After her stellar debut World Cup season, Nina Hoffmann resisted the temptation of joining a factory team and instead stuck to running a semi-privateer set up with Santa Cruz and Stif Bikes. We fired her a few questions to understand her motives and her plans for the season ahead.
Were you hoping for a team offer in the offseason or were you always looking to start your own team?
I was open to everything. Basically I just wanted to ride my bike and have fun and try to do this on a more professional level and that’s how it is now. Of course, I was looking for teams already during last season. Since I knew I couldn’t get on the Syndicate, I was looking for alternatives but at the same time the idea of staying as a privateer for another year evolved. I got a good offer from Santa Cruz/Stif, so this was always an option and turned out to be the best one for me.
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