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Can the newly rebranded Dutch outfit enjoy the same long-term domination in the guise of SD Worx as they did as Boels-Dolmans over the last decade? Significantly, 2021 will mark the final year for the team’s most successful rider, Anna van der Breggen, who is retiring at the end of the season. While the road and time trial world champion has nothing left to prove, she will no doubt want to make one final showing in the rainbow jersey before bowing out. As always, the team has plenty of options, and the likes of Chantal van den Broeck-Blaak, as well as new signings Ashleigh Moolman and Elena Cecchini, provide ample experience and the kind of tactical flexibility that’s has made the team a force in the peloton for many years. Danny Stam’s recruitment of Demi Vollering also indicates the future post-Van der Breggen will be bright.