December 9/08 10:28 am - USA Cycling Announces 13 UCI Continental Teams for 2009 Racing Season

Posted by Editoress on 12/9/08
 

USA Cycling Announces 13 UCI Continental Teams for 2009 Racing Season
Press release


One Pro Continental and Two Pro Tour Teams Bring U.S. Total to 16

USA Cycling announced Monday the 13 squads that have been registered as UCI Continental teams in the United States for the 2009 racing season, as well as their respective rosters.

Along with the previously announced UCI Pro Continental squad (BMC Racing) and UCI Pro Tour teams (Garmin-Chipotle, Team Columbia), the U.S. will feature 16 professional cycling teams recognized by the sport's international governing body for the 2009 racing season.

U.S. teams receiving Continental status for 2009 include: Amore e Vita/McDonalds/Velo Vie Pro Racing Team, Bissell Pro Cycling, Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light, DLP Racing, Jelly Belly Cycling, Kelly Benefit Strategies, Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy, Land Rover/ORBEA - Benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Ouch presented by Maxxis, Team Mountain Khakis, Rock Racing, Team Type 1, and Trek LIVESTRONG U23 Team.

Each team's roster is as follows:

Amore e Vita/McDonalds/Velo Vie Pro Racing Team (D.S. Roberto Gaggioli)
Alexey Bauer (RUS)
Vladislav Borisov (RUS)
Matt Brandt (USA)
Phil Cortes (CAN)
Jaroslaw Dabrowski (POL)
Richard England (AUS)
Peter Femal (USA)
Graziano Gasparre (ITA)
Chad Gerlach (USA)
Fabio Gilioli (ITA)
Sergiy Grechyn (UKR)
Phillip Mamos (GER)
Yuriy Metlushenko (UKR)
Christian Mueller (GER)
Soren Nissen (DEN)
Vlodymyr Starchick (UKR)
Andrew Talansky (USA)

Bissell Pro Cycling Team (D.S. Glen Mitchell)
Joao Correia (POR)
Sheldon Deeny (USA)
Tim Farnham (USA)
Graham Howard (USA)
Andy Jacques-Mayne (USA)
Ben Jacques Mayne (USA)
Omer Kem (USA)
Peter Latham (NZL)
Paul Mach (USA)
Kirk O'Bee (USA)
Cody O'Reilly (USA)
Morgan Schmitt (USA)
Burke Swindlehurst (USA)
Jeremy Vennell (NZL)
Tom Zirbel (USA)

Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light (D.S. Sebastian Alexandre)
Luis Amaran (CUB)
Alejandro Borrajo (ARG)
Anibal Borrajo (ARG)
Leando Bottasso (ARG)
Anthony Colby (USA)
Luca Damiani (ITA)
Davide Frattini (ITA)
Guido Palma (ARG)
Andy Guptill (USA)
Lucas Haedo (USA)
Aaron Olson (USA)
Timothy Reinhart (USA)
Daniel Vaillancourt (USA)
Kyle Wamsley (USA)
Tyler Wren (USA)

DLP Racing (D.S. John Kane)
Tiago Depaula (BRA)
David Duncan (USA)
Steven Gordon (USA)
Jared Gruber (USA)
Scott Jackson (USA)
Boyd Johnson (USA)
Tommy Nankervis (AUS)
Justin Spinelli (USA)

Jelly Belly Cycling (D.S. Danny Van Haute)
Jonathan Clark (AUS)
Matthew Crane (USA)
Phil Gaimon (USA)
Brad Huff (USA)
Bryce Mead (USA)
Jeremy Powers (USA)
Kiel Reinjen (USA)
Nick Reistad (USA)
Matty Rice (AUS)
Will Routley (CAN)
Bernard Van Ulden (USA)

