Christian Thoma has previously been a coach for the Swedish ladies but now takes over as head of the ladies business after Lars Melin.

- In group one, all the established World Cup riders are where I think everyone took steps forward during last year's season. I see behind these there are many riders in group two that developed very positively and several of them also got the opportunity to try out the world cup. I think it looks good and it will be interesting to work with and follow the development of these riders, says Christian Thoma in a press release.

In training group one there are, among others, Anna Swenn-Larsson, Estelle Alphand and Sara Hector.