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News: Contiki support women’s cycling initiative

News: Contiki support women’s cycling initiative

The Velo Bavarian Race Team, which enjoyed significant success in its first year, finishing on top of the British Cycling East Midlands regional points table…

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The Velo Bavarian Race Team, which enjoyed significant success in its first year, finishing on top of the British Cycling East Midlands regional points table has recently relaunched as Contiki Velo Bavarian Race Team (Contiki VBRT) Cycle Division News: Contiki support women’s cycling initiative

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The Velo Bavarian Race Team, which enjoyed significant success in its first year, finishing on top of the British Cycling East Midlands regional points table, has recently relaunched as Contiki Velo Bavarian Race Team (Contiki VBRT). So why, for such a young team, does this subtle change make such a big difference? The Contiki VBRT team at Darley Moor for a training session in their new Santini Kit

The 2022 season was the first year of competition for the Velo Bavarian Race Team and this pilot season was aimed at proving they could build and operate an open, competitive, enjoyable and above all sustainable team centred around shared values of opportunity and community. The brainchild of Luke Frixou (Velo Bavarian MD, former GB athlete and rugby player) and supported in his vision by General Manager John Vicars (ex-Raleigh GAC Pro Cycling and Derby County Football Club) the foundations for something meaningful were quickly laid.

The year 2023 however was earmarked to realise the real reason for the team: increasing the participation of women in the sport of cycling. Women are dramatically under-represented […]

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