Parkhotel Valkenburg CT is a Dutch UCI Continental cycling team founded in 2014. After 3 years of Parkhotel Valkenburg as the name-sponsor, the men's team switched to Monkey Town as their name-sponsor, while the women's team continued under the old name. In 2019, the men's team switched to the name Monkey Town - à Bloc and a year later the team became ABLOC CT. In 2024 the team again returned to being named Parkhotel Valkenburg.
 2022 VLC Men Start Team A Bloc | |
| Team information | |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Bicycles | Ridley |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Paul Tabak |
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| Team name history | |
2014–2016 2017–2018 2019 2020 2021–2023 2024– | Parkhotel Valkenburg CT Monkey Town Continental Team Monkey Town–à Bloc' à Bloc CT Abloc CT Parkhotel Valkenburg CT |
Team history
edit2014
editThe team started under the name Parkhotel Valkenburg CT in 2014. At the Dutch National Road Race Championships team was very prominent in chasing down the breakaway but the team was no match for the break who made itto the line. Best placed finisher was Jasper Ockeloen in 56th.[1] The Team's best result for the 2014 season was third overall at the Tour de Taiwan with Marco Zanotti.[2] The team achieved no victories this season.[3]
2022
editABLOC Continental Team, Streetjump Development Team, and Wielerclub North-Holland got together to build a new development team for junior riders: the Streetjump-ABLOC Development Team. Juniors that reach the semi-pro level when they enter the Under 23 category, can join the ABLOC team, while the others may enter the regional North-Holland team.[4]
2024
editThe ABLOC cycling team will be renamed to Parkhotel Valkenburg. Both ABLOC and Parkhotel Valkenburg are owned by businessman Jos van de Mortel.[5] The Parkhotel Valkenburg women's team will be taken over by the VolkerWessels Cycling Team.[6][7]
Doping
editDuring the 2017 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Antonio Santoro tested positive for Acetazolamide and was banned for six months.[8]
Team roster
edit- As of 11 February 2023.[9]
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Major wins
edit- 2014
- Stage 3b Sibiu Cycling Tour, Marco Zanotti
- 2015
- Himmerland Rundt, Wim Stroetinga
- Olympia's Tour
- Stages 1b, 3 & 5b, Wim Stroetinga
- Stage 5a (ITT), Dion Beukeboom
- Stage 6, Joris Blokker
- De Kustpijl, Marco Zanotti
- Stage 5 Tour of Taihu Lake, Marco Zanotti
- 2016
- Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan, Peter Schulting
- Stage 3 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Derk Abel Beckeringh
- Prologue Okolo Slovenska, Dennis Bakker
- Stage 5 Ster ZLM Toer, Wim Stroetinga
- Stage 3 Kreiz Breizh Elites, Peter Schulting
- 2017
- Stage 8 Tour of Hainan, Marco Zanotti
- 2018
- Stage 2 Tour of Antalya, Wim Kleiman
- Himmerland Rundt, André Looij
- Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré, André Looij
- Turul Romaniei
- Stages 1 & 4 , Peter Schulting
- Stage 3, Jeen de Jong
- Tacx Pro Classic, Peter Schulting
- Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Ivar Slik
- 2019
- Stage 2 Tour of Antalya, Bas van der Kooij
- Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Alex Molenaar
- Prologue Sibiu Cycling Tour, Ivar Slik
- Stage 8 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Alex Molenaar
Overall Tour of Romania, Alex Molenaar
- Stage 1 , Ivar Slik
- De Kustpijl, Bas van der Kooij
- Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Ivar Slik
- 2020
Netherlands National Road Race Championships, Stijn Daemen- 2021
No recorded victories
- 2022
- Wim Hendriks Trofee, Tomáš Kopecký
- Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop, Mārtiņš Pluto
- Stage 4 Dookoła Mazowsza, Jesper Rasch
- Puchar MON, Jesper Rasch
- 2023
- Stage 3 Tour of Poyang Lake, Jesper Rasch
- Stage 5 Tour of Poyang Lake, Stijn Appel
National and continental champions
edit- 2014
Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen- 2016
UEC European Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen- Dutch National Mountain Bike Championships Marathon, Jasper Ockeloen
- 2017
- UEC European Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
- 2018
- Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
Latvian National Road Race Championships U23, Martin Pluto- 2019
- UEC European Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik
- 2020
- Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik
- Dutch National Road Race Championships U23, Stijn Daemen
References
edit- ^ Been, José (29 June 2014). "Netherlands Road Championships 2014: Road race - Men Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Quénet, Jean-François (13 March 2014). "Tour de Taiwan 2014: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Parkhotel Valkenburg CT 2014". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "A Bloc en Streetjump bundelen krachten (A Bloc and Streetjump join forces)". Cycling Online (in Dutch). 2021-11-23.
- ^ "Parkhotel Valkenburg blijft als naamsponsor actief in het wielrennen". Wielerflits (in Dutch). 2023-10-10.
- ^ Mathew Mitchell (2023-05-24). "Parkhotel Valkenburg look set to become VolkerWessels from 2024 season". ProcyclingUK.com.
- ^ Mathew Mitchell (2023-09-09). "Parkhotel Valkenburg (soon to be Volkerwessels) announce 2024 line-up". ProcyclingUK.com.
- ^ "Home" (PDF).
- ^ "Abloc CT". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
External links
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