The LottoNL-Jumbo team has confirmed its roster for the 2017 season, adding Lars Boom, Stef Clement, Juan Jose Lobato, Daan Olivier and Jurgen Van den Broeck following the loss of Sep Vanmarcke to Cannondale-Drapac and Wilco Kelderman to Lotto Soudal. Alexey Vermeulen is the only US rider on the 28 roster.
Long standing domestique Bram Tankink expected to become the team’s final and 29th rider if contract negotiations are successful.
LottoNL-Jumbo won 19 races in 2016, with 11 of them coming thanks to sprinter Dylan Groenewegen. The team went close to victory in the Giro d’Italia with Steven Kruijswijk, but he crashed in the snow on the Col dell’Agnello while wearing the pink jersey and eventually finished fourth overall. His Vuelta a Espana hopes were dashed after he hit a pole in the road on stage 5 and fractured his collarbone.
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The team finished 15th in the UCI WorldTour rankings, narrowly avoiding problems concerning points and so secured a place in the 2017 WorldTour as long as their application is in order. LottoNL-Jumbo will again use Bianchi bikes in 2017 and wear Shimano S-PHYRE range of clothing and shoes as part of a new sponsorship from the Japanese brand.
Boom will be expected to fill the gap left by Vanmarcke in the Classics squad. The 30-yer-old Dutchman has returned to his home team after two sub par seasons.
"There are still a few things missing on my palmares, especially a big classic win. I also want to working with the team again carefully picking my races,” Boom said in a statement from the team. “It is nice to see how the team has so much energy for the development of materials and training."
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