Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada announces 2006 roster
KODAKGALLERY.COM/SIERRA NEVADA PRO CYCLING TEAM ANNOUNCES 2006 ROSTER
Smartville, Calif. (December 8, 2005) - With both Kodak EasyShare Gallery and Sierra Nevada extending their co-title sponsorship of the Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Team into the 2006 season, Principal Sports Management Group LLC has finalized the team's 12-rider roster for the coming season.
Six team members will return from the 2005 campaign, along with six newcomers including three first-year professionals.
Veteran climber and former Canadian National Champion, Dominique Perras and Ben Jacques-Maynes, a former collegiate national champion and overall winner at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in 2004, headline the returning riders.
They are accompanied by Pete Lopinto, a solid support rider and criterium specialist, Dan Schmatz, a veteran sprinter with a strong leadership presence, Jackson Stewart, another sprinter who looks to continue improving to his climbing and overall riding, and Scott Zwizanski, who placed 2nd overall at the Bermuda Grand Prix in September 2005.
New to Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada are Kiwi sprinter Jason Allen, who joined McGuire-Langdale during the 2005 season, Jesse Anthony, winner of six U.S. cyclocross championships in the junior and U-23 ranks, Skyler Bishop, who made his pro debut with Health Net in 2003, Mike Dietrich, a standout on the highly regarded Fiordifrutta amateur team, Martin Gilbert, a stage winner at the Tour du Beauce in August 2005, and David Robinson, who makes the jump from the TIAA-CREF development team.
The team's equipment sponsors will be announced in the coming weeks.
The 2006 Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Team:
Athletes:
ALLEN, Jason / August 17, 1981 / Blenheim, New Zealand
ANTHONY, Jesse / June 12, 1985 / Beverly, MA
BISHOP, Skyler / May 23, 1983 / Del Mar, CA
DIETRICH, Mike / May 29, 1981 / Tucson, AZ
GILBERT, Martin / October 30, 1982 / Chateauguay, Quebec
JACQUES-MAYNES, Ben / September 22, 1978 / San Jose, CA
LOPINTO, Pete / September 1, 1980 / Boulder, CO
PERRAS, Dominique / February 11, 1974 / St-Lambert, Quebec
ROBINSON, David / December 21, 1983 / Bend, OR
SCHMATZ, Dan / May 21, 1974 / Longmont, CO
STEWART, Jackson / June 30, 1980 / Los Gatos, CA
ZWIZANSKI, Scott / May 29, 1977 / Downington, PA
Staff:
STOCKTON, Kurt / Operations Manager / Smartville, CA
ZELLNER, Robin / Racing Manager / Larkspur, CA
FUSCO, Joanne / Soigneur / Bellevue, WA
KADIS, Josh / Marketing Manager / San Francisco, CA
Smartville, Calif. (December 8, 2005) - With both Kodak EasyShare Gallery and Sierra Nevada extending their co-title sponsorship of the Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Team into the 2006 season, Principal Sports Management Group LLC has finalized the team's 12-rider roster for the coming season.
Six team members will return from the 2005 campaign, along with six newcomers including three first-year professionals.
Veteran climber and former Canadian National Champion, Dominique Perras and Ben Jacques-Maynes, a former collegiate national champion and overall winner at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in 2004, headline the returning riders.
They are accompanied by Pete Lopinto, a solid support rider and criterium specialist, Dan Schmatz, a veteran sprinter with a strong leadership presence, Jackson Stewart, another sprinter who looks to continue improving to his climbing and overall riding, and Scott Zwizanski, who placed 2nd overall at the Bermuda Grand Prix in September 2005.
New to Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada are Kiwi sprinter Jason Allen, who joined McGuire-Langdale during the 2005 season, Jesse Anthony, winner of six U.S. cyclocross championships in the junior and U-23 ranks, Skyler Bishop, who made his pro debut with Health Net in 2003, Mike Dietrich, a standout on the highly regarded Fiordifrutta amateur team, Martin Gilbert, a stage winner at the Tour du Beauce in August 2005, and David Robinson, who makes the jump from the TIAA-CREF development team.
The team's equipment sponsors will be announced in the coming weeks.
The 2006 Kodakgallery.com/Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Team:
Athletes:
ALLEN, Jason / August 17, 1981 / Blenheim, New Zealand
ANTHONY, Jesse / June 12, 1985 / Beverly, MA
BISHOP, Skyler / May 23, 1983 / Del Mar, CA
DIETRICH, Mike / May 29, 1981 / Tucson, AZ
GILBERT, Martin / October 30, 1982 / Chateauguay, Quebec
JACQUES-MAYNES, Ben / September 22, 1978 / San Jose, CA
LOPINTO, Pete / September 1, 1980 / Boulder, CO
PERRAS, Dominique / February 11, 1974 / St-Lambert, Quebec
ROBINSON, David / December 21, 1983 / Bend, OR
SCHMATZ, Dan / May 21, 1974 / Longmont, CO
STEWART, Jackson / June 30, 1980 / Los Gatos, CA
ZWIZANSKI, Scott / May 29, 1977 / Downington, PA
Staff:
STOCKTON, Kurt / Operations Manager / Smartville, CA
ZELLNER, Robin / Racing Manager / Larkspur, CA
FUSCO, Joanne / Soigneur / Bellevue, WA
KADIS, Josh / Marketing Manager / San Francisco, CA
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