Cam Wurf is returning to the professional peloton in 2017 after almost two years out of the sport. The 33-year-old has signed with Cylance in a move to facilitate his Ironman aspirations. The former Olympic rower spent several years at the top tier of the sport, most recently with Cannondale in 2014, but has since decided to focus his competitive hunger on Ironman competitions and more specifically, the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.
"Cylance is a small team that Cannondale is associated with so it seemed like the perfect fit for me to be able to do a little bit of racing and ease my way back into that and also balance that schedule around my priorities in Ironmans," Wurf told Cyclingnews of the deal with the American Continental team.
"It is a great opportunity that Cannondale have given me and it is very motivating to qualify for Kona so that I can enjoy that period. For me, to prepare for Hawaii the best possible way is to do it that way."
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Based in America for the majority of the year, Wurf is back in Tasmania for the summer as he targets next month's Australian national time trial title and Oceania time trial title in March. Cylance was due to race the Herald Sun Tour in early February only for a last-minute withdrawal due to the "logistics of getting a team organised and getting guys to Australia and so on."
While his trade team won't be racing across the Australian summer, Wurf is hoping to secure a berth on the national teams at the Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, and the Sun Tour off the back of strong performances at the Australian national championships.
"I'll do the nationals and I'll have a chat with the selectors and see if I can get a spot for some of the other races and then from there through to June I will be focusing on qualifying for Hawaii as a professional which obviously requires points and targeting races where you get the points to qualify," he added.
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