Patrick Roest makes a striking switch from Jumbo-Visma to Reggeborgh | Ice skating

After seven ‘beautiful and successful years’ at Jumbo-Visma, Roest says that he is ready for a new challenge. He immediately felt a click with his new coaches. ,,Reggeborgh has shown that it is successful with a close-knit team and a good structure. That also appealed to me.”

The striking transfer means that Reggeborgh will also focus on all-round in addition to sprinting. Roest is a three-time world champion all-round. Last season he finished second at the World Cup behind the now retired Nils van der Poel.

,,I’ve always trained sprint men, later the women joined them’, says Reggeborgh trainer Gerard van Velde. ,,Now there is also an all-round team next to it. That expresses the ambition of our team. And with Patrick Roest we get one of the world’s best all-rounders in the team. I’m glad he’s joining our team.”

The choice of Roest, who won two Olympic silver medals in Beijing last month, is remarkable. He worked with Orie for years. At Reggeborgh he joins a team that in previous years focused on the sprint and the 1500 meters. Reggeborgh, who last week said goodbye to Ireen Wüst and Ronald Mulder – they ended their careers, attracts Robin Derks as trainer of the all-round branch. Derks was a coach at TalentNED in the past and before that in Japan.

At Orie, Roest was one of the leaders of the team in recent years and one of the major contenders for success at the longest skating distances and the all-round.

It was previously announced that Jumbo-Visma is in talks with Jutta Leerdam and Jorrit Bergsma. In the coming post-Olympic year, therefore, a musical musical chairs seem imminent. Although the men’s sprint branch at Jumbo-Visma, including Kai Verbij and Thomas Krol, was already established some time ago.

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