The 12-year-old Beaulieu pupil, who has been riding for four years, will race for CC Plancoët – a prestigious French cycling club based in Brittany.

Having met Minchinton-Gilley in August at a cycling event in Plouay, CC Plancoët president Jean-Yves Leveque and club coach Christophe Rebillard were keen to help support the Jersey rider in her quest to ride the vélodrome and for her to get more experience road racing.

Minchinton-Gilley, whose mother Lynn was senor Brittany Regional Track Champion in 1996, was in Brittany last weekend meeting her new colleagues together with receiving her new kit ahead of team photographs.