Foldable Bikes Party: Alice Barnes' stunning Trek Madone at the Aviva Women's Tour

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Alice Barnes is riding alongside her Drops Cycling teammates in one of the biggest events of their careers to date – the Aviva Women's Tour.

Given that Drops is a domestic amateur team, you could argue that we're stretching our 'pro bike' remit here. But considering its riders are part of the UCI Women's WorldTour and are lining up next to the likes of world champion Lizzie Armitstead and teams including Rabo Liv and Wiggle High5, we don't think its a very big stretch. In this level of competition you need a bike that can deliver, and sponsor Trek has provided Barnes and her teammates with aero goodness in the form of the Madone.

Alice Barnes has until recently been a member of the MTB squad in British Cycling's Olympic Development Programme. However, with the news that British Cycling isn't sending any mountain bikers to compete in Rio 2016, she's switched focus to the road and made the transition smoothly, joining Drops. Her sister Hannah is also competing in the Women's Tour in the Canyon//SRAM team.

Barnes' palmares are impressive both on and off the blacktop. She's taken bronze at the Mont St Anne round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Under-23 category, and in 2015 placed second behind Lizzie Armitstead at the UK National Road Race Championships, becoming the under-23 national champion in the process.

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