Team DSM coach Albert Timmer: “We are looking forward to starting the new season with our Women’s program at the first edition of the UAE Tour. The first day should likely end with a bunch sprint, while we could see some echelons on stage two. On the third day, we will see the big GC fight with the climb of Jebel Hafeet, before an expected sprint on the last day. Our goal will be to focus on the sprints with Charlotte as the team’s finisher and work on the new setup with our sprint train. On the mountain day, we will look after Esmée before she can test herself on the tough climb.”
