Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling united for their opening team training camp in Mallorca from January 23 to February 14. The three-week camp gives the riders plenty of time to get to know one another, get used to their new equipment, plan the season ahead and get in long warm-weather training rides. They also unveiled their new kit, made by Endura, to showcase new title sponsor Cervelo.
“We usually do a longer camp at the beginning of the year,” team manager Thomas Campana told Cyclingnews. “The time is there to meet the riders, get to know each other and then do medical tests, bike fittings and this year we are spending more time with new technology arriving in the team.
“That’s the new Rotor UNO groupset. We are the first professional cycling team in the world that is appointed to use and test this product. So that’s taken extra time but in general we need half a week to prepare all these things then we will have two weeks for training and meetings around our goals.”
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The riders in attendance are Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Lotta Lepistö, Lisa Klein, Clara Koppenburg, Carmen Small, Joëlle Numainville, Nicole Hanselmann, Stephanie Pohl and Gabrielle Pilote Fortin. Moolman-Pasio will leave camp early to participate in the South African National Championships.
The team will focus their season goals on the Women’s WorldTour, and for some, the Olympic Games, along with development objectives for the younger riders.
“There’s a tough season ahead so you have to keep the riders excited,” Campana said of the importance of the early-season camp. “The major fun event is riding your bike in a beautiful place like Mallorca. Is there a better job in the world?
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