Squadra Donne / Luciano Cycles Women's Team,
now officially sponsored by Bikefood.

We are proud to announce Bikefood are the official nutrition sponsors to the the newest and freshest Ladies Cycle Racing Team on the block, the Squadra Donne / Luciano Cycles Women's Team.

Founded and run by Jon Miles, Squadra Donne has grown out of the ashes of Team QCP, retaining the same management and support team, but now with the much welcomed support of Luciano Cycles.

Jon Miles, team founder stated;
"It makes perfect sense for Bikefood to sponsor Britain's leading ladies bike team because both are at the top of their game; the Bikefood team are really impressed with the performance of the team at the recent 2 Days of Bedford International Stage Race when they won the team award and also the first
2 places on General Classification."

 

 

Background to the team

Squadra Donne / Luciano Cycles Ladies Cycle Racing Team was set up in late 2008 to make a major assault on the women’s cycling scene in Britain and the Continent. With one or two teams dominating the National Series in the last few years, and some teams ending their sponsorship deals, Jon Miles decided to hand pick a team for the future.

An advert was placed on the British Cycling website and the response was tremendous. After much sifting and soul searching the final team of eight riders was decided upon. Jon went for a mixture of experience, proven ability, raw talent, and newcomers to the sport.

A strange choice you may think, but the aim was to achieve a happy, committed team, with team spirit and determination more important than previous results. Jon has found that mix, and the first Team get together was at the Ladies Training Day at Hillingdon on February the 22nd, and the first race as a team was the Tour ta Malta, in late March.

Squadra Donne will be targeting the Team Series, but will also include the Bruton Series of Road Races and Time Trials, as well as the various National Championships. Apart from the Tour ta Malta we are also invited to several stage races in Europe, including the Tour du Bretagne, and the Tour of Holland.

David Jeffree, spokes person for The Sports Food Company, says;
"we are proud to announce that Bikefood will be the official nutrition partners to the Squadra Donne / Luciano Cycles ladies Cycle Racing Team throughout 2009. Jon Miles is totally dedicated to the World of women's cycling and we are very pleased to be part of that. Its a perfect match for Bikefood, and a great example of how we aim to support people in achieving their personal goals - with some fantastic results already for 2009, we only see this partnership going from strength to strength and helping to support continued success for the team both here at home in the UK and abroad"

Find out more about Squadra Donne and see the latest results on the team website.

www.squadradonne.co.uk

Images: Courtesy of and © Brian Felles