Newly-launched development team 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Canyon-SRAM Generation are se♏t to compete in their first-ever races this weekend, lining up for a pair of one-day races in Spain.
The team will race Il Liga Interautonomica De Féminas on Saturday followed by the I Trofeo Dulcinea on Sunday, both in the Ciudad Real region. The two races form t🌞he opening to the seven-round Interautonomica Women's League, aimed at promoting women’s cycling in central Spain.
A four-rider squad will compete in the weekend💖’ಞs races, comprising Agua Marina Espinola Salinas (Paraguay), Alia Mansor (Malaysia), Valentine Nzayisenga (Rwanda) and Llori Sharpe (Jamaica).
Canyon-SRAM Generation was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:founded in 2022 as a way to support riders from nations underrepresented in cycling, and their racing debut marks an important start to t♈he project.
"This weekend is the first step for the team to start racing together and we aim to use it as a starting point,” said sports director Adam Szabo. “We want the team to learn and experience as much as possible and then w♍e can progress ste♍p by step.”
25-year-old Espinola Salinas is the most experienced racer on the team, and is looking forward to tℱhe season getting underway after two successful team t🅺raining camps.
"Our training has been really consistent across the first two team training camps and afterwards in Giro🌳na. We are still building the form towards the important races later in the season, but we're already in quite good shape now which gives us all some confidence," she said.
Espinola Salinas will take on a road caption role over the weekend and expe🐠cts two challenging races.
"The two races have a fast circuit, depending on the wind. I'm expecting a lot o﷽f attacks on both days and we will have to🍌 play our cards wisely.
For two o🅠f the riders - Sharpe and Manso🅠r - Saturday will be their first experience of racing in Europe.
“I fee🅰l a whirlwind of emotions honestly,” said Sharpe. &ldquဣo;I'm extremely nervous but so, so excited to get my first race underway. I don't know what to expect for this race or the season in general, but I do know that I'll give it my all.”
Mansor added that the weekend’s racing will be mainly about learning and gaining experience in 𓆏the pelo🐻ton after making a move from a predominantly track background.
"ꦿMy preparation this year is very different because I'm now with a professional road team,” she said. “I think I have prepared well so far with enough training and rec🍨overy and I'm ready for the first races. I'm very excited!"
The teamꦏ’s remaining four riders - Ricarda Bauernfeind, Antonia Niedermaier, Fatima Deborah Conteh and Olivia Shililifa - are expected to make their racing debuts for the te𒐪am in the coming weeks.
