Kitting out the Guernsey boys
GUERNSEY'S two professional cyclists will be heading out to Mallorca and training camp after yesterday's official kit and squad launch for the Madison Genesis team.
Tobyn Horton and team newcomer James McLaughlin were among the 14-strong squad paraded at a bike trade show in Milton Keynes.
The team will kick-off their 2015 season at the Tour of Romandie, which is a real coup for the relatively new squad brought together last year.
Madison Genesis are expected to be major players in the popular summer Pearl Izumi Tour Series which visits 10 UK towns in May and June, but ahead of that their squad will have an extra challenge having been accepted as one of the 24 teams selected from the hundreds vying for a place at the Tour of Romandie at the end of March.
Among their rivals in the Tour series will be the brand-new Team WIGGINS formed by Sir Bradley Wiggins.
The full list of rounds is as follows:
Round 1, Thursday 14 May, Ryde, Isle of Wight (including Team Time Trial); Round 2, Tuesday 19 May, Redditch; Round 3, Friday 22 May, Aberystwyth (including Hill Climb); Round 4, Tuesday 26 May, Motherwell; Round 5, Thursday 28 May, Durham; Round 6, Friday 29 May, Barrow; Round 7, Tuesday 2 June, Croydon; Round 8, Thursday 4 June, Canary Wharf; Round 9, Tuesday 9 June, Peterborough; Round 10, Thursday 11 June, Bath.
