EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.

InForm Racing x Black Sheep Cycling

By Black Sheep Cycling

January 2^nd, 2022

Nurturing Australia's Best Men and Women.

Black Sheep’s support of InForm Racing emphasises our commitment to providing riders with a positive and stable environment in which to grow and evolve as riders and individuals – be they male or female.

In 2022, InForm will be increasing their team budget by 100 percent, launching a women’s team for the first time since they were established in 2014, with an equal split between men and women.

"We want to make sure everything that’s made the men’s team so successful carries over to our women’s team"

“We have always wanted to have a women's team,” says InForm General Manager Pat Lane. "But it’s a big challenge and has taken us some years to get the organisation in a position to be able to manage and fund two teams. We are extremely excited to see the women's team finally rolling out in 2022.

Having some fantastic older and experienced riders in the men's team has helped the young riders develop. We have replicated the same setup with the women's team.”

“The opportunity to be a part of a founding women’s team is a rarity, to help shape the future of a team.”

A genuine pathway

What started as a few mates racing crits in Melbourne, is now one Australia’s premier domestic cycling teams. Luke Plapp graduated from racing with InForm to a neo-pro position at INEOS Grenadiers for 2022. The team also boasts the expertise of the aforementioned Australian cycling personality Pat Lane and a name familiar to anyone with a passing interest in cycling, Simon Gerrans, who is utilising the experience of his 14-year professional cycling career to aid the development of the team and its next generation riders.

The top four U23 riders will get the opportunity to race in Europe with Trinity Racing in a stagiaire role, providing a genuine pathway for InForm riders to race in Europe and progress to the World Tour. Gerrans is also working hard to make that same pathway a reality for the newly-formed female team.

InForm x Black Sheep Cycling

Black Sheep’s support of InForm emphasises our commitment to providing riders with a positive and stable environment in which to grow and evolve as riders and individuals – male or female. And captures the same drive that guides our Man Ride and WMN Initiatives – Dedicated to Making a Difference – helping support, empower and elevate riders and ensuring equality of opportunity.