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)
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

2014

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. The Team's best result for the 2014 season was third overall at the Tour de Taiwan 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.

Doping

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

Team roster

As of 11 February 2023.
Rider Date of birth
Stijn Appel (NED) 14 November 1996
Bodi Del Grosso (NED) 14 March 2001
Maxime Duba (NED) 2 October 2004
Philip Heijnen (NED) 25 May 2000
Luuk Herben (NED) 10 September 2000
Jelle Johannink (NED) 22 October 1996
Antti-Jussi Juntunen (FIN) 6 April 1999
Lars Loohuis (NED) 4 October 2000
Callum Macleod (GBR) 8 March 2000
Mārtiņš Pluto (LAT) 13 January 1998
Rider Date of birth
Jesper Rasch (NED) 22 March 1998
Martijn Rasenberg (NED) 9 November 2001
Mike Schuch (NED) 27 December 2002
Nils Sinschek (NED) 24 June 1998
Frank van den Broek (NED) 28 December 2000
Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) 20 August 1994
Otto van Zanden (NED) 27 October 2004
Luke Verburg (NED) 12 May 2001
Meindert Weulink (NED) 15 May 1999

Major wins

2014
Stage 3b Sibiu Cycling Tour, Marco Zanotti
2015
Himmerland Rundt, Wim Stroetinga
Olympia's Tour
Stages 1b, 3 & 5b, Wim Stroetinga
Stage 5a (ITT), Dion Beukeboom
Stage 6, Joris Blokker
De Kustpijl, Marco Zanotti
Stage 5 Tour of Taihu Lake, Marco Zanotti
2016
Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan, Peter Schulting
Stage 3 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Derk Abel Beckeringh
Prologue Okolo Slovenska, Dennis Bakker
Stage 5 Ster ZLM Toer, Wim Stroetinga
Stage 3 Kreiz Breizh Elites, Peter Schulting
2017
Stage 8 Tour of Hainan, Marco Zanotti
2018
Stage 2 Tour of Antalya, Wim Kleiman
Himmerland Rundt, André Looij
Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré, André Looij
Turul Romaniei
Stages 1 & 4 , Peter Schulting
Stage 3, Jeen de Jong
Tacx Pro Classic, Peter Schulting
Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Ivar Slik
2019
Stage 2 Tour of Antalya, Bas van der Kooij
Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Alex Molenaar
Prologue Sibiu Cycling Tour, Ivar Slik
Stage 8 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Alex Molenaar
Overall Tour of Romania, Alex Molenaar
Stage 1 , Ivar Slik
De Kustpijl, Bas van der Kooij
Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Ivar Slik
2020
Netherlands National Road Race Championships, Stijn Daemen
2021

No recorded victories

2022
Wim Hendriks Trofee, Tomáš Kopecký
Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop, Mārtiņš Pluto
Stage 4 Dookoła Mazowsza, Jesper Rasch
Puchar MON, Jesper Rasch
2023
Stage 3 Tour of Poyang Lake, Jesper Rasch
Stage 5 Tour of Poyang Lake, Stijn Appel

National and continental champions

2014
Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
2016
UEC European Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
Dutch National Mountain Bike Championships Marathon, Jasper Ockeloen
2017
UEC European Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
2018
Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
Latvian National Road Race Championships U23, Martin Pluto
2019
UEC European Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik
2020
Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik
Dutch National Road Race Championships U23, Stijn Daemen