Moniek Tenniglo will join the Mitchelton-Scott women`s team in 2019. The 30-year-old Dutch rider spent this year with the French outfit FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope, and going foward, will fill a domestique role on the Australian team next season. `I am really happy and excited to be joining Mitchelton-Scott,` Tenniglo said. `Itīs a team with a great team spirit and thatīs why it makes it really exciting for me, because I think I am a rider who works well within a team and I enjoy playing a strong supporting role. Thatīs where I feel I am most valuable. `That`s a big part of why I am looking forward to being part of this team with these riders and so much quality within the squad. It`s a really professional set up throughout the organisation and that`s great for me.`ADVERTISEMENT Tenniglo also spent one season with WM3 Energie in 2017, where she rode a support role to assist the team to four Tour victories. She has also had strong results of her own: third at Gracia Orlova, fifth at BeNe Ladies Tour and second at Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg. Before that, she spent three seasons with Rabobank-Liv Women, where she raced with compatriots Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek Van Vleuten, who currently leads the Mitchelton-Scott programme. Her commitment to team goals over the seasons, however, are what will make her an asset to Mitchelton-Scott, particularly with their focus on hilly stage races and classics events that are part of the Women`s WorldTour. This year, Van Vleuten won the Giro Rosa and La Course, and Amanda Spratt has stepped up her role as a top performer in the classics and shorter stage races. `Moniek is a very strong team player, and she is a rider with good versatility and someone we can use in a lot of different races,` said Mitchelton-Scott team director Martin Vestby. `She is going to be important for us as a support rider and brings a lot of experience with her from a lot of different races whilst also being able to ha ...
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