Team dsm-firmenich are pleased to reveal that a trio of new British recruits join their Development program for the 2024 season: Jacob Bush, Oilver Peace and Benjamin Peatfield. All three riders will wear the distinctive two-striped jersey through 2025.

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Jacob Bush

A multi-discipline rider, Bush has competed in both cyclocross and road racing in his junior career so far, claiming third in the British national championships in the former at the start of this year. On the road, he started his junior career strongly with second overall at Vuelta a Las Comarcas behind teammate Oliver Peace, after a two-up mountain breakaway. A strong rider on a variety of terrain, he took an impressive third in the time trial at the British national championships, fifth at the notoriously challenging and classics-esque CiCLE Classic, before raising his hands in the air at the Bath RC road race. This year has seen Bush develop even further, winning the MAS Design Yorkshire Classic before going on to triumph in the time trial at the British championships. It’s not just on the flat terrain that he’s excelled, with Bush taking a fine second place on GC at the hilly Tour de Gironde and fourth overall at the Valromey Juniors event. Recently he put in a fighting performance to take fifth in the time trial at the World Championships, highlighting his potential for the future.
 

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Oliver Peace

Starting his career in the junior ranks strongly, Peace took third place at the Heatherleigh junior road race in Great Britain before going on to win the opening stage and the overall title at the hilly Vuelta a Las Comarcas in Spain; ahead of teammate Jacob Bush. Those consistent performances continued with fourth on GC at the Isle of Man Tour, 12^th overall at Bizkaiko Itzulia and eighth at Ronde des Vallées Juniors. Not only a road rider, Peace has shown his skills in the field too starting 2023 on a strong footing with second at the Great Britain cyclocross national championships. A string of solid results followed in his second year as a junior, such as eight overall at Gipuzkoa Klasikoa, finishing 13^th at Liege-Bastogne-Liege after helping his teammate to the win, and sixth in the time trial at the British championships to name a few.
 

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Benjamin Peatfield

As a junior, like many, Peatfield was affected by a shortened calendar in 2020 but his second year in the ranks saw him take two impressive stage wins at Boucles de l’Oise juniors alongside other top results such as seventh at Bernaudeau Juniors and eighth at an epic and muddy edition of Paris-Roubaix. Making the step up to the U23 level in 2022 Peatfield started well and was part of a winning team time trial effort at Circuit des Plages, before going on to win a two-up sprint in May at the Prix Quartier St.Georges. Showing his ability to read races well and a good tactical brain, he went on to take sixth in the elite criterium race at the British national championships. 2023 saw Peatfield start strongly once again with some good top ten results in the French domestic scene but unfortunately injury and illness hampered his racing after that. A recent second place at the Prix Marcel Bergereau hints at his return to form as he looks to build on that for the future.
 

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