⚡️ Climbing trio extend with Team dsm-firmenich PostNL Men and Women programs

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL are pleased to announce more extensions across both their Men and Women programs today, as Matt Dinham, Eleonora Ciabocco and Becky Storrie all continue their journey with the team. Dinham and Storrie will wear the team’s colours through 2027, while Ciabocco has committed to the two-stripes until 2028.

Eleonora Ciabocco

A fresh face to the team in 2023, Ciabocco joined Team dsm-firmenich PostNL’s Women’s program after a very promising junior career that included back-to-back Italian road race championship wins, podiums at the European championships and several other places of honour throughout the year. Ciabocco’s opening season with the team saw her make the often-daunting step-up from juniors into elite racing, but the young Italian took it head-on and used it as an opportunity to learn and grow from those around her. Taking what she learned in that opening season, 2024 has seen Ciabocco make further steps as a rider, impressing with a seventh place at Brabantse Pijl in April. Supporting the team’s GC finishers to strong results at the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, Ciabocco got the opportunity to test her legs in the Tour de l’Avenir where she climbed superbly to end in eight place overall; finishing every stage in the top ten.

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Matt Dinham
A talented rider, Dinham has tasted success in cross-country mountain bike events, but he has since proven to be equally adept on the road too. Strong results at the likes of the Tour de l’Avenir, Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc and U23 World Championships ended up with him joining Team dsm-firmenich PostNL in 2023. That opening campaign saw the astute Dinham settle into the team well, proving himself to be very adept on the hills before going on to make his debut at the Tour de France. Coming out of La Grande Boucle with great legs, Dinham produced a sensational performance to take seventh in the road race at the elite World Championships, before top tens overall at the Arctic Race of Norway and CRO Race. Unfortunately, his 2024 season has been completely hampered by injury but with his long-term future secured, Dinham and Team dsm-firmenich PostNL have the time required to return to racing in a good way and without any rush, so they can hopefully continue their upwards trajectory together in the future.

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Becky Storrie
A former triathlete, Storrie made the switch full time to cycling in 2019 on her way to recovery from a diagnosis of chronic fatigue. Taking part in her first proper road race that year she has since risen through the British domestic scene and combined her riding on the road with E-sports, before joining Team dsm-firmenich PostNL for the 2023 season. Making the transition from Continental level, Storrie has continued to improve as a rider with the team in the last two years; playing an important role in several successes, such as the team’s first ever Grand Tour podium with their Women’s program at the Giro d’Italia. 2024 has seen Storrie have her fair share of bad luck with injuries but she has shown great character and commitment, bouncing back to ride her first Tour de France Femmes where she helped the team to two famous victories on Dutch soil. However, the peloton wouldn’t be able to see her talents on the climbs as she would have to abandon the race early due to a crash. Nonetheless, the determined Storrie is looking forward to coming back and proving herself in the future.

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