Jumbo-Visma
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The Dutch team formerly known as Belkin which was formerly known as Rabobank which formerly known as LottoNL-Jumbo which was formerly known as six other things, has been around for so long most of their riders weren’t even born the first time they rode the Tour de France (in 1984 as Kwantum). Since Euskaltel have disbanded, they’ve got the orangest, booziest fans in cycling, despite the team kit being a yellow and black combo. Said team kit comes in two sizes: extremely tall and broad, or extremely tall and skinny.
The team’s biggest recent successes have come through sprinter Dylan Groenewegen, while Grand Tour overall chances have rested on the sizeable shoulders of Steven Kruijswijk.
After a few years of poor results, the team switched focus and began recruiting strong climbers to compete at Grand Tours. For the last few years, they have been edging up the rankings, with riders claiming stage victories and top ten overall finishes. Success finally came in 2019 when Primoz Roglic, the former ski jumper, won the overall at the Vuelta.
They scored one of the biggest transfer coups for 2019, securing the services of cyclocross star Wout van Aert, who at just 24 years old, is surely a Classics winner in the making. The star studded lineup also included Tom Dumoulin, George Bennett, Laurens De Plus and Sepp Kuss.
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Jumbo-Visma ask fans to pick their alternate jersey for this year's Tour de France
Team Jumbo-Visma have asked their fans to choose what their kit should look like for the upcoming 2021 Tour de France at the end of June
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Primož Roglič 'happy with the legs' at Tour of the Basque Country just weeks after two hard crashes
Primož Roglič says that he has been surprised by the strength he has shown at the Tour of the Basque Country, just weeks after twice crashing hard.
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Wout van Aert's trainer says Tirreno-Adriatico 'was so tough, it was not a build up week' for the Classics
Wout van Aert's trainer has said that Tirreno-Adriatico has had a negative effect on the rider's Classics season which saw the Belgian manage to win Ghent-Wevelgem but missing out in the rest
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Primož Roglič powers to victory on opening time trial of Tour of the Basque Country 2021
Primož Roglic took the opening stage of the Itzulia Tour of the Basque Country 2021 by just two seconds over young American Brandon McNulty on the outskirts of Bilbao.
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Wout van Aert says he ‘just wasn’t good enough’ in Tour of Flanders 2021
Wout van Aert said he “wasn’t good enough in the end” as he finished sixth in the Tour of Flanders 2021.
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Wout van Aert says he didn’t want to waste his chance in the sprint by chasing Stuyven in Milan-San Remo 2021
Wout van Aert said he didn’t want to waste his chance in a sprint by chasing Jasper Stuyven in the final of Milan San Remo.
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Sepp Kuss signs new deal with Jumbo-Visma as he is ‘increasingly becoming a leader himself’
Sepp Kuss has signed a new three-year contract with Jumbo-Visma, as the team says he is “increasingly becoming a leader himself.”
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Wout van Aert takes final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 as Tadej Pogačar seals overall victory
Wout van Aert took stage victory on the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 in the individual time trial, beating European champion Stefan Küng and world champion Filippo Ganna on the day.
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Wout van Aert 'continues to amaze' as he competes against former Tour de France winners
Wout van Aert "continues to amaze" as he has held is own against multiple Tour de France champions in Tirreno Adriatico.+
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Jumbo-Visma boss criticises Remco Evenepoel for his Dylan Groenewegen comments
The boss of Jumbo-Visma has criticised Remco Evenepoel for his comments about Dylan Groenewegen, after an incident at last year’s Tour of Poland.
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'Wout van Aert is not Pogačar or Bernal, they will always have an advantage in Tirreno GC,' says sports director
Wout van Aert comes to Tirreno-Adriatico to test his legs in the overall standings for the first time after showing he is a very capable climber with excellent displays at the Tour de France and Critérium du Dauphiné.
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Wout van Aert powers his way to victory on stage one of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021
Wout van Aert took the opening stage of Tirreno-Adriatico showing his raw power in the sprint, beating Caleb Ewan, Fernando Gaviria and several other big sprinting names.
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George Bennett's helmet snaps in two after crash at Paris-Nice
The Jumbo-Visma rider got to his feet, clutching his head before stumbling, giving a thumbs up to the race doctor before getting back on his bike
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Jonas Vingegaard comes out on top with late attack to take stage five of the UAE Tour 2021
Jonas Vingegaard took stage victory on the Jebel Jais climb on stage five of the UAE Tour after catching Alexey Lutsenko with 250 metres to go with a very late attack by the young Danish rider.
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George Bennett's national champion's jersey design rejected by New Zealand federation
George Bennett took the national championships road race in New Zealand earlier this year, a title he has been fighting for as one of his main career goals.
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Jumbo-Visma leaving the door open for Tom Dumoulin to ride 2021 Tour de France
Jumbo-Visma is leaving the door open for Tom Dumoulin to compete in the 2021 Tour de France.
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‘I consider myself an optimist and a good bike handler, I started to doubt that’ - Mike Teunissen suffers heavy crash while training in Tenerife
Mike Teunissen said he started to doubt himself after suffering a heavy crash while training in Tenerife.
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Wout van Aert’s coach says he’s ‘currently good enough to compete, but not to win’
Wout van Aert’s coach says the Belgian star still has work to do before he can compete for victory in the Classics this year.
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Primož Roglič on Tour de France defeat: In hindsight we were calculating too much as a team
Primož Roglič says Jumbo-Visma were too calculating, during his heart-breaking defeat in the 2020 Tour de France.
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Threats to Dylan Groenewegen are unacceptable and race barriers are to blame for crash, says riders's union
The crash happened on stage one of the 2020 Tour of Poland in Katowice with Fabio Jakobsen crashing through the race barriers
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Sepp Kuss: I like the Grand Tours, but I have a lot to work on to become a contender
Sepp Kuss emerged from 2020 as one of the star support riders currently racing at the highest level.
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Dylan Groenewegen reveals he received death threats and needed police protection after Fabio Jakobsen crash
Dylan Groenewegen has revealed he received death threats and needed police protection after causing a crash at the Tour of Poland.
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Primož Roglič identifies tactical change needed to win the 2021 Tour de France
The Slovenian is now the out-and-out leader at Jumbo-Visma, but will need help from Tom Dumoulin and Steven Kruijswijk if he is to win the yellow jersey
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Tom Dumoulin on return to the cobbled Classics: ‘Wout van Aert is our leader, but anything can happen in the final'
Tom Dumoulin is relishing the opportunity to return to the cobbled Classics in 2021, as the Grand Tour star shakes up his early season.
