Team Illuminate will continue overseas racing with a May trip to the Tour d'Azerbaidjan and the Tour of Iran, where they will be the first US team to compete.
Tour d'Azerbaidjan, which takes place May 4-8, is a four-day 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour, while the Tour of Iran from May 13-18 is a six-day 2.1 race on the UCI Asia Tour.
“The goal of our team is to show the power of the bicycle, and part of that is how cycling can connect people that might not meet otherwise - so traveling to races in Azerbaijan and Iran really falls in line with our team's mission," said team general manager Chris Johnson.
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Both races should provide a good test for the US team that raced in Azerbaijan as Airgas-Safeway last year. Team Illuminate, which races in an all-black kit with no sponsor logos, started the season at the Tour of Taiwan, where the team scored podium stage finishes with Edwin Avila and Alexander Ray, then followed that race at the Redlands Bicycle Classic in California.
"We're bringing an incredibly strong teams to both races," Johnson said of the latest overseas trip. "We want to get results in order to earn invitations to other events this summer."
The team will have the services of Australian brothers Miles and Callum Scotson, both of whom recently won rainbow jerseys in the team pursuit at the track world championships in London. The Tour d'Azerbaidjan will be part of their build-up toward the Rio Olympic Games.
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