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Parkhotel Valkenburg CT is a Dutch
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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 again returned to being named Parkhotel Valkenburg.


Team history


2014

The team started under the name Parkhotel Valkenburg CT in 2014. At the
Dutch National Road Race Championships The Dutch National Road Race Championships take place annually, on the weekend prior to the start of the Tour de France. First held in 1888, today it is organized by the Top Sports Group, commissioned by the KNWU. Men Until 1927, the race wa ...
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 Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a me ...
in 56th. The Team's best result for the 2014 season was third overall at the
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It has been classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour de T ...
with Marco Zanotti. The team achieved no victories this season.


2022

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.


2024

The ABLOC cycling team will be renamed to Parkhotel Valkenburg. Both ABLOC and Parkhotel Valkenburg are owned by businessman Jos van de Mortel. The Parkhotel Valkenburg women's team will be taken over by the
VolkerWessels Cycling Team VolkerWessels Cycling Team is a UCI Continental road bicycle racing team established in 2016 in the Netherlands. The team was promoted to the UCI Continental level in 2019. The team's main sponsor is VolkerWessels, a Dutch construction company. ...
.


Doping

During the 2017
Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part ...
, Antonio Santoro tested positive for
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and was banned for six months.


Team roster


Major wins

;2014 : Stage 3b
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, Marco Zanotti ;2015 :
Himmerland Rundt The Himmerland Rundt is a one-day road cycling race held annually in the Danish region of Himmerland. It is organized as a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introd ...
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Wim Stroetinga Willem Stroetinga (born 23 May 1985 in Drachten) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. Major results Track ;2002 : 1st Scratch race, UCI Junior World Championships ;2003 : UEC European Junior Championships ::1st Points race ::2nd ...
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Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands. History A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, w ...
::Stages 1b, 3 & 5b,
Wim Stroetinga Willem Stroetinga (born 23 May 1985 in Drachten) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. Major results Track ;2002 : 1st Scratch race, UCI Junior World Championships ;2003 : UEC European Junior Championships ::1st Points race ::2nd ...
::Stage 5a ( ITT),
Dion Beukeboom Dion Beukeboom (born 2 February 1989) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the , , and squads. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2011 : 5th Road race, National Un ...
::Stage 6, Joris Blokker :
De Kustpijl De Kustpijl is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scal ...
, Marco Zanotti : Stage 5
Tour of Taihu Lake The Tour of Taihu Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held in China annually in November. It has been held since 2010, but the first edition was a one-day race. The 2010 and 2011 editions were rated 1.2 and 2.2, and was upgraded to 2.1 in 2013 ...
, Marco Zanotti ;2016 : Stage 3
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It has been classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour de T ...
, Peter Schulting : Stage 3
Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran), also known as the Tour of Iranian Azerbaijan or Azerbaijan Tour is an annual multiple stage road bicycle racing held in Iran since 1986, named after Iranian Azerbaijan. It is a UCI 2.1 category race and is part of th ...
, Derk Abel Beckeringh : Prologue
Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes f ...
, Dennis Bakker : Stage 5
Ster ZLM Toer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The serie ...
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Wim Stroetinga Willem Stroetinga (born 23 May 1985 in Drachten) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. Major results Track ;2002 : 1st Scratch race, UCI Junior World Championships ;2003 : UEC European Junior Championships ::1st Points race ::2nd ...
: Stage 3
Kreiz Breizh Elites Kreiz Breizh Elites is a French stage cycling race held annually in Bretagne. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste In ...
, Peter Schulting ;2017 : Stage 8
Tour of Hainan The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2 ...
, Marco Zanotti ;2018 : Stage 2
Tour of Antalya The Tour of Antalya is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Turkey. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Intern ...
, Wim Kleiman :
Himmerland Rundt The Himmerland Rundt is a one-day road cycling race held annually in the Danish region of Himmerland. It is organized as a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introd ...
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André Looij André Looij (born 25 May 1995) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2015 and 2020 for , the and the . Major results ;2014 : 1st Stage 1 Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 1st Stage 6 Tour de Breta ...
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Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré The Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré is a one-day cycling race held annually in Belgium, named after Jean-Pierre Monseré. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...
