Last weekend, for the first time this season, Fem van Empel was not the only runner representing the team Visma-Lease a Bikeduring theExact-Cross of Kortrijk and the first round of World Cup last Saturday and Sunday. It was the opportunity to see the arrival of the young Imogen Wolff18 years old, who participated in both events. In the junior category this year, she finished 3rd in the World Championship time trial and 6th in the road event. She also finished 4th in the Tour of Flanders. For her first two cyclo-cross races with her new team, she finished in an excellent 6th place during theExact-Crossless than 3 minutes from her new teammate, and 38th in the first round of World Cup.
Video – Vam Empel's victory in the first round in Antwerp
“These are our great promises for the future”
As explained Jan Boventhe sporting director of the Dutch team, Imogen Wolff did not join Visma | Lease a Bike as an intern only in mid-September but the discussions are much older: “She came to us during the week of La Choralis Fourmies Féminine (1.1), after which she made the jump to the main category. She is still a very young girl. We had already seen her talent last year , especially in very difficult races, she then stood out. We had already seen her potential. The contacts had already existed for a while.
The Dutch team wants to consciously develop more talents around Van Empelalthough the cyclocross world champion is still only 22 years old, as said Jan Boven : “With Viktória Chladoňová, there is a second little talent waiting for her turn. She will only join the team in 2025. These are our big promises for the future. We can still refine their talent, but they have finally arrived at home as road racers, everything we do in cyclocross has a function for the road.he concludes.
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