He Massi Baix Ter Women’s Team, from Torroella de Montgrí, will compete in its 11th active season in 2024 with a renewed team from top to bottom compared to last year and a squad made up of 10 cyclists with the aim of competing at the highest level to consolidate itself as one of the best teams in Spain, offers a good image in international races and is said to return to the UCI category soon. Ingrid Ruiz, from Cambrils, is the only rider who continues to be part of a group that has made nine signings and that, unlike in recent years, has only one foreigner. The new faces for this course are Susana Pérez, Natalia Ovejero, Ainara Albert, Gloria Rodríguez and the Norwegian Amalie Lutro, and also the Catalans Laia Bosch, Mireia Trias, Marta Romance and Júlia Mir.
The first women’s team of the Baix Ter Cycling Club is directed by Toni Miguel and Àngel González and will start this season participating in Cycling Week – Women’s Volta of the Valencian Community (category 2.0 Pro), which will take place between the 15th and 18th of next February. Runners and members of the coaching staff met this week at Hotel Terraverda – Golf Empordà de Gualta to conduct preseason training, the same stage that served today as the official presentation of the Massi Baix Ter Women’s Team. The event was attended by Sports territory representative in Girona, Anna Julià; the deputy of the Girona Provincial Council, Vanessa Peiró; the mayor and sports councilor of Torroella de Montgrí, Jordi Colomí and Genís Pigem; the president of the Catalan Cycling Federation, Joaquim Vilaplana and the president of the Baix Ter Cycling Club, Sergi Güell, among others.
Jordi Colomí, mayor of Torroella de Montgrí, highlighted the “pride as a municipality” in hosting a “top-level” team like Massi Baix Ter, which “year after year and despite difficulties” has the ability to “hope and improve”, which achieve ” Cyclists want to participate in a serious, consistent project that for many of them is a great showcase.” He also emphasized the “good work” done by “all the people at the club” and the confidence of its sponsors to “honor a sport like women’s cycling.”
Sergi Güell, president of the Baix Ter Cycling Club, He assured that “we have a younger team and at the same time more Catalan than before, we have combined a large part of talent from our home. This strengthens us and allows us to fight for good goals , like the Spanish Cup. We will also participate in a large part of the international races in southern Europe. We will fight to be among the best teams in Spain, even leading the UCI teams. He considers that “the sought after ours is to defend ourselves to return as soon as possible to where we belong. We have enough quality to compete in a higher category and we want to get the credit where it is next year.
The Ingrid Ruiz will run She was in charge of speaking on behalf of the team and said that “It is our responsibility, as cyclists, to be references for the values of sports and the values that as women we contribute to grow the sport. And a pleasure to do this in support of an exciting project like Massi Baix Ter. He added that “as an athlete trained in this house, I give my word that this is a project that has been thought about, worked on and developed with caution, patience and perseverance ambitious. Because the goal is clearly to professionalize the practice of cycling by Catalan women. And it is also related, because a society that supports and admires the sport like ours cannot remain half-hearted.” Next, Georgina Agell, a grassroots cyclist (the structure of the Baix Ter Women’s Academy) praised the beautiful work done by the club in the lower category.
For Joaquim Vilaplana, president of the Catalan Cycling Federationone of the most important aspects of this season is that the Baix Ter Cycling Club has “returned to its roots” because it has decided to “give a more prominent role to the promotion to guarantee continuity and, above all, the future. It is a club which has always worked hard, although in recent years it has been left behind, and now it is back with more energy. He also “rated very positively” that Massi Baix Ter “competes at the first level within the eleven consecutive seasons.”
A renewed and rejuvenated template
With 10 cyclists confirmed to face the start of this season and the door open to make another signing in the coming months, the Massi Baix Ter It features a renewed squad from top to bottom and is younger than last year. One of the oldest runners and one of the few to pass the 30-year barrier is Ingrid Ruiz, from Cambrils, who decided to renew his bond with the Costa Brava club. He is the current Catalan road cycling champion and started 2023 as part of the reserve team, before jumping to the first team in mid-June, to perform at an excellent level, achieving positive results.
