The Lotto Belisol Ladies are pleased to announce the transfer of Liesbet De Vocht. From the 1st of January 2014 the reigning Belgian champion on the road and in time trial will ride for the team. The woman from the Campine is now riding for Rabobank – Liv Giant. With her move to the Lotto Belisol Ladies she returns to familiar surroundings, because in the past she has ridden two seasons for the team.
De Vocht has four national titles of time trial on her name. In La-Roche-en-Ardenne she took her second national title in the road race, after her first in 2010. This year De Vocht collected ten victories.
Liesbet De Vocht: “My international career started with the Lotto Belisol Ladies, when I rode for the team in 2006 and 2007, the circle is closed now. Besides that I also have a lot of respect for manager Dany Schoonbaert and Guy Kostermans of sponsor Belisol. I’d like to pass on the experience I have gathered at the Rabobank team to the younger girls in the team like Jolien D’Hoore and Celine Van Severen. I want to have a supporting role, but definitely take my own chance in the spring.”
“This season I crashed in the Tour of Qatar and had to set aside my ambitions for the beginning of the season, I want to make up for that in 2014. I want to be ready from the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and then build further until the end of April. In June there’s of course the Belgian championship, there I want to assist the other women in the team in their battle for the national jersey. We’ll see what comes next then.”
“In the spring there are some of my favourite races. The Omloop is a nice opener of the Belgian season, but I also like Ghent-Wevelgem, the Ronde van Vlaanderen and the Ronde van Drenthe. These last two are part of the World Cup and there I’ll have to stand at the start in my best condition. With the 8th place Marijn de Vries has proven this year that you can set a great result if you’re in top shape. The Lotto Belisol Ladies have a strong team for those races, I’m really looking forward to it.”
Data:
Name: Liesbet De Vocht
Date of birth: 5/01/1979
Place of birth: Turnhout
Length: 167 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Record:
2006 – 2007: Lotto Belisol Ladies team
2008: Vrienden van het Platteland
2009: DSB Bank – Nederland Bloeit
2010: Nederland Bloeit
2011: Topsport Vlaanderen 2012 – Ridley
2012: Rabobank – Giant
2013: Rabobank – Liv Giant
2007: Kontich, Olen, Putte-Kapellen
2008: Tielt-Winge, De Klinge
2009: Evergem, Bornem, Provincial championship Antwerp road race, Heusden-Zolder, Merelbeke, Olen, 1st stage Tour de Bretagne Féminin, GC Tour de Bretagne Féminin, Flobecq, Boezinge, Belgian championship time trial
2010: Dolmans Heuvelland Classic, Belgian championship road race, Ronde van Luyksgestel, Kontich, Dwars door de Westhoek, Kapellen, Leeuwergem, Ruien
2011: Provincial championship time trial Antwerp, Belsele, Herentals, Belgian championship time trial
2012: Knokke-Heist – Bredene, Gooik – Geraardsbergen – Gooik, Belgian championship time trial, Boechout
2013: Provincial championship time trial Antwerp, De Pinte, Schellebelle, ’s-Gravenwezel, Oedelem, Belgian championship road race, Watervliet, Zwevegem, Rabo Ronde Heerlen, Belgian championship time trial