Ruth Corset
Age: 30
Hometown: Townsville (Queensland, Australia)

Interests Beyond Pedaling: Family time with her husband Jason and their two daughters, ages 3 and 5. Swimming and running. Ruth is also works as a qualified massage therapist and has an identical twin sister.

Career Highlights: 3rd in stage 3 of UCI Tour of Chongming Island, 2nd in stage 3 of UCI Tour of NZ, 4th place in the Australian elite road nationals, 2006 National Club Road Champion.

Lauren Ellis
Age: 19
Hometown: Heinz (mid Canterbury region)

Interests Beyond Pedaling: Studying sports science at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology. She also enjoys tennis.

Career Highlights: Silver medal Junior World Cycling Championships Belgium - Individual Pursuit 2006, Bronze medal Junior World Cycling championships Mexico - Individual Pursuit 2007- 2008 National Elite Points race champion.

Belinda Goss
Hometown: Australia

Career Highlights: Belinda kicked off a fantastic 2008 cycling season, taking a bronze in the 10km scratch event at the track World Champs in Manchester, became Australian national points race champion and finishing second overall in the Jayco Bay Criterium Series. Belinda joined the team in Mt Hood and honored us with a podium finish in San Jose May 26.

Malindi Maclean
Age: 19
Hometown: Brookby

Interests Beyond Pedaling: Fishing, coffee, hiking with her dog, riding motorbikes (no pedaling required), chilling around a bonfire, reading, mooning people; listening to George Thoroughgood, Bob Marley and Johny Cash; and hanging out with family. She has applied to study psychology at Harvard University.

Career Highlights: Malindi has a passion for sprinting. She is New Zealand’s current National Criterium Champion and was a two-time Junior World Track Champion and Oceana Track Champion. Her dream destinations are Zimbabwe (before the political unrest), or Venice, Italy.

Interests Beyond Pedaling: Working towards her Bachelors of Science degree at Massey University, time at the beach and helping out on the farm.

Career Highlights: National Road and Time Trial Champion. Oceania Road and Time Trial Champion, National Criterium Champion. Hopes to be selected for the 2008 Junior World Championships in Cape Town South Africa.

Interests Beyond Pedaling: Basketball, netball, cooking, finding good coffee shops, and eating her mom’s great food; “She’s always telling me I should read more.” Alison’s musical tastes include a mixture of 60’s and 70’s music, and Neil Diamond.

Career Highlights: With just three years of road and track racing experience under her belt, Alison has held her own in competitions with some of the world’s best. She has been selected to represent New Zealand in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, competing in Individual Pursuits -- a category where she currently holds New Zealand’s record time for women.

Interests Beyond Pedaling: Playing games with her royal silliness ‘Abbie,’ the family Jack Russell; all films directed by Jim Jarmusch; swimming, running; relaxing at Bayly’s Beach in Northland, New Zealand; riding the Vespa, and playing the karaoke video game SingStar. Her favorite music includes tunes by The Smiths, New Order, The Cocteau Twins, The Clash, The Shins, Petula Clarke, Al Green, Kings of Leon, The New York Dolls, and My Bloody Valentine.

Career Highlights: After a 13-year professional racing career with more than 500 podium finishes, Susy’s energy now goes toward developing the Jazz™ Apple Team into a full-fledged professional cycling squad. She also is completing a law degree at the University of Auckland, along with a bachelor’s of arts in film and television studies.