VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam

VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam
	Riders at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes
Team information
UCI code	PHV
Registered	Netherlands
Founded	2013
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2014–2019); UCI Women's Continental Team (2020–present)
Bicycles	Factor
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Bart Faes; Jos Mooy; Raymond Rol;
Team name history
2013; 2014–2016; 2017; 2018–2023; 2024–	Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team; Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team; Parkhotel Valkenburg–Destil; Parkhotel Valkenburg; VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam

VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam (UCI team code: PHV) is a UCI Women's Continental Team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite women's road bicycle races such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team was established in 2013 and received an UCI licence in 2014.^[1]

History

2014

The 2014 women's road cycling season was the first for the Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team as an UCI women's team.

2015

2018

Former rider in the team Esra Tromp retired from racing to take on the role as team manager for Parkhotel Valkenburg in 2018 after sustaining multiple physical setbacks in 2017.^[2] Nancy van der Burg who had stepped up to UCI level in 2018 from club team Jos Feron Lady Force, but in May it was announced that she would be stepping back from racing with Parkhotel Valkenburg, as she was unable to balance racing professionally and working as a sport nutrition coach at LottoNL–Jumbo.^[3]^[4]

2024

The women's team will be taken over by and renamed to the VolkerWessels Cycling Team.^[5]^[6] The men's ABLOC cycling team will get its former name Parkhotel Valkenburg back. Both sponsors ABLOC and Parkhotel Valkenburg are owned by businessman Jos van de Mortel.^[7]

Team roster

As of 15 August 2021.^[8]

	Rider	Date of birth
Mischa Bredewold (NED)		(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 24)
Nina Buijsman (NED)		(1997-11-16) 16 November 1997 (age 26)
Belle de Gast (NED)		(1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 33)
Femke Gerritse (NED)		(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 23)
Pien Limpens (NED)		(2001-02-24) 24 February 2001 (age 23)
Femke Markus (NED)		(1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 27)
Rachel Neylan (AUS)		(1982-03-09) 9 March 1982 (age 42)

	Rider	Date of birth
Lieke Nooijen (NED)		(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001 (age 23)
Marit Raaijmakers (NED)		(1999-06-02) 2 June 1999 (age 25)
Sylvie Swinkels (NED)		(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24)
Julia van Bokhoven (NED)		(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23)
Amber van der Hulst (NED)		(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 25)
Kirstie van Haaften (NED)		(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25)
Esther van Veen (NED)		(1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 34)