Jeroen Blijlevens will return to professional cycling as the new director of Marianne Vos' team WM3 Pro Cycling in 2017, the team announced Tuesday.
The former Dutch racer directed at both the women's Rabobank and men's Belkin teams before being pushed out of cycling three years ago after confessing to using EPO during his racing career in the late 1990s.
The WM3 Pro Cycling team welcomed him to their squad as a director in a formal announcement on Twitter.
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We're happy to announce the signing of @J_Blijlevens. He's our new sports director. Welcome! #WM3ProCycling
— WM3 Pro Cycling (@WM3ProCycling) November 8, 2016
Blijlevens' career highlights as a sprinter included stage wins at the Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana and Giro d'Italia, where he briefly wore the pink leader's jersey. He raced for teams TVM, Team Polti, Lotto and Domo-Farm Frites and BanGiroLoterjui before retiring in 2004.
He spent several years managing Vos' former team Nederland Bloeit, that took on Rabobank as a title sponsor in 2012.
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