Adam was a new face in the team for 2023 where he made the step up from juniors and joined the U23 ranks with Development Team dsm-firmenich PostNL. Hailing from a cycling family with both his dad and granddad passionate about bikes, it took until Adam was ten years old before he swung his leg over the saddle for the first time; previously trying his hand at a variety of sports including gymnastics, tennis, and even some minigolf.
Entering the mud-pit so to say, Adam first took on some cyclocross and slowly transitioned more into road racing where he combined the two – as he fell more in love with the sport.
“I enjoy the freedom cycling gives. From my home I can go out on the bike, leave the city, and enjoy nature, and clear my head.”
Climbing his way up the ranks, 2021 was a “surprisingly good year” by his own accounts as he took several good results, but an unfortunate case of Covid and a longer than expected recovery hindered Adam’s 2022 campaign. Nonetheless, it left him “incredibly motivated” to get stuck in with the team.
He joined some familiar faces too as he raced alongside Frank [Aron Ragilo] and Vlad [Van Mechelen] in the same junior team in 2021, stating “it’s funny how we’ve ended up in the same team now, maybe it was meant to happen.”
His opening year with the Development program in 2023 saw Adam do a lot of the often unheralded and unseen work, helping his more experienced teammates wherever possible and always giving his all for the team; something which Adam hopes will stand him in good stead for the coming years.
Off the bike, Adam describes himself as a bit of an introvert, but his friendly persona and talkative nature belies that; and he likes to be kept busy, saying he struggles to sit still and do completely nothing. Oh, and did we also mention he’s also a massive Pokémon fan and claims that he could almost identify any Pokémon from just their outline!