Cycling is a cosmopolitan sport and teams are increasingly international with riders from all over the world. Boels Dolmans is one such team with their 11 riders hailing from seven different countries. That can bring its own problems, with names and pronunciations differing wildly from nation to nation.
Ahead of a busy weekend of action, where they will compete at the Festival Elsy Jacobs and the Tour de Yorkshire, Boels Dolmans decided to give fans – and commentators – a little hand with their pronunciation guide.
Dual race programme this weekend -- and both races have live feeds (!!!). We thought #TDYW + #Elsy17 commentators might find this useful. http://pic.twitter.com/9P6s679aDu
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— Boels-Dolmans (@boelsdolmansct) April 26, 2017
Tour of Utah announces four more teams
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah announced four more teams on Twitter, with US Continental team Axeon Hagens Berman joining European Pro Continental teams Caja-Rural Seguros RGA, Nippo-Vini Fantini and Bardiani CSF in the latest cut.
Axeon, the development team run by Axel Merckx, has a long history with the race and earned its best-ever result there last year when Adrien Costa finished second overall to Lachlan Morton, who was riding for Jelly Belly-Maxxis at the time but has since signed with Dimension Data.
Italian team Nippo-Vini Fantini will be making its second consecutive appearance in Utah after competing there for the first time last year. Bardiani CSF, another Italian team, will be making its second appearance in Utah after racing in the Beehive state in 2015, when climber Stefano Pirazzi finished 15th overall.
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