Rabo-Liv Woman Cycling presented their 2016 team at the Hotel and Conference Centre Papendal, Netherlands, on Wednesday. It will be an interesting season ahead with the return of Marianne Vos, pursuits of the inaugural Women’s WorldTour and the Olympic medals, and the search for a title sponsor to replace Rabobank.
“We’re dealing with the Olympics, but as a team we also have our own focus,” said team manager Koos Moerenhout on the Rabo-Liv website. “The first WorldTour offers a wonderful platform for women’s cycling, which is why we want to present ourselves there. We’ll also be cycling in the United States this season, in the Tour of California.”
Last year, Rabo Liv ended the season as the top ranked elite women’s team in the world. Vos did not race due to various injuries and ill health, but her teammates Anna van der Breggen finished the series in first place, Lucinda Brand 10th, Katarzyna Niewiadoma 12th and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot 18th in the standings.
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The 2016 team includes former world champions on the road in Vos and Ferrand-Prevot along with Giro Rosa winner Van der Breggen, Brand, Shara Gillow, Thalita de Jong, Roxane Knetemann, Jeanne Korevaar, Anouska Koster, Kasia Niewiadoma, Moniek Tenniglo and Yara Kastelijn, an 18-year-old Dutch rider who will begin with the team in March.
Rabobank confirmed in December that they would end their sponsorship of Rabo Liv at the end of the 2016 season. Moerenhout expressed his confidence in the team’s ability to secure new financial backing.
“Rabobank will indeed cease to be our main sponsor at the end of the season, but that certainly does not mean the end of the team,” he said. “We have a strong formation with cyclists who repeatedly are able to achieve great results. Moreover, the organisation of the Rabo Team Liv certainly stands firm. We have every confidence that we will succeed to also continue after 2016."
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