ABLOC CT
2022 VLC Men Start Team A Bloc
Team information
UCI code
  • PVC (2014–2016)
  • MCT (2017–2018)
  • MTA (2019)
  • ABC (2020–)
Founded2014
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
BicyclesRidley
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerPaul Tabak
Team manager(s)
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

ABLOC 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 will get his former name Parkhotel Valkenburg back.

Team history

2014

The 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

ABLOC 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

The 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

During the 2017 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Antonio Santoro tested positive for Acetazolamide and was banned for six months.[8]

Team roster

As of 11 February 2023.[9]
Rider Date of birth
 Stijn Appel (NED) (1996-11-14) 14 November 1996
 Bodi Del Grosso (NED) (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001
 Maxime Duba (NED) (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004
 Philip Heijnen (NED) (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000
 Luuk Herben (NED) (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000
 Jelle Johannink (NED) (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996
 Antti-Jussi Juntunen (FIN) (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999
 Lars Loohuis (NED) (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000
 Callum Macleod (GBR) (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000
 Mārtiņš Pluto (LAT) (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998
Rider Date of birth
 Jesper Rasch (NED) (1998-03-22) 22 March 1998
 Martijn Rasenberg (NED) (2001-11-09) 9 November 2001
 Mike Schuch (NED) (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002
 Nils Sinschek (NED) (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998
 Frank van den Broek (NED) (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000
 Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994
 Otto van Zanden (NED) (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004
 Luke Verburg (NED) (2001-05-12) 12 May 2001
 Meindert Weulink (NED) (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999

Major wins

National and continental champions

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

  1. Been, José (29 June 2014). "Netherlands Road Championships 2014: Road race - Men Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. Quénet, Jean-François (13 March 2014). "Tour de Taiwan 2014: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. "Parkhotel Valkenburg CT 2014". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. "A Bloc en Streetjump bundelen krachten (A Bloc and Streetjump join forces)". Cycling Online (in Dutch). 2021-11-23.
  5. "Parkhotel Valkenburg blijft als naamsponsor actief in het wielrennen". Wielerflits (in Dutch). 2023-10-10.
  6. Mathew Mitchell (2023-05-24). "Parkhotel Valkenburg look set to become VolkerWessels from 2024 season". ProcyclingUK.com.
  7. Mathew Mitchell (2023-09-09). "Parkhotel Valkenburg (soon to be Volkerwessels) announce 2024 line-up". ProcyclingUK.com.
  8. "Home" (PDF).
  9. "Abloc CT". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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