Let's go!!

The 57th edition of the European Junior Cycling Tour Assen is about to start. We have 482 riders on the list of participants. The very youngest is Gregor Gaul from Germany. He rides in category 1 and will be eight years old on 16 November. The oldest is Finn Hoefmans from the Netherlands in the junior category. He turned 18 years old on 5 January.

We have 324 boys and 158 girls at the start from as many as 24 countries. The largest group is the Netherlands with 165 riders, followed by Great Britain with 111 riders and Germany with 70 riders.

The remaining countries are Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Romania, Czech Republic, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland.

The largest category is category 6 with 68 riders. The smallest category is category 1 with 17 riders. 35% of the participants also took part last year so as many as two-thirds of the field are new to Assen. We are very curious about your experiences so please let us know via social media.