Meet the Team

Cyclist Abby McLain - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider.
Danni Khan - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider and captain.

Danni Khan MBE, 29 (Captain)
Great Britain

Abby McLain, 20
New Zealand

Cyclist Erin Avill - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider.

Amelia Sykes, 20
New Zealand

-Best bit of advice you’ve been given?

“your mind fails before your legs do”

-Any pre race rituals?

“listen to Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson and recite the Lightning McQueen “I am speed” quote”

- Desired outcome of this experience?

“a taste for what road is really like and to improve by bunch skills”

Erin Avill, 21
Great Britain

-Best bit of advice you’ve been given?

“love the process”

-What’s the strangest thing in your kit bag?

“I bring a drone with me to most races, I don’t always fly it but it’s normally just sat in my kit bag ready to go”

- Desired outcome of this experience?

“to get more experience racing in Europe as well as continuing to lean and develop as a rider”

Cyclist Amelia Sykes - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider.
Cyclist Freya Whiteside - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider.
Cyclist Beth Jackson - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider.

Beth Jackson, 21
Australia

-Best bit of advice you’ve been given?

“slowly, slowly a lot gets done”

-Favourite post ride snack?

“Choccy milk”

- Desired outcome of this experience?

“As much racing overseas as possible, with the aim to try and carve out a career for myself as a pro cyclist one day”

Freya Whiteside, 19
Great Britain

-Best bit of advice you’ve been given?

“not everyday is a bad day, but you need to learn what the good ones are and learn to enjoy the good ones even more”

- Favourite warm up music?

“Stan Smith by Alchemist, High School Musical or Hamilton”

- Desired outcome of this experience?

“experience living abroad and try different types of racing”

Cyclist Mya Wolfenden - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider.
Cyclist Nicole Duncan - 2025 Simpson Nouvelles team rider.

Nicole Duncan, 19
Australia

Mya Wolfenden, 19
New Zealand