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Huising eleventh in educational Paris-Roubaix U23 for Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development

Huising eleventh in educational Paris-Roubaix U23 for Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development

Menno Huising finished eleventh in Paris-Roubaix for U23 riders. Teammates Colby Simmons and Dario Belletta coloured the final too, but were unlucky. The riders of the Dutch WorldTour formation's development team had an educational day in the Hell of the North.

Prior to the pro race, the U23 riders rode their Paris-Roubaix. The riders set off in Le Cateau and Cambrésis for a 164-kilometre ride. Along the way, 24 cobbled sections had to be completed. After a day at the front, Huising crossed the finish line in the Roubaix velodrome as eleventh.

"It was a typical edition of Paris-Roubaix," Huising said afterwards. "From the first cobbled section, chaos reigned. It was important to stay calm, which I did. In the end, I ended up with Colby and Dario in the chasing group behind the three leaders. Both Colby and Dario experienced bad luck, leaving me as the only Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development rider. With four kilometres to go I tried a solo chase on the leaders, but I was caught just before reaching the velodrome. Sprinting for fourth place was unfortunately out of question."

"In wedstrijden als dit primeert de ervaring die de jongens opdoen"

Maarten Wynants

Sports director Maarten Wynants, who has started the classic 12 times as a professional rider, looks back on a day full of learnings for his U23 riders. "We were well represented at the front of the race, but unfortunately we had a bad luck day. Fortunately, Menno was spared, which resulted in a fine place of honour."

"Achieving a good result is always great, but in races like this the most important thing is the experience the guys gain," the Belgian continued. "We had prepared them well for this Paris-Roubaix. In January we already rode the last hundred kilometres. Last week we explored the first sectors, which were slippery. We also tried to give them tips on material and tyre pressure."

"Riding a race like Paris-Roubaix is hugely important during the riders' development. Some guys are prepared this way to contest cobbled classics in the future. Other riders will encounter cobbled races in stage races," he concluded.

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Paris-Roubaix Espoirs

One day race

Result

Result

1
Tim Torn Teutenberg
Lidl - Trek Future Racing 03:48:29
2
Robert Donaldson
Trinity Racing +00:00:00
3
Robin Orins
Lotto Dstny Development Team +00:00:00
11
Menno Huising
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:00:15
15
Colby Simmons
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:02:33
28
Pietro Mattio
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:03:56
43
Jesse Kramer
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:05:25
64
Sjors Lugthart
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development +00:11:19
-
Dario Igor Belletta
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development DNF

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