Columbia-Highroad women ready for World Cup opener

Team Columbia-Highroad will take a small but strong team to the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, the first round of the 2009 World Cup being held in Cittiglio, Italy on March 29.

"We've only got four riders taking part because we've got a lot of commitments world-wide, Ellen [Van Dijk] is taking part in the Track World's and another group of our riders is at the Redlands Classic in the USA," commented sports director Ronny Lauke.