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Laramie native Clayton Barrows, an honorary member of BikeNet
and one of the best cyclists ever to hail from Wyoming, after
spending most of 2006 season racing for Agisko-Dart-Cycling.tv,
a British team based in Italy, he is now riding for Rite Aid Pro
Cycling
Below
is the latest update:
Clayton Barrows third at Somerville
Rite
Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell Announces 2008
Roster
1 January 2008 (www.riteaidprocycling.com/news)
Wayne, Pennsylvania – Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell
& Shebell embark on their third year under the Rite Aid banner
with a new presenting sponsor and another exciting international
roster - five returning veterans and six new young rising
talents. The team finished the 2007 season with 17 wins, 38
podiums and was the 8th ranked UCI America Tour team, 2nd of all
of the US teams.
Leading the returning riders is Jake Rytlewski, winner of the
2007 Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, 9th in the US Pro Criterium
Championships, and 17th at the US Pro RR. Also returning is
Stephan Kincaid, A US Olympic track team alternate who saw 11
podiums in 2007, 4 of them for victories.
Clayton Barrows
also returns. One of the strongest men in the pro peloton with
extensive European experience including the Tour of Britain,
Clayton garnered 5 wins in 2007, including three stages of the
Tour of Ephrata.
Bill Elliston returns as senior member
of the team. Bill has raced for three pro squads in his career,
which includes over 35 victories. He will be invaluable in
schooling the new young riders and, as a USA Cycling trained
coach, works with the squad throughout the season.
New as a Pro to the team this year, but in his second year
racing the US circuit is Guido Palma. At the ripe old age of 20,
Guido has raced with J.J. Haedo of CSC and Alejando Borrajo of
Colavita and has international experience racing against some of
the best Pro Tour riders. Richard Geng joins the team as a 2nd
year Pro. Richard raced with Heinz vo Heiden. Focus in 2007, a
European Continental team. He is a multiple Berlin Champion on
the road and track. In 2007 he had the Sprinter’s Jersey at the
Sachsen-Tour 2.1, a race whose Top 5 included riders from
Rabobank, CSC, Astana, Milram and T-Mobile. Also new to the team
is Bobby Lea, a World Track Team member and current US National
Madison Champion. In 2007, Bobby rode for Toyota United,
garnering 11 podiums and 6 wins. He is an 8 time US National
Track Champion and a 5 time Junior National Track Champion.
Robbie King, a rider for Priority Health in 2007, is a former US
Collegiate National Champion. Injured for much of 2007, Robbie
still managed to finish 10th at the US Criterium Championships,
KOM at the Tobaggo Cycling Classic and 4 other podium finishes.
Miles Watson (NZ) won the Sprint Championship at the Tour of
Murray River. In 2007 he led the Points Competition and the KOM
at the Southland Tour, and was as high as 10th in GC and 3rd in
the U23 category. Also joining the team is Jonathan Erdelyi, a
seasoned pro, who is one of the best tacticians in the peloton.
Jonathan excels at hard one day events. Rounding out the squad
is Al Arnal, a time trial specialist. Al missed winning the
National Time Trial Championship by .5 sec in 2007, finishing
second. In only his 4th season of racing, Al garnered 5 TT
victories in 2007.
Rite Aid Pro Cycling for 2007
(http://www.velobios.com/teams.riteaid2007.htm)
The Rite Aid Pro
Cycling team has strengthened it's team for 2007, signing is
Alejandro Barrajo, a rider from the Miche team, who garnered
seven top ten finishes in the 2004 Giro d' Italia, including a
third place to Alessandro Petacchi in stage 6, and also took
second place to Eric Zabel in the 2005 Rund um den Henniger Turm.
The Argentinian's most recent result was a win in the 2006 South
American Road Championship this past November.
New signings
Sebastian Alexander (Colavita)
Ian Ayers (Colavita)
Jake Rytlewski (Priority Health)
Mike Norton (NERAC/Outdoorlights.com), in stage races and tough
one day races. From
Bill Elliston (Target Training)
Stephan Kincaid (Meredith Group)
Clayton Barrows
Returning
Brad Viera
Ryan DeWald and
Josh Taylor
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