Cyprus Sunshine Cup

Stephania Magri flies off to Cyprus today for the famous "Cyprus Sunshine Cup", which is the first major Mountain Bike event of the year. A record number of 29 nations have entered, including Switzerland, France and Germany but competitors will also be coming from as far away as Japan and Slovenia.

It is a good opportunity for Stephania to impress the Malta Cycling Federation for the upcoming "Games of the Small State of Europe" - perhaps the main cycling competition for Malta in road and MTB. (The Afxentia stage race will be held 25-27 February).

Look out for the Squadra Donne team kit on display!

2011 squad complete!

Having guested for the team in 2010, Tamina Oliver (wearing a blue jersey in the picture above) will be riding for Squadra Donne as a permanent team member in 2011.

Looks like we have a strong team for the racing season ahead...

And with Tamina making the number of Oxbridge graduates up to four, the team now has an equal number of light blues and dark blues! 

Squadra Donne Team Launch 2011

The picturesque village of Goring-on-Thames was the location for our official 2011 team launch at the weekend. It was a beautifully sunny afternoon, although rather cold for posing for photos in shorts and jerseys!

It was great to get the team together and to meet up with our sponsors - Peter Bragg from Shutt Velo Rapide and David Jeffree from Bikefood, as well as Jon Miles and Steve Wright (our invaluable support team). Our new helmet sponsor (Henry Hung from C Originals) was not able to join us but we were all impressed with our shiny new helmets.

Big thanks to Dominic James for his fantastic team shots.

We're all looking forward to the busy racing season ahead...