The Ilrdense Julia Mir, 27 years old, will compete in his second year in the world of cycling, but he just signed a year marked by success in the Volta a Tarragona, first position in La Forca d’Aior, second place in La Navelina CRI in Castellón and Catalonia’s runner-up in road cycling. He was also selected to compete in the Tour de la Charente – Maritime with the Catalan team. Marta Romance, 24 years old and born in Blanes, comes from Born To Win – G20 – Ambedo and is the current champion of Catalonia in the individual time trial. This comes from participating in important races such as Paris – Roubaix or the Tour of Flanders, among others. They are also Catalan Laia Bosch and Mireia Trias. The first, 19 years old and from Malgrat de Mar, is a specialist in uneven racing who comes from the Belgian AG Insurance. Trias is from Mont-ras and trains at Baix Ter Cycling Club but last year he competed at Laboral Kutxa. In 2022 he won a bronze medal in the state road championship, the same medal he won in the individual time trial.
Half of the cyclists come from outside Catalonia. This is the case, for example, of Natalia Ovejero. The current Vuelta a Portugal champion was born in Béjar (Salamanca) in 2005 and despite his youth, he had a good year at Cantabria Deporte – Río Mera. Mountains are his specialty. He shared a team with Susana Pérez, from Aldaia (Valencia). Versatility is the most characteristic feature of this 22-year-old rider who has experience in all branches of cycling. He made the podium in the Spanish CX championship and also in the MTB Team Relay, in addition to achieving good results on the road in the Vuelta a Extremadura and Vuelta a Portugal. They are added Ainara Albertfrom Picassent and born in 2003. Last season he competed in Isolmant – Premac – Vittoria and is one of the most famous athletes of the Spanish track cycling team, a discipline in which he just won the Sunlive International Track Trophy .
DATA SHEET
Equipment: Massi Baix Ter Women’s Team
clubs: Baix Ter Cycling Club
Campus: Torroella de Montgrí (Baix Empordà, Girona)
President: Sergi Guell
Technical staff: Toni Miguel (sports director), Àngel González (team manager), Lluís Soler (mechanic) Xavier Negre (physical trainer), Mar Planella, Arnau Perez and Anna Monzonis (physiotherapists), Joaquim Merino (image team)
Transfers: Susana Pérez, Laia Bosch, Mireia Trias, Marta Romance, Júlia Mir, Natalia Ovejero, Ainara Albert, Lucía García, Gloria Rodríguez and Amalie Lutro
Arrangements: Ingrid Ruiz
The last-minute addition of two riders hailing from World Tour teams, international cycling’s highest category, completes the squad. The experienced Gloria Rodríguez, from Torre Pacheco (Murcia), He is 31 years old and has competed for the last six seasons with the Movistar Team, after also doing so with other UCI Continental teams such as Lointek, BZK Pro Basic and Bizkaia Durango. His most recent achievements are third place in the Spanish Time Trial Championship (2019) and second place in the state on the road last year (2018). The only foreigners in Massi Baix Ter are Norwegians Amalie Lutro, 23 years old and from Uno – X Mobility, a team that has allowed him to gain a lot of experience these last two seasons. He also competed defending his country’s UCI Hitec Products colors.
“Some of the runners with us prefer a change of scenery and we did not renew others due to economic reasons, despite the fact that this year we signed better than ever. The new additions are coming from the UCI teams and even the World Tour teams, but they still want to be with us. The level is very good and we will keep the philosophy that has accompanied us in the past seasons, with almost the same calendar. Most of the races are in the state UCI category and we will also compete in southern Europe. With the new signings, we are showing what our intentions are and what we want is to do everything,” he said. Sergi Güell.
Source: La Verdad
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