Rally Cycling will try a mix of old and new next year, with 11 returning riders joining five newcomers to form the team's first Pro Continental roster in 2018. The longtime US Continental team lost emerging climbing talent Sepp Kuss to LottoNL-Jumbo in the off-season, but 2017 team leaders Rob Britton and Evan Huffman are returning with multi-year contracts.
The team announced five new riders earlier this year, including Robin Carpenter and Ty Magner from Holowesko-Citadel, Kyle Murphy from Cylance, Nigel Ellsay from Silber Pro Cycling and Ryan Anderson from French Pro Continental team Direct Energie. Anderson, a 30-year-old Canadian, raced for Rally previously in 2009 and 2010 when the team was sponsored by Kelly Benefit Strategies, and then again from 2013 to 2015 under the Optum banner.
Returning from 2017 along with Huffman and Britton are Jesse Anthony, Matteo Dal-Cin, Adam de Vos, Brad Huff, Colin Joyce, Brandon McNulty, Emerson Oronte, Danny Pate and Eric Young.
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Tom Soladay retired after seven seasons with Rally and now works in the team's home office, while Shane Kline, Pierrick Naud and Curtis White did not renew after several years with the team.
Rally Cycling achieved what was arguably the best season to date in 2017, notching 58 wins and 107 podiums across North America and Europe. Huffman, the Tour of the Gila winner, took two high-profile stage wins at the WorldTour Amgen Tour of California and finished his season with an overall win at the Tour of Alberta. Britton won the Tour of Utah on the way to the team's overall wins in the UCI America Tour and the USA Cycling Pro Road Tour.
“Success doesn’t simply come from picking the right riders,” Performance Director Jonas Carney said in a statement released by the team. “It’s more important to provide your riders a positive environment where they can thrive. Maintaining the athletes who make up the backbone of that culture ensures that we will continue to be successful because new recruits almost always excel in our program.”
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