Kelly Benefit Strategies (D.S. Jonas Carney)
Ryan Anderson (CAN)
Andrew Bajadali (USA)
Zach Bell (CAN)
Dan Bowman (USA)
Alex Candelario (USA)
Jacob Erker (CAN)
Cheyne Hoag (USA)
Jacob Keough (USA)
Shane Kline (USA)
Reid Mumford (USA)
Clay Murfet (AUS)
Neil Shirley (USA)
Jonathan Sundt (USA)
David Veillux (CAN)
Scott Zwizanski (USA)

Kenda Pro Cycling presented by Spinergy (D.S. Chad Thompson)
Chad Burdzilauskas (USA)
Jamie Gandara (USA)
Remi McManus (USA)
Jonathan Parrish (USA)
Ben Renkema (USA)
Jacob Rytlewski (USA)
Tyler Stanfield (USA)
Tim Swain (USA)
Bennet Van Der Genugten (USA)
Scottie Weiss (USA)
Matt Winstead (USA)

Land Rover/ORBEA - Benefitting the Lance Armstrong Foundation (D.S. David Godfrey)
Josh Bartlett (USA)
Jim Cumat (USA)
Evan Elken (USA)
Logan Hunn (NZL)
Mike Northey (NZL)
Bobbie Sweeting (USA)
Ryan Taylor (CAN)
Dean Tracy (USA)
Aaron Tuckerman (NZL)
Roman Van Uden (NZL)

Ouch presented by Maxxis (D.S. Mike Tamayo)
Jonathan Chodroff (USA)
Cameron Evans (CAN)
Tim Johnson (USA)
Roman Kilun (USA)
Floyd Landis (USA)
Bobby Lea (USA)
Karl Menzies (USA)
John Murphy (USA)
Andrew Pinfold (CAN)
Rory Sutherland (AUS)
Bradley White (USA)

Team Mountain Khakis (D.S. Jason Snow)
Andy Baker (USA)
Erik Barlevav (USA)
Spencer Beamer (USA)
David Guttenplan (USA)
Johnny Hamblen (USA)
Mark Heckman (USA)
William Hoffarth (USA)
Isaac Howe (USA)
Logan Loader (USA)
Toby Marzot (USA)
Adam Myerson (USA)
Daniel Ramsey (USA)
Jackie Simes (USA)
Thomas Soladay (USA)
Michael Stoop (USA)

Rock Racing (D.S. Rudy Pevenage)
Alex Boyd (USA)
Baden Cooke (AUS)
Freddy Cruz (USA)
Ivan Dominguez (CUB)
Jose Enrique Gutierrez (ESP)
Tyler Hamilton (USA)
Sergio Hernandez (USA)
Sterling Magnell (USA)
Francisco Mancebo (ESP)
Victor Hugo Pena (COL)
Fred Rodriguez (USA)
Nicholas Sanderson (AUS)
Oscar Sevilla (ESP)
David Tanner (AUS)
David Vitoria (SUI)
William Walker (AUS)
Justin Williams (USA)

Team Type 1 (D.S. Ed Beamon)
Moises Aldape (MEX)
Jesse Anthony (USA)
Fabio Calabria (AUS)
Joe Eldridge (USA)
Ricardo Escuela (ARG)
Ken Hanson (USA)
Daniel Holt (USA)
Aldo Ino Ilesic (SLO)
Chris Jones (USA)
Valeriy Kobzarenko (UKR)
Darren Lill (RSA)
Ian MacGregor (USA)
Shawn Milne (USA)
Phil Southerland (USA)
Willem Van Den Eynde (BEL)
Matt Wilson (AUS)

Trek LIVESTRONG U23 Team (D.S. Axel Merckx)
Ryan Baumann (USA)
Sam Bewley (USA)
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA)
Cody Campbell (CAN)
Guy East (USA)
Ben King (USA)
Ryohei Komori (JPN)
Taylor Kuphaldt (USA)
Taylor Phinney (USA)
Bjorn Selander (USA)
Jesse Sargent (NZL)