Team Hitec Products UCK on training camp in Playa del Ingles

Scandinavias only womens UCI team is on a longer training camp in Playa del Ingles. The camp has now lasted for a week, and consisted mainly of long slow rides and interval sessions. The training quality and organisation is outstanding under the lead of Dutchman Thijs Rondhuis.

The team is based in Stavanger, Norway where the main sponsor Hitec Products is located. The team has now 6 Norwegians, 2 Danish, 2 Swedish, 1 German, 1 Austrian and 1 Luxembourg girl, and a Dutch/Norwegian staff.
The season will start already in February with the stage race 'Ladies Tour of New Zealand' and the spring classic 'Omloop Het Nieuwsblad' in Belgia. Thereafter theteam will go to Toscana in Italy to do the 3 races 'Costa Etrusca', before the world cup opens with 'Trofeo Binda' in Italy and the ultimate cobblestone classic 'Ronde van Vlaanderen'.

The team is strengthened with two former junior world champs, Ex-Nurnberger sprinter Lisa Brennauer and TT specialist Maria Grandt Petersen. First year elite Jacqueline Hahn from Austria will add speed on both the flats and uphill. The latest addition is the promising sprinter and Luxembourg champ Nathalie Lamborelle.

Photo: (c) Arild Toft


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