{"id":382244,"date":"2025-12-31T08:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382244\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:59:10","slug":"lorena-wiebes-agent-in-awe-of-the-sprinters-relentless-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382244\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorena Wiebes’ agent in awe of the sprinter\u2019s relentless evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u201cShe is more than a sprinter. What she is doing is unbelievable,\u201d Wiebes’ agent Andre Boskamp told Cycling Weekly<\/a> in a recent interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Boskamp argues, it is not only the volume of victories that stands out (she has 118 professional wins already), but their variety.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s very impulsive,\u201d Boskamp added. \u201cShe needs challenges \u2013 that\u2019s Lorena.\u201d Boskamp has represented around 130 cyclists and Olympic speed skaters over his career, but for him Wiebes is unique. \u201cIn all my career, I\u2019ve never met anyone more professional than her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her evolution since their first meeting, Boskamp points above all to her mindset. \u201cMentally she\u2019s become very, very, very, very strong. She\u2019s looking at what she can do to grow better and better. Actually, she\u2019s going to the south of Holland, to Limburg, so she can train for hilly situations, and so on. That\u2019s Lorena.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those efforts have already borne fruit. At the Vuelta a Burgos F\u00e9minas in May, Wiebes surprised many by attacking on a 6 percent climb and outpunching Elisa Longo Borghini and Lotte Kopecky for the stage win<\/a>. \u201cHilly stages are, for her, no problem anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wiebes herself has talked about her desire to improve in areas other than sprinting to keep her motivation high. \u201cI need that challenge,\u201d she told Ride. \u201cI think that\u2019s what will keep me going in cycling for longer. If I were to focus solely on sprinting, I\u2019d be done with it at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wiebes moved from DSM to SD-Worx in 2023<\/p>\n

A comparison with another Dutch great<\/p>\n

Like Wiebes, Kirsten Wild used to be the woman to beat in flat finishes. She got 109 professional wins in her whole career, but she remembers approaching success differently. \u201cMaybe that was a strength, that I always doubted if I was good enough \u2013 so I had to go faster,\u201d Wild said. \u201cI always had the motivation to go harder, faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about Wiebes\u2019 dominance, Wild is unequivocal. \u201cShe\u2019s more dominant than I ever was. I was quite equal to Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Marianne Vos and Giorgia Bronzini, so it was never certain that I was going to win. It was always one of us. I think Lorena is above everyone who\u2019s sprinting right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

And what advice can Wild give Wiebes in order to maintain her motivation high for a long time? \u201cI loved what I did, and I think that\u2019s one of the main things, maybe the most important. I kept challenging myself. She\u2019s doing gravel, the track, the road. She loves the sport, and I think that\u2019s also her strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

As her victory tally continues to grow, questions about legacy\u00a0inevitably follow. Some voices already describe her as the best sprinter ever, but Boskamp insists they are not that Wiebes is not thinking about any of that.\u00a0\u201cNo, no, no. She\u2019s not busy with that. Every race is new for her. Every race she\u2019s focused.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, the ambitions remain clear: keep winning. \u201cMaybe she\u2019ll try and take 30 victories next year. Beyond that, she\u2019s looking to the Olympic Games and the World Championships in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cShe is more than a sprinter. What she is doing is unbelievable,\u201d Wiebes’ agent Andre Boskamp told…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,205605,28779,22237,85,205606],"class_list":{"0":"post-382244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-elisa-longo-borghini","12":"tag-lorena-wiebes","13":"tag-lotte-kopecky","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-vuelta-a-burgos-feminas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}