Bas Tietema and Rob Harmeling can finally start working as sports directors in 2024. Last week, Tietema, who retired as a cyclist in 2023, showed his followers via social media what the training week to become a sports director looks like. For this purpose, the would-be leaders of TDT-Unibet had to travel to the UCI center in Aigle.
"Last week we traveled to Aigle to complete the sport directors training, which is required from the ProContinental level. After five days of sitting in a classroom from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., we were allowed to take the big final exam. All with success and so we, as sport directors, can already prepare for the 2024 cycling season," says Tietema.
By 'all' he also refers to two new sport directors for TDT-Unibet. Gaëtan Pons from Luxembourg and Sverre Dyngeland Vik from Norway will also be part of the management team of the new Dutch ProTeam. Pons was sport director at Leopard TOGT last season, while Vik comes over from the smaller Norwegian conti team Coop-Repsol.
Vorige week zijn Rob Harmeling, Gaëtan Pons, Sverre Dyngeland Vik en ikzelf naar Aigle gereisd om de opleiding tot ploegleider - die nodig is vanaf het Pro Continentale niveau - te volgen. Na vijf dagen in een klaslokaal te zitten van 08:00 tot 17:00 uur mochten we het grote…
