see how she once started at Team SD Worx-Protime and at what level she is acting now, that is simply impressive and an example for many.”

“The UAE Tour already promises to be a nice battle between the sprinters. The official start list is not yet known, but normally Elisa Balsamo, Charlotte Kool and Chiara Consonni are all at the start. Sofie Van Rooijen is also starting in UAE Tour with a new sprint train. So there are a lot of good sprinters present. So we are definitely going to get some nice bunch sprints.This is the ideal gauge.”

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