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André Looij André Looij (born 25 May 1995) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2015 and 2020 for , the and the . Major results ;2014 : 1st Stage 1 Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 1st Stage 6 Tour de Breta ...
: Turul Romaniei ::Stages 1 & 4 , Peter Schulting ::Stage 3, Jeen de Jong :
Tacx Pro Classic Tacx Pro Classic is a professional road bicycle race in the Netherlands. The event is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Int ...
, Peter Schulting : Stage 3
Tour of Fuzhou Tour of Fuzhou is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in China and was rated by the UCI as 2.1 (rated 2.2 until the 2016 edition) and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing comp ...
, Ivar Slik ;2019 : Stage 2
Tour of Antalya The Tour of Antalya is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Turkey. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Intern ...
, Bas van der Kooij : Stage 2
Oberösterreich Rundfahrt The Oberösterreichrundfahrt is a cycling race held annually in the Austrian state Upper Austria. It was created in 2010 and is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is ...
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Alex Molenaar Alex Molenaar (born 13 July 1999) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He won the Tour of Romania in 2019. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2017 : ...
: Prologue
Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional Road bicycle racing, bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organise ...
, Ivar Slik : Stage 8
Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part ...
,
Alex Molenaar Alex Molenaar (born 13 July 1999) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He won the Tour of Romania in 2019. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2017 : ...
: Overall
Tour of Romania The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. History Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition ...
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Alex Molenaar Alex Molenaar (born 13 July 1999) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He won the Tour of Romania in 2019. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2017 : ...
::Stage 1 , Ivar Slik :
De Kustpijl De Kustpijl is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scal ...
, Bas van der Kooij : Stage 3
Tour of Fuzhou Tour of Fuzhou is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in China and was rated by the UCI as 2.1 (rated 2.2 until the 2016 edition) and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing comp ...
, Ivar Slik ;2020 : National Road Race Championships, Stijn Daemen ;2021 ''No recorded victories'' ;2022 : Wim Hendriks Trofee,
Tomáš Kopecký Tomáš Kopecký (; born 5 February 1982) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks and Florida Panthers. He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, hav ...
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Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop The Midden-Brabant Poort Omloop is a one-day professional cycling race held annually in the Netherlands since 2017. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle s ...
, Mārtiņš Pluto : Stage 4
Dookoła Mazowsza The Dookoła Mazowsza (Around Mazovia) is a cycling race held annually in Mazovia, Poland. It was first held in 1951 and has been held annually since, with the exceptions of 1981–1982, 1991–1992, and 1994–1996. The most successful rider is Z ...
, Jesper Rasch : Puchar MON, Jesper Rasch ;2023 : Stage 3
Tour of Poyang Lake The Tour of Poyang Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in China. It is contested in September near Lake Poyang, in the Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east o ...
, Jesper Rasch : Stage 5
Tour of Poyang Lake The Tour of Poyang Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in China. It is contested in September near Lake Poyang, in the Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east o ...
, Stijn Appel


National and continental champions

;2014 : Dutch National Beach Race Championships,
Jasper Ockeloen Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a me ...
;2016 : UEC European Beach Race Championships,
Jasper Ockeloen Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a me ...
: Dutch National Mountain Bike Championships Marathon,
Jasper Ockeloen Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a me ...
;2017 : UEC European Beach Race Championships,
Jasper Ockeloen Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a me ...
;2018 : Dutch National Beach Race Championships,
Jasper Ockeloen Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a me ...
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Latvian National Road Race Championships The Latvian National Road Race Championship is a road bicycle The term road bicycle is used to describe bicycles built for traveling at speed on paved roads. Some sources use the term to mean racing bicycle. Other sources specifically exclu ...
U23, Martin Pluto ;2019 : UEC European Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik ;2020 : Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik :
Dutch National Road Race Championships The Dutch National Road Race Championships take place annually, on the weekend prior to the start of the Tour de France. First held in 1888, today it is organized by the Top Sports Group, commissioned by the KNWU. Men Until 1927, the race wa ...
U23, Stijn Daemen


References


External links

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