Hannah Barnes: People shouldn't underestimate Uno-X
Brit excited to bring experience and expertise to new WorldTeꦬam

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Hannah Barnes (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) is putting team ambitions first and welcoming a chanꦕge of scenery as she heads into 2022 with the nꦓewly-formed Uno-X women's team.
After six seasons riding for 💛Canyon-SRAM Racing, 28-year-old Barnes joins the Norwegian squad as one of their most experienced riders and will take on a support role in the team.
"It was a big decision for me to make," Barnes said of the move. "But I was really excited to be part of a team that was n💧ew. It was a new venture for them to have a women's team, and I wanted to come in as one of the riders in th🐼e team that has that experience.
"I've learned a lot - hopefully - over the eight years I've been professional, and I ca🍌n pass that knowledge onto the young riders that we have in the team."
Though Uno-X are a brand new team for 2022, they have recruited a mixturಌe of proven and promising riders, which Barnes says will make them contenders when the season begins.
"There's a lot of riders here who are really strong. You're at the dinner table with 18- and 19-year-olds, but you wouldn't know that when you're on the bike," she said, referring to the likes of Anniina Ahto💛salo and Anne Dorthe Ysland.
"I think it would be great to start the year and shock some people," she added. "Because we are underdogs going into the season, so I think people might underestimate us, buꦏt I don't think they should."
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Barnes underlines that team a﷽mbitions and supporting younger riders will be her main objectives this year, but she is hoping for some chances to rid𒐪e for herself.
"I think I will have a few opportunities throughout the season, particularly in the Classics maybe, alongside Susanne [Andersen]. We're riders that do well in those sorts of races, those environments. But even just going off the training here, I ꦚcan tell that I won't get too many opportunities being leader because everyone is so strong.𝔍"
Off the bike, Uno-X have turned heads twice already this season, firstly with their support for Elinor Barker, who 𓃲will be on maternity leave this season, and then with their team-building weekend in the Norwegian forest, complete with military drills and 4am fitness tests. Barnes commended the team's approach and understandin𝓰g of rider wellbeing.
"It does𓆏n't feel like it's just a bike race team, it's kind of like a family," she said. "They believe everything around the racing is important as well. I think that's really important within the team, just making sure everyone is fine, everyone's relaxed and it doesn't take over from your day-to-day life.
"I feel like for 🅘me, where I am in my career, I do need to have those moments where I can have a bit of me time and do things I enjoy outside of cycling. So I think having the team on board with that is really great."
Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the ca🧜lendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.