Prince Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa reiterated his plans for a new Bahrain Cycling Team, in a recent post on social media that read, "Bahrain Cycling Team will inspire, race hard, and look elegant."
The team, which will reportedly attempt to secure a WorldTour licence, is pursuing 2016 Giro d'Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali, who currently races for Astana but has been linked to the new Bahrain program as a potential signing for 2017.
The prince also made an official statement about the project in a report on Bahrain News Agency, highlighting the importance of his new team and its potential influence on the growth of cycling in the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island country in the Persian Gulf.
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"Our participation in these competitions will affirm our desire to take part in various sporting events, and will help also expand the number of practitioners to this sport in the Kingdom of Bahrain," he told Bahrain News Agency.
"The cycling races have become amongst the most important events in the Kingdom of Bahrain with many Bahraini youths and residents as well as many from outside the Kingdom have shown their keenness to participate in them. And this goes in line with our strategy and goals behind the formation of this team, as this will encourage many to practice this sport daily."
The prince also noted the growth of other sports such as triathlon and motorsports in Bahrain, and the need to also grow cycling among those sports.
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