Gepla-Watersley R+D Road Team

𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐚

With the ending of the season of 2023, we part ways with our performance team. After 5 incredible years, team manager Dennis Huenders leaves the team to continue his vision elsewhere. Boy Sanders will continue his work as a performance coach at TDT-Unibet. Our second DS, Lance Huenders, will also discontinue his duties for the team.

Thank you guys for everything you have done for the team, creating and enhancing it to the team as we know today. We wish you all the best for the future!

Happy 1️⃣8️⃣th birthday, Niels!🥳

Happy 1️⃣8️⃣th birthday, Karst!🥳

Happy 1️⃣7️⃣th birthday, Floris!🥳

𝐆𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚-𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩! 🥇🇳🇱

An incredible team performance in the polder fields around Dronten by Ryan, Karst, Ruud, Mees and Thom, resulted in a terrific closing chapter for their junior years with our team.

Congrats, guys!

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩! 🇪🇺🇳🇱

During last Saturday’s European Championship, Thom van der Werff was on the look out all race long for a great result, really being a part of the race. After some hard efforts from Karst Hayma, the way was paved for an amazing result. In the final sprint the podium seemed so close, but Thom had to settle for 5th.
Still an incredible result after a terrific season.

Congrats, Thom!

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐀𝐌-𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠! 🇪🇺🇳🇱

We wish our riders Karst Hayma (NED), Gusts Lapins (LAT) and Thom van der Werff (NED) all the best for tomorrow’s road race at the European championships in Drijber.

Good luck, guys!

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧! 🇪🇺🇳🇱

We wish our rider Ryan Gal all the best for today’s individual time trial at the European championships in Emmen.

Good luck, Ryan!

𝐆𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐥 𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐞𝐫

After a fast race, the peloton joined the leaders on the finish line, but could not pass them. In the end Gusts took home another top-10 spot on his birthday.

Hope you enjoyed your birthday, Gusts!

𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐌𝐙 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤! 🥇🥈🇰🇷

During 5 days of racing with ups and downs, the team looked to be concluding the stage race in Korea with not just a 1-2 for Karst Hayma and Ruud Junior Nagengast in the final stage, but also winning the general classification. In the end, Karst took second in the same time as the winner, but that’s still a great reward after a hard week of racing!

What a week, guys!