Team dsm-firmenich PostNL are thrilled to reveal that Bjoern Koerdt and Mara Roldan will join their Men’s and Women’s programs next season. Koerdt has already raced with the team as a stagiaire in the second half of 2024 and will continue to wear the two-striped jersey through 2026, while young Canadian youngster Roldan is set to ride with the team until at least the end of 2027.

Bjoern Koerdt

Born in Leeds in the United Kingdom, Koerdt comes from a multi-disciplined cycling background having competed in both cyclocross and mountain bike, alongside road racing. Some good and consistent results in the junior ranks saw him make the trip across the sea for his first two years at the U23 level, riding with French team CC Étupes. Honing his ability on the tough French national circuit, Koerdt ably supported his teammates in his opening season but also picked some strong results himself, such as third overall at the Classic-Souvenir Antonin Landre. Coming into 2024, Koerdt continued to make steps in his development and had great form at the end of March and beginning of April where he won the Boucle de l’Artois and Tour du Charollais. A punchy rider who can get over the climbs, Koerdt joined Team dsm-firmenich PostNL as a stagiaire in 2024 and has since impressed with good rides at the Arctic Race of Norway and Deutschland Tour; before going on to ride his home-race at the Tour of Britain and then helping the team and Max Poole to GC victory at Tour de Langkawi.
 

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Mara Roldan

From the province of Yukon in Canada, Roldan only tried road cycling for the first time in 2019. After then, she continued to race mostly nationally in the junior ranks in 2021 and 2022, before making the step up to elite level last year, whilst still riding some U23 events. The 2024 campaign has been a fruitful one for the young Canadian talent with her team Cynisca Cycling. Starting off the season brilliantly, she claimed two stage wins and third overall at Redlands Classic in the USA, before her European adventure began in May. Consistent results at Bretagne Ladies Tour and Volta Ciclista a Catalunya saw her return to Canada in fine form, where Roldan powered to the U23 national TT title and finished third in the elite road race; meaning she also took the U23 jersey there too. Heading back over the Atlantic Ocean, it didn’t take long for her to take her first win in Europe with an impressive display on the uphill finish on stage two at the Volta a Portugal. Roldan has continued to prove her consistency over a mix of terrain with 14^th place overall at Baloise Ladies Tour being an example of that, with that result including a top ten in both a sprint stage and the time trial.
 

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