Roompot Orange Peloton will be missing from this year's Challenge Mallorca. According to Wielerflits, the Dutch ProContinental team has chosen a different start to thir second year in the peloton.
The formation of team manager Michael Zijlaard will open the season in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (February 3-7) which is back on the calendar after several yars of absence. The team will start the Spanish 2.1 race with a selection consisting of climbers. Later two Spanish one-day races and the Ruta del Sol are on the schedule.
The classic specialists will start a few days later at the Tour of Qatar (February 8-12) and then the Tour of Oman (February 16-21). The riders riding in the Middle East will also do the Flemish opening weekend (Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne).
Last year the Orange team did the first official race kilometers in a series of one-day races on the Spanish island of Mallorca. In the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana, the third race in the series, Marc de Maar was fifth , the best result of a Roompot rider. Raymond Kreder was in the top 10 twice (in the first and last race).
22.05: GP de la Ville d'Annaba |
20.05 - 24.05: Cycling Tour of Albania |
24.05: GP de la Ville d'Alger |
23.05 - 25.05: Tour of Estonia |
25.05: GP Herning |
25.05: ZLM Omloop der Kempen |
25.05: Ladies Tour of Estonia |
25.05: Due Giorni Marchigiana |
25.05: Marcel Kint Classic |
04.05 - 26.05: Giro d'Italia |
Aleksa MARIC 33 years | today |
Fabian VELAZQUEZ 34 years | today |
Anneke DIJKSTRA 27 years | today |
Ion DEL RIO ARTEAGA 46 years | today |
Rik REINERINK 51 years | today |
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