The 1994 ACW Professional Challenge was the 11th edition of the ACW Professional Challenge. This season is considered to be one of the best of the modern (post-1990) period. The season was largely considered to be a battle between Peter Van Dijk of Citrona-Instant-Loteria de Taspes, Sergio Arriaga of the Bricogar team and Jamie White of Fancy-Herrera. Sergio Arriaga was ultimately the overall winner.
Events[]
The biggest races for the season were the Ronde van Libertas, Vuelta a Montecer and Tour Brunant. The Toulon-Cettatie, Belmont-Batterton, Grijzestad Race and Ronde van Wikistad were the major one-day races.
| Race | Date | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 Trofeo Lamedina
|
February | Sergio Arriaga
|
Bricogar
|
 Ronde van Wikistad
|
March |  Jamie White
|
 Fancy-Herrera
|
 Cursa de Biciclete
|
April | Peter Van Dijk
|
Citrona-Instant-Loteria de Taspes
|
 Kroneby Rundt
|
April |  Matthias Schneider
|
Bricogar
|
| GP Tårneland
|
April | Sergio Arriaga
|
Bricogar
|
| Grijzestad Race
|
May | Jamie White
|
Fancy-Herrera
|
 Tanisbury Trophy
|
May | Jamie White
|
Fancy-Herrera
|
| Ronde van Libertas
|
June | Jerry De Koop
|
Axxa
|
| Vuelta a Montecer
|
July | Juan Carlos Ceballos
|
Traspegas Ciclismo
|
  Toulon-Cettatie
|
July | Sergio Arriaga
|
Bricogar
|
| Tour Brunant
|
August | Jon Hansen
|
Kroneby
|
| Belmont-Batterton
|
August | Peter Van Dijk
|
Citrona-Instant-Loteria de Taspes
|
Season overview[]
Kroneby Rundt start
Bricogar jersey
By the third race it was clear that Jamie White, Peter Van Dijk and Sergio Arriaga would be battling it out for the overall title.
The first grand tour, the Ronde van Libertas, was decided at the arrival in Wikistad, where leader Sergio Arriaga, who had been racing the last kilometer with a deflating tire, was overtaken in the Middelburg district by Jerry De Koop in his only career win. Arriaga could not keep pace and was overtaken by Van Dijk (second), White (third) and Ricardo Sanchez (fourth) but finished fifth.
The Vuelta a Montecer again featured a surprise winner, Juan Carlos Ceballos of the Traspegas team, though in the final two days he kept pace with the two leaders, Hansen and White, and overtook them with half a day to go. Peter Van Dijk led from the start but lost time in the mountainous areas. Sergio Arriaga lost significant time due to a double puncture, though finished fourth.
The Toulon-Cettatie was considered a master performance by Arriaga, who led from the start and fended off well attacks in the middle and towards the end of the race.
The Tour Brunant, with a double mountain crossing, was deemed to be a likely win for Arriaga, who was an expert at the mountain stages, but was consistently harassed by the sprinter Jon Hansen, who made up significant time in the flatter portions, especially toward the end as Arriaga was tired out. Hansen and then Ricardo Sanchez battled for the lead but before reaching Dortmund Hansen was two minutes head of him to take the win. Van Dijk, White and Schneider were soe of the nine riders who crashed out in the peloton near Haren, and such an early crash cost them much time.
The overall title would be decided on the final race, where positions between White and Arriaga would determine the winner. Arriaga was off the pace at the start, but partway through White suffered a career-ending accident that gave the Traspesian the title. Unaware of the accident, Arriaga pushed to make up time and was at one point 40 seconds behind Van Dijk, but fell back and finished fifth.