Nettie Edmondson is one of a series of strong riders that Wiggle High5 will showcase as the road season kicks off at the Santos Women’s Tour on Thursday in Australia. The 26-year-old from the nearby city of Aldgate hopes the team can use their sprint cards during the flatter stages.
"We have got a bit of a sprint squad," Edmondson said. "We haven't had much of a chat about who will be doing what. We'll have a few cards to play, especially on stage 1 and stage 4, which will be the more sprinter stages."
Wiggle High5 have brought powerful sprinters in Edmondson, who won stage 2 during the 2016 edition, along with the reigning Scratch Race world champion Rachele Barbieri, who was on the podium in a stage last year.
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The Santos Women's Tour opens with a circuit that starts and finishes in Gumeracha, and though there is a climb on route, the stage is expected to be a fast one. The four-day event will end on stage 4 with a fast circuit race through Adelaide.
"I'm really excited for a home race," Edmondson said. "We spend all year racing in Europe so it's a really nice opportunity to race in front of home crowds, and on my training roads because I live in Aldgate which is 5km away from Hahndorf [stage 3 finish].
"I do a lot of these roads in my training; Amy [Cure] and I do a lot of rides up to Gumeracha and back, so we do know the circuits. We're now starting to get more familiar with the circuit in the city - the sprint stage - as well."
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