During a visit to main sponsor Citymesh, the Citymesh – Customm Pro Cycling Team looked back on the first part of the spring season. The riders made a name for themselves in all the classics with sharp attacking moves and repeatedly stood out. With that, a first objective was ticked off. Together with its sponsors, team manager Stijn Peelman looks ahead ambitiously to what’s coming, with the Tour of Flanders as the upcoming highlight.
Stijn Peelman, team manager: “We have certainly proven that we more than deserved our selection for the spring classics in Flanders. We race with ambition, we are visible, and we help shape the race. For us, this is also a way to thank our sponsors for their trust.”
Mitch De Geest, CEO of Citymesh Group, adds: “What characterizes this team is their attractive style of racing. They don’t wait and see, but take initiative and dare to open up the race. That’s a mentality we also recognize in how we operate as a company. With Citymesh, we focus among other things on the B2B telecom market. In such a competitive environment, you have to make the difference yourself.”
The visit highlights how both worlds reinforce each other. Just like in the peloton, at Citymesh it’s all about collaboration, reliability, and delivering performance at crucial moments.
Stijn Peelman: “As a team, we want to form a whole with our sponsors. That goes beyond just visibility. We believe in partnerships and in connecting people and companies around our team. And connecting is exactly Citymesh’s specialty.”
“We also see that our youth development and foundation are progressing well. That’s very important to us. We don’t just want to perform today, but also build the team of tomorrow.”
Mitch De Geest: “We also recognize ourselves in the way this team operates. The combination of ambition at the top and building from the ground up with our own people is something we truly identify with as a company.”
With the Tour of Flanders approaching, the team looks ahead with ambition.
“The Tour of Flanders is of course our holy grail. We want to once again play our role as an animating team and show our colors there. We will bring the strongest possible team to the start,” says Peelman.
Selection of Citymesh – Customm Pro Cycling Team for the Tour of Flanders: Britt de Grave, Cleo Kiekens, Julie Stockmann, Yonna van Dam, Jony van den Eijnden, Femke van Goethem
