Press release
Organizers of the 2009 Tour of the Battenkill cycling race (www.tourofthebattenkill.com) announce team selections for the Pro Men\\\'s Invitational Race on Sunday April 19. A new addition to the event for 2009, the Pro Men\\\'s Invitational is the marquee race for the April 18-19 weekend. Preceded on Saturday April 18 by the nation\\\'s largest single-day Pro/Am - the Tour of the Battenkill which will draw more than 1500 Professional and Amateur racers from throughout the USA and Canada - the Pro Men\\\'s Invitational will feature 20 Professional & Elite teams including one UCI Continental Professional, 7 UCI Continental, 4 Canadian Professional, and 9 Regional Elite teams. Racers will be competing over the rugged, 124 mile course in Upstate New York\\\'s Battenkill Valley made famous for it\\\'s several dirt road sections.
Teams accepting invitations:
UCI Continental Professional Teams: BMC Pro Cycling (US)
UCI Continental Teams: Bissell Pro Cycling (US), Kenda Pro Cycling (US), Team Mountain Khakis (US), Team Type 1 (US), DLP Pro Cycling (US), Kelly Benefit Strategies (US)
Canadian Professional Teams:
Team Planet Energy
Équipe Volkswagen
Ride with Rendall
Jet Fuel Pro Cycling
US Elite Teams: CCB, Bikereg/Cannondale, Jittery Joes Cycling, Haymarket Cycles, Main Line/Mazur Cycling, Metlife Pro-Am Cycling, Champion System, CRCA/Empire, IF Racing/ Lionette\\\'s Elite Cycling
