At the beginning of the 47th Jeugdtour we introduced you to the Australian boys Brendon, Luke, Jai and Robert. After a week of racing on Dutch soil we asked them, coach Gordon and mum Ann about their experiences.

"It has been a great week of racing," Luke says. "The nieuwelingen peloton is so big and the pace is high. In Australia we don't even have these big pelotons at the nationals." Ann adds: "All money goes to track cycling in Australia, not to road races."

Coach Gordon: "The entire week was perfectly organized and everone is so kind here.The most important lesson for our boys has been that there is real racing here. Back home they just watch each other the entire race and then prepare a sprint in the final. Here they just go straight from the start."

 The boys left for Paris to fly to Kuala Lumpur from there. From Malaysia it's another 5-6 hour flight home. "It is quite far," Ann admits, "but if we can get some funding and sponsors we'd love to come back next year. They are first year juniors then and Jai is second nieuweling, so if you know a good sponsor," she smiles.

If we ask about the most important thing they learned in the past week, Jai answers: "Mainly everything. We learned how to race in a stage race, how to be agressive, how to find a good position in the bunch and so much more." Coach Gordon adds: "In three weeks time the nationals take place on relatively flat terrain. That will be the time to see what they learned here. We learned a lot but there is still so much to learn." So maybe we will see Gordon's Dream Team (GDT) again next year on the roads around Assen.