Autumn Collins - in blue 'Adamstown' shorts - lines up with the Team Sky selection before getting stuck into the action at the Revolution series in Manchester at the weekend.
Adamstown -Arcane CC rider, Autumn Collins kicked off 2014 in spectacular fashion when she represented Team Sky in round 3 of the Revolution track series in Manchester last Saturday night.
Having been selected for round 1 last year, the teenager from Limerick was delighted to get a recall for this time around.
In front of a sell-out crowd of 6,000 spectators, the 16-year-old was a member of a Team Sky line-up lead by Isle of Man cyclist Peter Kennaugh.
Competing in three events with team mate Grace Garner - a member of the British Olympic development team - Autumn finished ahead of some of the rising stars of British Cycling, with race speeds averaging close on 46kph.
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At the end of the night’s racing, Team Sky moved into second position in the overall team standings in the Future Stars Series.
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The daughter of well-known track rider and businessman Liam Collins, Autumn told stickybottle after her first Team Sky outing last year that she was “chancing her arm” when she sent a request in September to the world’s top cycling team requesting a slot on their squad for the Revolution event.
However, to her astonishment, just weeks later she received notification that she was on a reserve list and later that day was told to pack her bags and be in Manchester on the last Friday in October – just four days later – as one of the riders had fallen ill and she would fill in.
With her second outing for the squad now under her belt, she has gained invaluable experience racing against a quality field of young riders in front of a packed house.
Because the Revolution series has a strong team dimension and many individual riders want to compete; those individuals are sometimes found places in teams that have slots available.
However, securing a guest place with such a high profile outfit as Team Sky has been a fantastic development for Autumn, making her only the second Irish rider to guest with the team; world scratch champion Martyn Irvine being the other.
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