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Fri, 18 Jun 2010
Great win in the Horizon Fitness GP
With a fantastic team performance, the Horizon Fitness Racing Team managed to secure a home victory. Controlling the race from the start, Horizon looked a very well-drilled squad as they executed a team plan, with Dani King taking her 7th season win.
"Another win for Dani today is really pleasing, but it was much more about the way the team rode. All of the riders put in their contribution to the win. It was always going to be about winning, not who won. It could have been any of them, but Dani has hit some great form" said Team Manager, Stefan Wyman after the race.
"It's our home race, and the first Tour Series for women. I hope we can have some more next season as town centre racing was seriously good fun. Good crowds and a tough little course" commented Dani after her win.
Racing in her National Criterium Champions jersey, Dani was well supported by the team. The major challenge in the race came from the ever strong Hannah Barnes, who took 2nd place. She won the bunch sprint from Horizon Fitness rider, Helen Wyman.
"We're having a fantastic season, and it's only our first year. I'm hoping we can secure some further support for 2011. We're not that far away from making this a much bigger team now. July is going to be all about taking the team to some professional races in Europe to see where we are at that level. But 2011 will see us having a bigger, structured season in the UK" continued Stefan on the future of the team.
Now the team move onto the National Championship in 10 days time. "It's going to be a hard race, on a tough course. To be honest, it's not really a stand out target for the team, but there's a good chance we can get some solid results. It should be about Cervelo's challenge on Nicole Cooke, but the nationals can be a strange race. We'll see what condition all of the riders come to the race in; both our own and the others, and do our best to keep our great run of results going" said Wyman.
For more information about the Horizon Fitness Racing Team, visit www.onthedrops.com.