Dutch chef d'equipe and team trainer Wim Ernes has changed the criteria for submission to the Dutch Grand Prix A and B-teams. At the beginning of 2013 the criteria for the Dutch youth times were tightened, now the ones for Grand Prix riders have been altered.
At the moment the Dutch Olympic A-team has seven combinations. Riders need to score 71% in a period of six month with at least one score earned at a CDI.
The Dutch B-team has nine combinations at the moment. Riders have to obtain 69% in a period of six months at national competitions. In the past these 69% scores had to be earned at CDI's but that has been changed.
"We have a very good team of judges in The Netherlands. The one time international participation is not an added value to be included in the B-team," Ernes explained. "By adding more riders to the B-team I expect a better and faster flow to the Olympic A-team."
The current Dutch A-team includes:
- Adelinde Cornelissen - Parzival
- Edward Gal - Romanov / Undercover
- Patrick van der Meer - Uzzo
- Hans Peter Minderhoud - Tango / Withney van ’t Genthof
- Imke Schellekens-Bartels - Toots
The Dutch B-team includes:
- Marlies van Baalen - Miciano
- Edward Gal - Next One
- Danielle Heijkoop - Siro
- Laurens van Lieren - Hexagon’s Welnetta
- Hans Peter Minderhoud - Donna Silver
- Stephanie Peters (Roermond) - Unlimited
- Johan Rockx - Verdi de la Fazenda
- Diederik van Silfhout - Popeye
- Madeleine Witte-Vrees - Wynton
Photo © Astrid Appels
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