"I still remember my first years with Intermarché-Circus-Wanty. Back then, our riders wanted to show themselves, aiming to reach a higher level in cycling. In my eyes, the victories of Guillaume Martin in the Tour du Gévaudan 2017 and the Circuit de la Sarthe 2018 were turning points. With these successes we reached another level on the tactical level, because for the first time we established a detailed strategy to conquer the final victory. The way we supported Loïc Vliegen to win the Tour de Wallonie 2019 confirmed this trend." "The evolution of the structure of Jean-François Bourlart enabled all of us, both riders and staff members, to grow in our careers. In 202", the performance team guided the riders of the World Team and Devo Team to more than 40 victories. This results from personalised annual plans for all riders and carefully composed selections. For each race, the role division is clear and the strategy focuses on the victory. It is for these tactical games that I return with double motivation to Intermarché-Circus-Wanty." "I'm looking forward to return to the big family Intermarché-Circus-Wanty and to support our riders to achieve their collective goals, that's my nicest mission. I was very honoured by the interest of Jean-François Bourlart, who I know since my childhood, and who shared his confidence in my capabilities to guide the team in the most prestigious races. This confidence is a great motivating factor for me."
Sébastien Demarbaix (Sports Director) Tweet
“After a sports career of twenty seasons as basketball player, I decided to fully concentrate on my professional career as sports dietitian and accept this nice challenge with Intermarché-Circus-Wanty. I’ll work alongside Jana Camphens, who played a role in my education the past years. Her methodology, her rigor and her close follow-up led to fantastic results with the riders. We share the same vision in our professional practice. We aim to give the riders the best possible nutritional advice to enable them to exploit their full potential.”
Astrid Roekens (Sports dietitian) Tweet
"We're pleased with the return of Sébastien Demarbaix to our structure. He will add his organisational talents and his experience in climbing races to our performance team. Sébastien will play an important role in this field. Moreover, he knows our structure and he has shown his capabilities in talent development in the past. He had a major influence on the evolution of Guillaume Martin, who joined our team after his U23 years and learned to win and climbed to twelfth place in the Tour de France in our jersey. This experience is precious within our team, alongside talents such as Francesco Busatto or Alexy Faure." "We also welcome Astrid Roekens as second Belgian sports dietitian alongside Jana Camphens. She reinforces our performance team after concluding a sports career in basketball. Astrid has an interesting theoretical and practical background and made progress in her career of dietitian the past couple of years."
Aike Visbeek (Performance Manager) Tweet