Team DSM continue with multitude of talents in their Development program |
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| Off the back of a strong 2021 season where Team DSM’s Development program have taken seven wins alongside numerous other strong results and good performances throughout the year, the team have extended contracts with several riders. Leo Hayter, Enzo Leijnse, Casper van Uden and Hannes Wilksch will race in the team’s colours until at least the end of 2022, while Oscar Onley is contracted through 2023. |
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| Spending two years with Development Team DSM so far, Hayter has been a part of good team successes and taken some solid results himself too. The 2020 Ronde de l’Isard saw him as part of the winning team time trial outfit, with Hayter climbing well over the challenging terrain to take eighth on stage two and end the race in 12th on GC: an impressive result for someone in their first year at that level. 2021 has seen Hayter gain some important experience riding alongside some of the team’s Men program riders in races such as Coppi e Bartali and the Tour of Norway, alongside helping the team to three wins at Solidarnosc and Ronde van Achterhoek. September has seen Hayter in brilliant form with an incredible win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège U23 and an impressive performance to win stage two at the Tour de Bretagne.
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| Leijnse has spent two years with Development Team DSM so far as he continues to make the transition from juniors to U23 and elite level racing. A powerful rider, 2020 saw Leijnse as part of the team’s excellent team time trial victory at Ronde de l’Isard which followed from his seventh place at the European U23 TT championships – an impressive result for someone in their first year at that level. 2021 has seen Leijnse continue to develop, where he’s put his powerful attributes to use, pulling the front of the peloton or by going on the attack, while also gaining experience riding with the Men’s program.
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| Joining Development Team DSM at the start of 2021, Onley has found his feet within the team as he makes the step up from juniors. With his 2020 racing program in juniors curtailed due to the pandemic, this season has all been about gaining experience for the Scot as he adapts to the team. Settling in well, Onley has shown his strength on the bike with good performances at races such as Kreizh Breizh Elites and Tour of Norway, where he’s worked selflessly as a domestique to help the team’s goals and gaining some important experience of riding alongside the Men’s program.
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| Like most, 2020 saw a truncated debut season for Van Uden with Development Team DSM, but he was still part of a win as the team took stage victory in the team time trial at Ronde de l’Isard. This season has seen Van Uden’s development come on leaps and bounds with the team. A third place at the Dutch road race championships was followed up by two impressive stage wins at Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc after some excellent lead outs, before a recent win at the tough Dutch one day race, Ronde van Achterhoek. Looking ahead, Van Uden wants to continue his development and take more successes with the team.
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| A strong rider who can cope with the climbs and produce a good time trial, Wilksch took an impressive fourth place in the German U23 time trial championships in 2020, a strong result for someone in their first year at that level. Since then, Wilksch has continued to develop in 2021 where he has produced some strong rides over the hills, mountains and flat lands, working ably to help protect and position the team’s designated finishers on those days. With his eyes on 2022, Wilksch aims to keep on improving with Development Team DSM.
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