After being initially branded Fortitude Pro Cycling, Marianne Vos's team looks to have secured its long-term future with a new five year deal with WM3 Energie, a Dutch sustainable energy consultancy.
The former Rabo-Liv team had been in danger of folding at the end of the 2016 season with the withdrawal of Rabobank from women's professional cycling, four years after it withdrew from the men's side of the sport in 2012 in the wake of the Lance Armstrong drug scandal.
>>> Women's world champion Amalie Dideriksen shows offer new rainbow jersey
The team will compete as WM3 Pro Cycling in 2017, with Vos joined by Polish road and time trial champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Dutch road champion Anouska Koster. However the squad will be without Olympic gold medallist Anna van der Breggan who will ride with Lizzie Deignan at Boels Dolmans, while former world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot has made the switch across to Canyon-SRAM.
Despite the considerable changes to the team's line up, team manager Eric Van Boom is optimistic about the upcoming season: "We have an eager and talented team, which will be on the hunt for success, in 2017 and thereafter. Determination, courage and passion are the key words which describe our team. In short: fortitude, as we already announced previously."
Thank you for reading 10 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Join now for unlimited access
Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
-
-
Dr Hutch: WLTM someone to join him on long rides
Doctor Hutch leaves sightseeing for others and dedicates his long rides to the pursuit of solitary suffering. But now he’s looking for ride-mates - A GSOH is a must
-
Carolin Schiff makes huge solo effort to take victory at women's Unbound Gravel 200
German off-road pro takes a massive solo victory at gravel's premiere event, Unbound
-
Marianne Vos doubles up on ‘nervous’ stage four of Vuelta Femenina
The Jumbo-Visma rider is yet to finish off the podium at the Spanish race
-
'We didn't expect this': Wind causes havoc on stage three of La Vuelta Femenina as Marianne Vos wins
Dutchwoman takes first ever Vuelta stage win, completing the Grand Tour set, as multiple GC riders suffer in echelons
-
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig survives repeated attacks to win the Tour of Scandinavia
Marianne Vos takes a fourth stage win win after an entertaining and combative final day in Norway
-
Marianne Vos makes it a Tour of Scandinavia hat trick
The Dutch rider took a masterful victory after being boxed in and out of position in the final
-
Vos nets back to back wins in Tour of Scandinavia
Dutch woman extends her overall advantage to 14 seconds as she takes an intelligent win by less than a wheel’s length.
-
'Rules are rules': Marianne Vos accepts disqualification at Vårgårda after using 'puppy paws'
Jumbo-Visma legend celebrated win but then was denied victory after rule infraction
-
History made: five talking points from the Tour de France Femmes
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift: Our key takeaways from the women’s Tour de France revival
-
Marianne Vos bids adieu to the Tour de France Femme yellow jersey, her five-day stint in yellow was ‘more than a dream come true’
Marianne Vos bids adieu to the Tour de France Femme yellow jersey, her five-day stint in yellow was ‘more than a dream come true’
