Chicago’s loss is Europe’s gain this spring. The U.S. Cycling Development Program has selected two-time national champion Devon Haskell (Team BH USA) to take part in a European tour. Her first race was Sunday’s Dolmans Classic in Holland, where she finished 37th with the main chase group. Along the way she topped many climbs steep enough to have names ending with -berg.

Haskell will be spending her weeks training in a small town near Toulouse in Southern France. On weekends she’ll race with other American women in France and Holland, continuing this weekend with the Tour of Burgundy and culminating in the Grand Prix d’Amancey on May 10.

Follow her progress at the Team BH USA blog.