ABLOC CT

ABLOC CT
	2022 VLC Men Start Team A Bloc
Team information
UCI code	PVC (2014–2016); MCT (2017–2018); MTA (2019); ABC (2020–);
Founded	2014
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Bicycles	Ridley
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Paul Tabak
Team manager(s)	Johan Berghmans; Chris de Jonge; Remco te Brake;
Team name history
2014–2016; 2017–2018; 2019; 2020; 2021–2023; 2024	Parkhotel Valkenburg CT; Monkey Town Continental Team; Monkey Town–à Bloc'; à Bloc CT; Abloc CT; Parkhotel Valkenburg CT

ABLOC CT is a Dutch UCI Continental cycling team founded in 2014. After 3 years of Parkhotel Valkenburg as the name-sponsor, the men's team switched to Monkey Town as their name-sponsor, while the women's team continued under the old name. In 2019, the men's team switched to the name Monkey Town - à Bloc and a year later the team became ABLOC CT. In 2024 the team will get his former name Parkhotel Valkenburg back.

Team history[edit]

2014[edit]

The team started under the name Parkhotel Valkenburg CT in 2014. At the Dutch National Road Race Championships team was very prominent in chasing down the breakaway but the team was no match for the break who made itto the line. Best placed finisher was Jasper Ockeloen in 56th.^[1] The Team's best result for the 2014 season was third overall at the Tour de Taiwan with Marco Zanotti.^[2] The team achieved no victories this season.^[3]

2022[edit]

ABLOC Continental Team, Streetjump Development Team, and Wielerclub North-Holland got together to build a new development team for junior riders: the Streetjump-ABLOC Development Team. Juniors that reach the semi-pro level when they enter the Under 23 category, can join the ABLOC team, while the others may enter the regional North-Holland team.^[4]

2024[edit]

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

Doping[edit]

During the 2017 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Antonio Santoro tested positive for Acetazolamide and was banned for six months.^[8]

Team roster[edit]

As of 11 February 2023.^[9]

	Rider	Date of birth
Stijn Appel (NED)		(1996-11-14) 14 November 1996 (age 27)
Bodi Del Grosso (NED)		(2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 23)
Maxime Duba (NED)		(2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 19)
Philip Heijnen (NED)		(2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 23)
Luuk Herben (NED)		(2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 23)
Jelle Johannink (NED)		(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27)
Antti-Jussi Juntunen (FIN)		(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25)
Lars Loohuis (NED)		(2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 23)
Callum Macleod (GBR)		(2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24)
Mārtiņš Pluto (LAT)		(1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26)

	Rider	Date of birth
Jesper Rasch (NED)		(1998-03-22) 22 March 1998 (age 26)
Martijn Rasenberg (NED)		(2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 (age 22)
Mike Schuch (NED)		(2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21)
Nils Sinschek (NED)		(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 25)
Frank van den Broek (NED)		(2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23)
Jan-Willem van Schip (NED)		(1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 (age 29)
Otto van Zanden (NED)		(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 19)
Luke Verburg (NED)		(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 22)
Meindert Weulink (NED)		(1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 24)