After a promising 2020 on the road for Team Sunweb’s Joris Nieuwenhuis which included his debut at the Tour de France and an impressive third place at Paris-Tours, the former U23 World Champion returns to cyclocross this winter. Last year saw Nieuwenhuis pick up consistent results throughout the season as he made the step up to the elite ranks, with second place in Woerden and a bronze medal at the Dutch national championships his season highlights. This winter, Nieuwenhuis hopes to build on last year and pick up more strong results.
Nieuwenhuis said: “I’m looking forward to the cyclocross season again. After a successful season on the road I’m getting ready for some mud this winter. After taking a break off the bike once the road season was finished, I have started specific cyclocross training again and I’m excited to do my first races in December. The main focus will be in January, with the national and world championships. I want to be in my best form for that so we will use a good training and racing period to build up to those goals. I’m really looking forward to getting underway with the season and I’m pleased it can go ahead in such times.”
Team Sunweb head of coaching Rudi Kemna added: “With a long and solid road season behind him, and some really nice results, Joris will use December to get back into the racing rhythm and continue to improve towards the two big championships in January.Due to the long road season, we formulated a program that gave him adequate time for rest so he starts his season a little later in December. We are confident that with a solid training block in the run up to his season debut, Joris will have a good base to build upon in the run up to his main goals in January.”
Race program
Boom Superprestige – 06/12/2020
Scheldecross Trofee – 12/12/2020
Gavere Superprestige – 13/12/2020
Namur World Cup – 20/12/2020
Heusden-Zolder Superprestige – 26/12/2020
Dendermonde World Cup – 27/12/2020
