Junior & U23 Road Race Series - Hatherleigh

Team:

Abi Cooper

Ellen Inglis

Freya Ecclestone

Holly Ramsey

Hope Inglis

Sannah Zaman

We caught up with team manager, Mark Botteley to hear his pre race thoughts:

‘‘I am really excited to see how the girls get on in their first National of the year. National Hill Climb Champ, Sannah had a great result last weekend in the Kingston Wheelers Road Race so hopefully she will carry that form and confidence leading into Hatherleigh on Sunday. The fact that the race is in Devon suggests it is likely to be hilly and therefore should play to Sannah’s strengths.

Abi and Holly have had great results on the track these last 2 weeks so it will be interesting to see how that shapes up on the road as they go into their first race of the season.

Finally, Ellen, Hope and Freya who have all already started their road campaign this year and hopefully this has got them back into the racing mindset ready for their first National this year.

The weather forecast is for it to be pretty windy, the girls will need to be switched on as it is easy to find yourself in the wrong part of the bunch at the wrong time, however, with 6 riders we should have a bit of an advantage and hopefully we will have an incident free race with some good performances from the team.’’ - Mark Botteley