Preliminary Selection for the World Championships

Nieuwegein, August 25th 2010 - The Dutch national team for the World Championships Road Race in Melbourne, Australia is beginning to take shape. National coach Leo van Vliet has decided on six of his nine men. Koos Moerenhout and Dutch time trial champion Jos van Emden will contest the World Championship time trial on Thursday September 30th. The two will start the road race on Sunday October 3rd as well. They will be joined by Lars Boom, Karsten Kroon, Sebastian Langeveld and Dutch road race champion Nikki Terpstra. Due to coming ninth place in the UCI World Ranking, the Netherlands is able to field a team of nine for the World Championships road race.

After announcing six of the nine starters for the road race, three places remain. Nine riders have a chance of taking these three available spots: Laurens ten Dam, Johnny Hoogerland, Koen de Kort, Michael Kreder, Steven Kruijswijk, Tom Leezer, Martijn Maaskant, Wout Poels and Maarten Tjallingii. On September 8th, it will be announced who has secured these spots. The World Championships will take place between September 29th and October 3rd in Melbourne, Australia.