Sunshine Cup - Off To The Sun!

Three riders from the team will gingerly pack their sparkling Cannondale Scalpels and Taurine’s into a box this week and head out to the much warmer climate of Cyprus for the European UCI opening event, The Sunshine Cup.

The team have been travelling to Cyprus for 5 years now to take part in this prestigious series. An excellently constructed race series with hard courses, warm weather and some of the worlds best riders making this the perfect winter training camp and with races including the British opener in Sherwood Forest and World Cups at Dalby and Houffalize to take into consideration this once again fits well into the teams plans.

This year the team are delighted to be joined by UK National Champion Sue Clarke, top Elite Lee Williams and endurance specialist Anthony Morris.

The series consists of an opening XC race in the small village of Voroklini where the team will be based for their 17 night stay, a tough three day stage race in the mountains and one final XC race in Amathous. The stage race consists of a one lap Time Trial, Marathon stage and finally an XC race running on consecutive days giving the riders a real test of ability.

When not racing the team have the beautiful island of Cyprus to explore with some excellent riding both on and off road and with some of the UK’s top riders keeping us company it is sure to be another fantastic adventure for a team looking forward to another successful season.

Look out for race reports coming directly from Cyprus where the team will be showing off the worlds best bike brand along with sparkly new Northwave shoes and Bioracer kit. We will be sticking to the floor with our Schwalbe tyres, stopping quickly with our new Hygia brakes and staying well fuelled by eating lots of Torq goodies!