Team Illuminate principle Chris Johnson confirmed to Cyclingnews that his US-registered team will return to the Continental level next year, and the team announced four riders that will be back for the 2017 season.
"The team will most definitely be back next year and we have some exciting stuff lined up," Johnson told Cyclingnews. "We have retained the core of our roster and have added some serious firepower."
Colombian national champion Edwin Avila will race with the team again in 2017, as will Griffin Easter, Connor McCutcheon and Cullen Easter. The rest of the roster will be announced on the team's Strava Club page.
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Team Illuminate is the current incarnation of the Airgas-Safeway squad that Chris Horner raced with in 2015. Throughout the 2016 season, the team, racing in all black kit without any logos, competed sparingly in US races while traveling Tour de Taiwan, Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Tour of Iran and Tour of Qinghai Lake.
Avila started the team's 2016 season on a high note, winning the Colombian championships in front of a slew of WorldTour riders. McCutcheon took the team's next victory, winning stage 1 of the Tour of Iran and wearing the leader's jersey for a day. But the team also had riders do well with their national teams, including medals on the track at both the World Championships and Olympics.
For Johnson, the biggest result came in Iran with McCutcheon, who has been with the team since 2014.
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