Valentina Scandolara is grateful for her last two seasons spent at Orica-AIS, however, when the new Cylance squad offered her a chance to develop into a team leader, she jumped at the opportunity. The Italian will meet her new teammates at a season-opening camp held from January 20-26.
"I've spent two wonderful years with Orica-AIS, during which I learnt and grew a lot, got to know amazing people and what a wonderful country Australia is," Scandolara told Cyclingnews. "I worked hard for my team leader Emma Johansson, and I am very grateful to everyone that walked beside me during this period: I will remember these times as some of the best times in my cycling career.
"I felt, though, that I needed a change to grow even further and to show my full potential as a rider in an environment that believes in me and believes that I can become a leader myself.
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"When Cylance's Team Manager Omer Kem contacted me, I was hooked by his perspective and projects for women's cycling. His enthusiasm is infectious and inspiring. And the fact that he moved from managing men's cycling teams to women's because he sees how much growth potential our sport has, is a fact that impressed and motivated me."
The new Cylance team was announced in November and will be registered under the UCI as an American-based team. It is managed by Inspire Sports founder Omer Kem, who also brought on title sponsor Cylance, a high-tech computer security firm.
He also signed Olympic hopefuls such as Shelley Olds and Rosella Ratto, along with Krista Doebel-Hickok, Alison Tetrick, Erica Zaveta, Sheyla Gutierrez, Doris Schweizer and Kathryn Bertine. He has hired Manel Lacambra as the team's director.
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