Parkhotel Valkenburg CT

Parkhotel Valkenburg 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 again returned to being named Parkhotel Valkenburg.

Parkhotel Valkenburg CT

2022 VLC Men Start Team A Bloc
Team information
UCI code	PVC (2014–2016) MCT (2017–2018) MTA (2019) ABC (2020–2023) PHV (2024)
Founded	2014
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Bicycles	Ridley
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Paul Tabak
Team manager(s)	Johan Berghmans Chris de Jonge Remco te Brake
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

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.^[1] The Team's best result for the 2014 season was third overall at the Tour de Taiwan with Marco Zanotti.^[2] The team achieved no victories this season.^[3]

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.^[4]

2024

The ABLOC cycling team will be renamed to Parkhotel Valkenburg. Both ABLOC and Parkhotel Valkenburg are owned by businessman Jos van de Mortel.^[5] The Parkhotel Valkenburg women's team will be taken over by the VolkerWessels Cycling Team.^[6][7]

Doping

During the 2017 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Antonio Santoro tested positive for Acetazolamide and was banned for six months.^[8]

Team roster

As of 11 February 2023.^[9]

Rider Date of birth  Stijn Appel (NED) (1996-11-14) 14 November 1996 (age 28)  Bodi Del Grosso (NED) (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 24)  Maxime Duba (NED) (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 20)  Philip Heijnen (NED) (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24)  Luuk Herben (NED) (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24)  Jelle Johannink (NED) (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28)  Antti-Jussi Juntunen (FIN) (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 26)  Lars Loohuis (NED) (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 24)  Callum Macleod (GBR) (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 25)  Mārtiņš Pluto (LAT) (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 27)

Rider Date of birth  Jesper Rasch (NED) (1998-03-22) 22 March 1998 (age 27)  Martijn Rasenberg (NED) (2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 (age 23)  Mike Schuch (NED) (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 22)  Nils Sinschek (NED) (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)  Frank van den Broek (NED) (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 24)  Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 (age 30)  Otto van Zanden (NED) (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 20)  Luke Verburg (NED) (2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 24)  Meindert Weulink (NED) (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 26)

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