EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG: ‘MY THIRD PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT’

PresentationFeb 4, 2025

World Team TeamTour of Oman

The ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team in Oman will be a mix of climbers, sprinters and punchers, as well as experienced and young riders.

Amaury Capiot

I'm coming back to the Muscat Classic and the Tour of Oman with plenty of enthusiasm. The first race is a real little classic with short bumps that suit me. I'm hoping to get a good result in this competition, which has often been a success for the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team. The Tour of Oman could also open up new prospects for us fast sprinters, as was the case last year. If we can win a stage and achieve a good overall classification with a climber from the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team, I think we'll have achieved our objectives.

Embret Svestad-Bårdseng

This will be the third time in my career that I've competed in the Tour of Oman. So it's an event that I know well and that I like. The ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team will have some fine riders at the start with Amaury Capiot, Jenthe Biermans, Michel Ries and Élie Gesbert, who has already put in some fine performances on numerous occasions in this competition. We'll be able to play our cards close to our chest in the sprint, but also in the mountains and on the punishing stages. Our line-up for Oman is really well balanced. Last year I came 20th overall in this event. This year I'm hoping for a top 10 finish. I'll also be taking on the role of team-mate for Amaury and Jenthe in the Muscat Classic. I'm really looking forward to these two great events.

Laurent Pichon

Sport director

Team ARKEA-B&B HOTELS is starting with a motivated and ambitious team for the Muscat Classic and the Tour of Oman, with riders who have already shone in these two competitions, such as Jenthe Biermans and Amaury Capiot. We also have some good cards up our sleeves for the general classification of the Tour of Oman with Élie Gesbert, and I hope that we'll discover Embret Svestad-Bårdseng at the highest level. Michel Ries will be the road captain. The aim is to put in some good performances in these two races. We'll also have some young riders in our squad who will be discovering this event, Léandre Lozouet for the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS WorldTour structure and Jean-Loup Fayolle from the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS Continental Development team.

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