Nathalie Schneitter switches from Felt to Colnago

After a year with the Felt women's racing team, Nathalie Schneitter is moving to the Italian racing team Colnago. There she will meet riders such as Eva Lechner and Evelyn Staffler, who, like Schneitter, are hoping to qualify for the Olympics. The team has a lot of experience with young female racers and offers a professional environment for them to pursue their goals even more consistently.

Schneitter became junior world champion in Les Gets in 2004 and has been working her way up to the top of the world rankings ever since. She is one of the candidates for the second starting place in the two starting places for Swiss mountain bikers at the Olympic Games in Beijing. (The first starting place is likely to go to Petra Henzi.) In order to qualify for the Olympic Games, Schneitter would have to finish in the top twelve twice in a World Cup or World Championship event or once in the top five. Four World Cup races, the European Championships in St. Wendel and the World Championships in Val di Sole are on the program as qualifiers.