Ineos strictly young Dutch classification rider Thymen Arensman | giro

It was already there a kilometer below the top of Etna. Behind Richie Porte and Richard Carapaz, in the train of the British multi-million dollar team Ineos. Thymen Arensman is still riding in the DSM shirt in this Giro, but will be Ineos rider from next year. According to our information, he will sign a two-year contract there.

Arensman is only twenty-two, but he knows exactly what he wants. He plans his career carefully. As a promise he already finished second in the Tour de l’Avenir – behind one Tadej Pogacar, but it was no reason for him to pursue blind success in his first years as a pro. He was already thinking about the long term. One step at a time was better than two steps forward and three back. He was so patient that he initially studied history in Utrecht in addition to his career.

More and more often he showed flashes of his talent in recent years. In the service of others, as a breakaway, then as a time trialist and this season also as a classification rider – and that is exactly the type of rider he wants to be. He was already sixth in Tirreno-Adriatico and third in the Tour of the Alps. In this Giro he drives for the French DSM leader Romain Bardet. Without his own agenda and to learn, he says. But in the time trial on day two he finished tenth and as a luxury servant he is so strong that he enters a group with the favorites for the overall victory at the top of Etna. He is currently thirteenth in the standings.

It is not for nothing that several large teams made an attempt to capture Arensman. Ineos pulled the longest straw. One of the best and richest teams in the pack has been building a new classification squad for some time – and Arensman fits in perfectly with that.