Stan’ NoTubes sponsored Tour of the Battenkill Announces Preliminary Pro Teams

 

 

 

January 30, 2012
 

 

Cambridge, NY – Anthem Sports – organizers of the Tour of the Battenkill - announce a preliminary list of 12 professional and elite teams accepting invitations to the one-day UCI event scheduled for April 15 in upstate New York. Held in conjunction with the popular Pro/Am event which expects nearly 3,000 racers in April, the event returns to the UCI America Tour calendar for 2012.  The event was last on the UCI calendar in 2010.

 

Professional teams and riders are excited that the event is once again back on the UCI calendar and are looking forward to the 2012 edition.

 

“We are tremendously excited and hungry to return to the Battenkill. This is the toughest American classic and it demands the perfect rider and equipment to step onto the podium. We are more than confident that our roster and Kenda Tires will get us there.”, said Kenda/5-Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder team owner Chad Thompson, who’s long-time sponsor Kenda Tires is the Official Tire Sponsor for the event.
 

The 2011 race, though not a UCI event, featured a tough battle and a heartbreak 2nd place for Optum Pro Cycling Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies‘ Jesse Anthony.”The Tour of the Battenkill is sure to provide another tough day of bike racing here in the US. Even though we fell painfully short of the victory last year, Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies will be extremely motivated and determined to win Tour of the Battenkill in 2012″, said Anthony who went on to overall victories at the Univest Grand Prix, the Nature Valley Grand Prix, and an epic stage win at the Tour of Utah in 2011.
 

The event grows internationally with the addition of Continental teams from Great Britain in 2012.  Highlighting the European contingent is Team Raleigh-CAC who recently signed former US Pro Criterium Champion American Dan Holloway and British Circuit Race Champion Graham Briggs.Team IG-Sigma Sport, also of Great Britain, will be fielding a strong team that includes former Garmin-Cervelo rider Daniell Lloyd.
 

Among the Elite-level teams accepting invitations are the New York-based Stan’s Notubes / AXA Equitable Elite Cycling and CRCA-Champion Systems/Stan’s Notubes Elite Cycling Teams.

 

The popular Pro/Am event, scheduled for Saturday, April 14, is part of the Stan’s Notubes Great American Cycling Serieswith events scheduled for New York, Michigan, Vermont, and Colorado in 2012.The preliminary list of teams accepting invitations to the UCI event are as follows:

Bissel Cycling	USA
Competitive Cyclist Racing Team	USA
CRCA /Champion System/Stan’s Notubes	USA
Équipe cycliste EKOÏ.com/Gaspésien	CAN
Hagens Berman Elite Cycling	USA
Hincapie Sportswear Development	USA
Kenda/5 Hour Energy p/b Geargrinder	USA
Team Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies	USA
Stans Notubes / AXA Equitable Cycling	USA
Team IG – Sigma Sport	GB
Team Raleigh-GAC	GB
Team Type 1 – Sanofil	USA

Additional professional and elite teams are to be announced in the coming weeks.