Christine Majerus: A team leader can only be as good as her domestique (and vice versa)

When we think of the best support riders in professional cycling today, we think of people like Deceuninck-QuickStep's Tim Declercq in the Classics, Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal) in the sprints and Mitchelton-Scott's Mikel Nieve in the mountainous stage races. These are just a few of the names we read about in the media and the faces we see on television who are regularly fighting against the wind in acts of incredible sportsmanship and workmanship towards creating a team victory.

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Kirsten Frattini
Deputy Editor

Kirsten Frattini is the Deputy Editor of Cyclingnews, overseeing the global racing content plan.

Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.