Marianne Vos' new Fortitude Pro Cycling team has vowed to back the muti-time and multi-discipline world champion during the next four years in her bid to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
"The team has the same goal to built towards new Olympics," the team's manager Eric van den Boom told Cyclingnews when asked if the program would back Vos for the next four years. "Of course we take into consideration the journey and the development of riders and victories needed."
Vos returned to the professional peloton this spring after a year hiatus due to injuries and general fatigue from over training. She has slowly made her way back into top form, although some suggest she has not yet returned to the same level she was before injuring her hamstring in January 2015. She had a clear goal of competing in the Rio Olympics and was eventually selected to the team that also included Anna van der Breggen, Ellen Van Dijk and Annemiek Van Vleuten.
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Vos played a strong role in Dutch team's tactics during the road race but didn't factor in the finale and finished ninth, 1:14 behind the lead breakaway. Her teammates Van Vleuten crashed on the final descent of the race while she was in a solo bid for the gold medal, but van der Breggen, who was in the winning chase group behind, went on to secure the victory.
Vos announced the formation of Fortitude Pro Cycling at the end of September. The new team title will replace former Rabobank sponsor, which announced last December that it would end all its professional sports sponsorship after 2016, leaving Rabo Liv without title financial backer.
Asked why the team chose to name the new program Fortitude Pro Cycling, Van den Boom said, “The name was chosen as it tells the philosophy of the team and the structure that is based on a more innovative business plan, the eventual sponsors or partners that would do a substantial contribution could be added of course into the communication on clothing, etc.
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