Team Sunweb are pleased to announce that Ruth Winder and Pernille Mathiesen will join their Women's Program for the upcoming 2018 season, both having signed a one-year contract with the team.

Both talents complete Team Sunweb's impressive women's roster for the coming season, which over the years continues to go from strength to strength. UK-born Ruth has collected a bundle of strong results and is known for her aggressive racing style, a common trait of Team Sunweb's women's program. Amongst these strong results this season she finished 2nd at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, 3rd at the American national championships, won two stages at Tour de Feminin alongside both the general classification and points jersey. Most recently she finished in an impressive 2nd place in the GC at the Lotto Belgium Tour. Pernille is an up-and-coming talent and at just 19 years old she has already demonstrated her huge potential. This year she placed 4th in the Danish national road race championships and 2nd in the time trial. After these strong results she went on to win the double at the U23 European championships, taking the victory on both the road and in the time trial.

Ruth said: "I'm really excited to join the team and race full time in Europe. This is a team full of strong riders and I'm looking forward to learning from all of my team mates. I feel like I am developing more and more as a climber and hope that this brings added value to the team. I have always admired Team Sunweb for their professional structure and the way they race. They go into a race with a clear plan and always have a good time on the bike, and at the same time achieve their goals, which is the perfect combination." 

Pernille said: "I joined the team's German Talent Days twice, once as a junior and then again after I stepped up to elite level, so feel like I already have a good idea of how they work and about the atmosphere in the team. I have always considered Team Sunweb as the dream team, the team that I would absolutely love to ride for so that it's actually happening is amazing for me. There are so many strong riders that I can learn a lot from and the professional environment is perfect for me to develop into a better rider."