The band is back together. Eric Marcotte and Travis McCabe, the formidable duo of Arizona racers who finished first and second, respectively, in the 2014 USA Cycling National Championships road race, are back on the same roster this year at the UnitedHealthcare Professional Continental team.
Last week at the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina, the pair raced together for the first time since the former SmartStop team disbanded after the 2015 season and they went their separate ways – Marcotte to Jamis and then Cylance, McCabe to Holowesko and then UnitedHealthcare last year.
"It's super cool, man, and I'm rooming with him, too," Marcotte told Cyclingnews before the final stage of the Argentinean race on Sunday. “It’s good. He's like a younger brother almost."
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McCabe, 28, and Marcott, 37, both came up in cycling from the Arizona amateur scene before riding on a national level with the Elbowz elite squad. They both joined SmartStop as trainees at the end of 2013, and then stuck with the squad the next year as it transitioned from a criterium focus to a top domestic stage race and one-day team.
The pair shocked US cycling when they took control of the 2014 US pro road race from a small group and then took the top two spots ahead of Garmin-Sharp’s Alex Howes. But their collaboration ended when SmartStop folded after the 2015 season.
McCabe signed with Unitedhealthcare from Holowesko last year, and Marcotte signed on with UnitedHealthcare for this season after racing with Cylance in 2017. Marcotte also raced for the former Jamis team in 2016, which was directed by UnitedHealthcare's current director Sebastian Alexandre.
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