SD Worx-Protime eye ‘as many wins as potential’ with Wiebes and Kopecky at Tour of Britain Women

SD Worx-Protime need to proceed their domination of the Women’s WorldTour, eyeing “as many wins as potential” on the upcoming Tour of Britain Women.

The Dutch squad shall be led by World Champion Lotte Kopecky and high sprinter Lorena Wiebes as they tackle the 4 phases, which begin on Thursday in Welshpool and conclude on Sunday in Greater Manchester.

As a group, they’ve 31 wins already in 2024 and have taken total wins at half of the 18 WWT occasions thus far this season. Their 4 most up-to-date wins additionally got here within the UK on the RideLondon Classique, the place Wiebes gained all three phases and the general with Kopecky on lead-out responsibility.

“We are going there with a robust group. Our intention is to get as many wins as potential,” stated Sports Manager Danny Stam stated when SD Worx confirmed their line-up.

“It is a difficult course that ought to go well with us. However, we now have to see how nicely Lotte Kopecky has recovered from the RideLondon. She rode a powerful race there but in addition crashed arduous and had a little bit of a chilly. 

“For stage wins, we will definitely even be taking a look at Lorena Wiebes. She has gone the additional mile once more this season. She is just unbeatable within the dash.”

SD Worx-Protime have been the highest ladies’s group for the previous few seasons with Kopecky, Wiebes and GC star Demi Vollering all contributing most to their near-total domination in 2023.

The 2024 season has seen them miss out on large objectives on the Ardennes Classics and Tour of Flanders, with Lidl-Trek, Canyon SRAM and FDJ-SUEZ all spoiling the get together. But Stam was nonetheless delighted with the present win tally, particularly after Vollering’s clear sweep of the Spanish stage races in May.

“For now, there’s virtually nothing to write down off. We’ve had a robust spring. In the Ardennes classics, we carried out lower than the 12 months earlier than, however total I’m glad with the spring,” stated Stam. 

“Then, as a group, we rode very impressively within the Spanish block. After the 2023 success 12 months, we didn’t count on at first of this season to have such a excessive win complete once more now.”

Kopecky and Wiebes will doubtless share management throughout the various parcours on the Tour of Britain Women because it returns to the calendar now underneath the organisation of British Cycling. SD Worx-Protime can even have Elena Cecchini, Chantal van den Broek-Blaak, Barbara Guarischi and Christine Majerus to help their sprinter and the World Champion.