Kenda-Geargrinder focused on Battenkill

Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder at Tour de Taiwan

Team Kenda p/b Geargrinder at Tour de Taiwan (Image credit: Lin Chien Hung)

Following a strong performance at the Tour de Taiwan Kenda-Geargrinder is aiming for success during its stateside block of racing that will commence with the rugged International Cycling Union (UCI) sanctioned Tour of the Battenkill, on April 18 in Cambridge, New York. The US-based Continental squad will field a series of talented cyclo-cross riders, including Luca Damiani, Jonny Sundt and Nick Keough, at the partially dirt one-day road race.

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Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.