After a pleasant and relaxing winter/off season Equipe CMI/BST are looking ahead to 2012. With new sponsors to be announced later in the new year, the team will be returning with a series of experienced riders, solid results and full support staff who will be taking care of the International Calendar for the team in 2012.
The Team will once again focus on UCI Europe Tour, Africa Tour and hopefully some UCI Asia Tour races to add to the Mid Atlantic racing calendar. Currently finalizing the 2012 calendar, the Team will be kicking off the UCI season with the 10 day UCI 2.2 Tour du Maroc at the end of March, followed by a series of 3 single day races also in Morocco called the “Challenge des Phosphates”. Following on from the UCI Africa Tour races the team is aiming to race in Holland, the United Kingdom, Morocco again in May, and either Belgium or Italy before returning to the Tour of Serbia in June where Sebastien Jullien won the final stage in 2011.
Riders Sebastien Jullien and Zbigniew Gucwa will both be taking their fast turn of speed to Morocco. Zbigniew has proven his sprinting abilities with wins in the UCI 2.2 Tour du Faso in Africa and 2.2 Tour de Gironde in France.The team’s best GC rider and overall winner of the 2010 Tour du Faso is looking forward to starting the season in Morocco. Julien Shick kicked off his UCI season there 2 years ago and is keen to return to the 10 day stage race before attacking the rest of the season.
Other riders for the European calendar include Guillaume Soula, Benjamin Trouche, Simeon Green, and U23 Polish rider Konrad Tomasiak who will also be racing the U23 World Cup (Trophee Des Nations) with the National team and is aiming for a good performance at the U23 World Championships at the end of the season. The youngster already has solid UCI results to his name and will be a good addition to the team for 2012. John Delong and Ryan Pettit will also be returning for more international fun and games. New Jersey resident Ryan has just undergone knee surgery, but should be back to full strength later in the season. Ryan had a mixed year in 2011, with a crash that cracked his pelvis at the Tour of Serbia and some knee issues the down-point of his season. However Ryan also amassed an impressive amount on wins on home soil throughout the year.
Team favorite and all around easy-going-nice-guy John Delong started off the 2012 season a little earlier than most, with a 4th place in Belize on New Year’s day.CMI riders will also obviously be sporting the jersey at the local and regional races in and around Virginia, and the team is looking forward to some classic Mid Atlantic racing with a late season start on April 1st at Jeff Cup. MABRA can follow the team's action and even like the team and try to get a date with it or something on The Facebook.
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