"What was enough this year is not enough in 2024" – Zeeman says Jumbo-Visma must evolve

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"What was enough this year is not enough in 2024" – Zeeman says Jumbo-Visma must evolve

The last part of the Jumbo-Visma costume for 2024, the remaining autographs and the final team name for next season have not yet been revealed.

The Dutch side have dominated throughout the season and took victory in all three grand tours, but sports director Merijn Zeeman said this unprecedented triple came

Zeeman also had a conversation with NOS to achieve the only important goal missed by the Dutch team in the historic season. He laid out the bare bones of the plan in his book, winning either on a tour of Flanders or in Paris-Roubaix.

"In 2024 we will win 3 [grand] tours that are no longer the purpose," Zeeman said. "What was enough this year is not enough next year.

"We need to realize that the competition is not sitting still. We will really have to continue to evolve and innovate, otherwise the time will come for the rest to pass us.

Bert Remmen was recently added to the team after Matteo Jorgenson and Ben Tourette joined from the Grenadiers of Movistar and Ineos, respectively, and the development team trio of Loe van Belle, per Strand Hagenes and Johannes Staune・Mittet stepped up to the WorldTour level. As a result, the team's roster is now up to 27 riders.

Visma-Lease A Bike will reportedly be the team name as Pon-owned leasing companies will appear to bolster the team's budget after a merger/acquisition with Soudal-QuickStep fails to materialize.

"It's not fully completed yet, we're working on it. I'm still working on a few men. We will announce it in the coming weeks," Zeeman said. "It's already been said and written enough, but I think there's great news coming soon for Richard Plugge."

Zeman will also compete with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Tadej Pogañar (UAE Team Emirates) if the team wins one of the cobblestone monuments along with classic leader Wout van Aert in 2024.

" [Van der Poel] did not make it easy to use understatement. They were really much better than us on the tour of Flanders," Zeman said.

"We need to come up with a trick to beat them. It's a great challenge and it's also what sport is. It's up to us to make a good plan in the coming weeks.

Van Aalto, who is Frandrian himself from Hörental, was the closest to winning de Rondo in 2020 with a photo finish with Van DER Poel, but has since been out of pace for his long・term rival Tadeji Pogagnard or missed out because of COVID・19. It was.

The Belgian race, of course, remains his dream, but Zeman believes that Paris-Roubaix is a better option for Van Aal with the final winner Van der Poel given that only Punk stood in the way of the famous battle developing at the Roubaix Velodrome.

"In Paris・Roubaix, I think he really is on par with Mathieu. There, it depends on how things are going to be, and the bad luck factor also plays a role," Zeeman said.

"Rubé is definitely the race that suits him best. But the tour in Flanders is very special for him, so we will do everything we can next year. Because it's the hardest game for us to win.

The Belgian is ranked 4th in the E3 Saxo Classic behind the astounding trio of Van Aalto, van der Poel and Poganyar, and 9th on the tour of Flanders

He will probably be joined by Dylan van Baal, Jan Torre, Jan Torre, and others, with the essential aim of claiming the monument in the sprint. Along with Ratnik, Ties Benut, Edoardo Affini, Christophe Laporte and Van Aalto, it would make up part of the cobblestone classic super team.

As a team, they have been prolific in Belgium since the opening of the weekend and have won all of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, E3Saxo Classic, Gent-Wevelgem and Dwars door Vlaanderen, but have missed the big one to Oudenaarde.

"We have attracted a lot of ambitious riders and in their minds they all want to win themselves, but as a team sport cycling it is essentially what we stand for," Zeeman said.

"It starts with exciting and very emphatic planning and strategy together. Like everyone feels a part of it and wants to feel a part of it. Continue to tell us that we will win the Tour de France together, and we will win the classic together. It's so deep now and we continue to insist on it together."

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