Jaksche will join the AminoSkin Cycling Team from Aachen in 2013. In keeping with the spirit of the Jedermann team, the 36-year-old is all about enjoying cycling: "Cycling has always been fun for me and I've still been riding regularly in recent years," says Jaksche. "But now it's no longer about coming first or distancing others." The former professional cyclist is looking forward to the upcoming Everyman races.
The newly formed AminoSkin Cycling Team will start for the first time in 2013. Interested cyclists have until 3 December to apply for the team.
In a brief interview, XP Sport Managing Director Christoph Lörcks explains the background to TOUR:
TOURHow did Jörg Jaksche join the AminoSkin Cycling Team?
CLThe contact between XP Sport GmbH and Jörg Jaksche has existed for several years. In 2009 and 2010 we organised joint training camps for amateur athletes and in 2010 I took part in the
together with Thomas Bontenackels (also Managing Director of XP Sport GmbH) and Jörg Jaksche at the
24h road race at the Nürburgring. It was here that the idea was born to set up an
cycling team. We approached him and didn't actually have to persuade him for very long and convince him of our idea.
TOURWhat are the goals of the AminoSkin Cycling Team?
CLThe Everyman scene is currently expanding incredibly. This is, of course, one of the reasons why we are
our product AminoSkin as a sponsor in this area. In the 24-hour races, we will continue to compete for victory with a small core team. In the actual Jedermman team, it will be less about placings and points in racing series. The everyman scene is becoming increasingly professional and the teams are often more like Continental teams than real everyman teams. We will be quite different from this. For us, the everyman scene doesn't just consist of 50 riders fighting for victory. There are often another 10,000 starters at such races for whom winning doesn't play a role at all, which doesn't mean that they don't have goals at such an event and don't want to ride in a team.
As we continue to organise our Everyman team, we are really on the lookout for real Everymen.
Everyman. However, should a rider from our team finish in the top positions in an Everyman race, they don't have to leave the team because of this. It's just not our core intention to focus on success.
