Sebastiaan is the only cyclist from the team of last year. In 2011 he competed in Battle Mountain in order to break the World Record of the fastest bike. The WR was not broken, but he won the race of 2011 and he obtained the European and Dutch World Record with a speed of 129 km/h (80 mph). During this year’s selection Sebastiaan proved (again) to be the strongest of the contestants. Sebastiaan is an experienced recumbent bike rider, once started on the old recumbent bike of his father. Apart from cycling on a recumbent bike, he is a racing cyclist, mountain biker, wind surfer and he drives a kitebuggy. In short, he is very sportsmanlike! Sebastiaan finished the study Industrial Product Design, he is currently working at BBB as a product designer and his knowledge is well used in the team.

Alwin is an experienced recumbent cyclist, mostly on a bike with three wheels. This means that riding on the VeloX will be a challenge for him has well. Alwin has participated in a lot of recumbent cycling competitions and has finished in the top three of the last three LEL editions. During the Dutch Championships time trial 2011 he became first. Apart from recumbent bike riding, Alwin is very active in the world of tennis. He has his own tennis school and has been in the National top 75 singles and the National top 35 doubles. Last but not least he is in the possession of the World Record longest double game with 57 hours and 13 minutes.

Wil Baselmans

Wil has, just like Jan, no experience on a recumbent bike what so ever, but his test results were outstanding none the less. He is a mountain biker and is Dutch Champion Masters 2 and appeared multiple times on the stage of the Dutch Champion Masters 1. He works at ASML as a constructer.