Team Rapha/Immune System Bank?

Well what a few weeks it has been!   I  signed for Women's UCI Team Rapha/Immune System Bank about 6 weeks ago.  I started to smell a dirty Rat when the Manager Rene Groot didn't send me back a copy of the UCI contract after weeks of asking for a signed copy. This made me very suspicious! Amongst other things, like ignoring email for example.     So after a lot of digging and investigation work we have found out that our "apparent" UCI team had not even been registered with the UCI or the BCF! as he could not be bothered to do it.   Now unfortunately after so many promises by Rene he has decided not to run the team after all as, as I quote "My heart isn't in it any more" !!  INCREDIBLE!   I only wished he realised this before signing up a whole team of girls!

So, myself and many other talented athletes including Leonie Burford from Australia and Monique Van De Ree  from Holland are left without any team, bikes or UCI races for the season.  Thank you Rene for letting us down with only 3 weeks to the start of our season!

Thank fully we have Andy Verall and certain Jez Cox working around the clock to salvage what little we have left of a team to try and at least get something sorted for the season!  Thank fully I have a fighting spirit and situations like this just make me more determined!

So hopefully I will be able to report back very soon with some more positive Team news for 2008!

I am off to Majorca on Wednesday with some friends from Holland for a training camp which I am really looking forward to especially after resent events.

My training is going very well although I did have a minor set back last week as I caught a stomach bug from Jez (thank you!) so I was out of action for a few days and still have not got my appetite back completely yet which is weird! Mind you I was looking forward to some rhubarb crumble and custard after a hard 5 hour ride yesterday!

Despite all the "Team" problems my first race is scheduled for the 1st weekend in March so I am hoping to have a race bike sorted for then.

Looking forward to Majorca!