Lauren Molengraaf, who was 3rd place at last years worlds and still a junior, has signed with Tormans and starts racing with them today.
So last over the last year there was all the stuff about Tormans CX joining with Quickstep, all the major riders leaving and then they stayed with IWG. The interesting thing is that the development team Acrog Tormans Balen BC announced last month they were forming a partnership with Quickstep but there would be no name change, so I do wonder if there still will be connection to the Tormans cx team. Anyway, the point i'm making is that, Molengraaf isn't bad on the mountainbike and looking at pcs got a top ten at the dutch junior rr champs, so together with Schreiber (don't know much about or whats happened to Shana Maes) they've got two riders with no real team that they can ride with in the summer if Acrog Balen have no real connection now. Seems strange to me, unless the IWG setup has plans for a womens team along with their mens devo team that was announced.
Anyway, Kleeberg Cross in Limburg today and then the first 'televised' cross this (european) evening in Roanoke, followed by the first belgian televised cross tomorrow in Kruibeke.