# Parkhotel Valkenburg CT

Parkhotel Valkenburg CT is a Dutch UCI Continental cycling team founded in 2014. After 3 years of Parkhotel Valkenburg as the name-sponsor, the men's team switched to Monkey Town as their name-sponsor, while the women's team continued under the old name. In 2019, the men's team switched to the name Monkey Town - à Bloc and a year later the team became ABLOC CT. In 2024 the team again returned to being named Parkhotel Valkenburg.

## Team history
### 2014

The team started under the name Parkhotel Valkenburg CT in 2014. At the Dutch National Road Race Championships team was very prominent in chasing down the breakaway but the team was no match for the break who made itto the line. Best placed finisher was Jasper Ockeloen in 56th. The Team's best result for the 2014 season was third overall at the Tour de Taiwan with Marco Zanotti. The team achieved no victories this season.

### 2022

ABLOC Continental Team, Streetjump Development Team, and Wielerclub North-Holland got together to build a new development team for junior riders: the Streetjump-ABLOC Development Team. Juniors that reach the semi-pro level when they enter the Under 23 category, can join the ABLOC team, while the others may enter the regional North-Holland team.

### 2024

The ABLOC cycling team will be renamed to Parkhotel Valkenburg. Both ABLOC and Parkhotel Valkenburg are owned by businessman Jos van de Mortel. The Parkhotel Valkenburg women's team will be taken over by the VolkerWessels Cycling Team.

## Doping

During the 2017 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Antonio Santoro tested positive for Acetazolamide and was banned for six months.

## Team roster

    As of 11 February 2023.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Stijn Appel (NED) | Stijn Appel (NED) | (1996-11-14) 14 November 1996 (age 27) |
| Bodi Del Grosso (NED) | Bodi Del Grosso (NED) | (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 23) |
| Maxime Duba (NED) | Maxime Duba (NED) | (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 20) |
| Philip Heijnen (NED) | Philip Heijnen (NED) | (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24) |
| Luuk Herben (NED) | Luuk Herben (NED) | (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24) |
| Jelle Johannink (NED) | Jelle Johannink (NED) | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27) |
| Antti-Jussi Juntunen (FIN) | Antti-Jussi Juntunen (FIN) | (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25) |
| Lars Loohuis (NED) | Lars Loohuis (NED) | (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 24) |
| Callum Macleod (GBR) | Callum Macleod (GBR) | (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24) |
| Mārtiņš Pluto (LAT) | Mārtiņš Pluto (LAT) | (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Jesper Rasch (NED) | Jesper Rasch (NED) | (1998-03-22) 22 March 1998 (age 26) |
| Martijn Rasenberg (NED) | Martijn Rasenberg (NED) | (2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 (age 22) |
| Mike Schuch (NED) | Mike Schuch (NED) | (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21) |
| Nils Sinschek (NED) | Nils Sinschek (NED) | (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26) |
| Frank van den Broek (NED) | Frank van den Broek (NED) | (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23) |
| Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) | Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) | (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 (age 30) |
| Otto van Zanden (NED) | Otto van Zanden (NED) | (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 19) |
| Luke Verburg (NED) | Luke Verburg (NED) | (2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 23) |
| Meindert Weulink (NED) | Meindert Weulink (NED) | (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 25) |

## Major wins
### 2014

    Stage 3b Sibiu Cycling Tour, Marco Zanotti

### 2015

    Himmerland Rundt, Wim Stroetinga
    Olympia's Tour
       Stages 1b, 3 & 5b, Wim Stroetinga
       Stage 5a (ITT), Dion Beukeboom
       Stage 6, Joris Blokker
    De Kustpijl, Marco Zanotti
    Stage 5 Tour of Taihu Lake, Marco Zanotti

### 2016

    Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan, Peter Schulting
    Stage 3 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Derk Abel Beckeringh
    Prologue Okolo Slovenska, Dennis Bakker
    Stage 5 Ster ZLM Toer, Wim Stroetinga
    Stage 3 Kreiz Breizh Elites, Peter Schulting

### 2017

    Stage 8 Tour of Hainan, Marco Zanotti

### 2018

    Stage 2 Tour of Antalya, Wim Kleiman
    Himmerland Rundt, André Looij
    Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré, André Looij
    Turul Romaniei
       Stages 1 & 4 , Peter Schulting
       Stage 3, Jeen de Jong
    Tacx Pro Classic, Peter Schulting
    Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Ivar Slik

### 2019

    Stage 2 Tour of Antalya, Bas van der Kooij
    Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Alex Molenaar
    Prologue Sibiu Cycling Tour, Ivar Slik
    Stage 8 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Alex Molenaar
    Overall Tour of Romania, Alex Molenaar
       Stage 1 , Ivar Slik
    De Kustpijl, Bas van der Kooij
    Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou, Ivar Slik

### 2020

    Netherlands National Road Race Championships, Stijn Daemen

### 2021

No recorded victories

### 2022

    Wim Hendriks Trofee, Tomáš Kopecký
    Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop, Mārtiņš Pluto
    Stage 4 Dookoła Mazowsza, Jesper Rasch
    Puchar MON, Jesper Rasch

### 2023

    Stage 3 Tour of Poyang Lake, Jesper Rasch
    Stage 5 Tour of Poyang Lake, Stijn Appel

## National and continental champions
### 2014

    Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen

### 2016

    UEC European Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
    Dutch National Mountain Bike Championships Marathon, Jasper Ockeloen

### 2017

    UEC European Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen

### 2018

    Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Jasper Ockeloen
    Latvian National Road Race Championships U23, Martin Pluto

### 2019

    UEC European Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik

### 2020

    Dutch National Beach Race Championships, Ivar Slik
    Dutch National Road Race Championships U23, Stijn Daemen