Tour ta Malta 2011

For this important early season stage race the team selected is Iona Sewell (last years overall winner), Sarah Maidment, Alice Monger-Godfrey, Naomi Anderson and Stephania Magri.

The stage race, which starts on 7 April, comes just at the right time of the year, with a week away in the sunshine before the home race season gets into full swing. But it does have a serious aspect as well: this is a fairly tough race of five stages and will prepare the team in the best possible way for the coming season... and we are expecting to dominate again!

Jon Miles

Team Launch

The official team launch of Squadra Donne/Shutt VR/Bikefood/C Originals will be held in the small village of Goring in the lovely "Miller of Mansfield" pub/restaurant on Sunday 30 January, in the afternoon. Sponsors Peter Bragg from Shutt Velo Rapide and David Jeffree of Bikefood will be there to meet the team. It is a great pity that new helmet sponsor Henry Hung will be missing, having business out of the country, but his new C Originals helmets - finished in a lovely pearly white - will be featuring in the photographs.

So there will be plenty of primping and makeup applying for the big day - and that is just Jon!

Click back later to check out the photographs.

Happy New Year!

Wish you were here!