The Incycle-Cannondale Continental team that has been registered in Puerto Rico for the past two seasons will return as Cylance-Incycle p/b Cannondale for 2016 and will be registered in the US.
Former UnitedHealthcare rider and 2015 National Criterium Calendar overall winner Hilton Clarke will headline the team, which also includes US riders Justin Williams, Cory Williams, Hunter Grove, Cory Greenberg Josh Ruiz and Camilo Zambrano. Orlando Garibay and Diego Sandoval of Mexico, and Colombian racer Andres Diaz complete the 2016 roster.
The team, which had mainly focused on the US criterium calendars, first registered as a Puerto Rican Continental team in 2014 as Incycle-Predator Components. Cannondale came on board last year as a secondary sponsor, and the team kept its focus primarily on criteriums.
ADVERTISEMENT
Formerly managed by Micah Clouteaux of Southern California, operations for the team have been taken over by the Inspire Sports management company run by former pro Omer Kem, who also owns the Cylance Pro Cycling women's team that recently competed at the Tour Down Under. Mike Roecklein will be the men's team director for 2016.
Kem told Cyclingnews the Incycle owner approached him at the end of the summer about taking over the men's team and helping it step up to the next level. Kem said he was already involved in negotiations with Cannondale about sponsoring the women's team, and Cylance came on board in late October with an offer to be title sponsor for both programs.
“Cylance, Inc., came on board with Inspire very late,” Kem told Cyclingnews. “They wanted to maximize their investment and said they wanted to be title sponsor of both teams. It was incredibly exciting, but it took a lot of work to make all of the pieces fit together.”
You can read more at Cyclingnews.com
via Cyclingnews Latest News http://ift.tt/1SD3lSt
No comments:
Post a Comment