"Our plan was to go for the GC through the sprint finishes and the bonus seconds at the intermediate plan. On stage 2, they chose the wrong side of the road in the sprint and did not get a result. That meant the GC was gone. But we still had the white jersey, took the QOM and then tried to win the stage with Scarlett," explained team manager Raymond Rol to Cyclingnews.
"We had three teams for Varese, Simac and the China races, but six of our riders were not fit for Simac, so we cancelled it. I think we do the most races of all teams, and the planning was always to go to China," he said.
"The VolkerWessels team was included on early team lists for the Simac Ladies Tour before they pulled out. In the 2024 season, the team will have done 112 UCI race days plus several Dutch or Belgian non-UCI races, significantly more than most Women's WorldTour teams who have lined up between 80 and 100 times."
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