Dempster will lead Cycling Academy in Pro Continental debut
Cycling Academy will make its Pro Continental debut this week in Spain at the Volta a La Comunitat Valenciana, the five-day UCI 2.1 race that starts Wednesday in Orihuela with a 38km team time trial.
"Are we ready? I think We are,” said head Sport Director Kjell Carlström, who previously worked with IAM Cycling and Team Sky.
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"I know we have some riders that haven't been racing on this level yet, but I am not worried,” Carlström said. “They have trained well and are motivated…It will
be a tough race with a lot of great teams and riders, so our expectations are more of doing our very best and see were we stand. Of course, we are all hoping to win a stage … as long as we are racing the way we want to race, there is always a chance.”
Australian Zak Dempster, who signed with the team in the off-season from Bora-Argon18, will lead the Israeli-registered squad’s first 2017 effort. He’ll be joined in the race by Giullaume Boivin, Jose Manuel Diaz, Jason Lowndes, Benjamin Perry, Dennis van Winden, Tyler Williams and Israeli time trial champion Aviv Yechezkel.
"I am definitely feeling ready to race,” Dempster said. “It was a good, long build for all of us, the only thing missing is to actually get out there and do it. Myself and others [on Cycling Academy] might have a crack at a few of the punchy finishes in this tour.”
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