from dailypeloton.com: 05-Orbitel to Enter Florida Team Competition
Orlando, Florida, USA --The Colombian UCI Div. II team 05-Orbitel has announced that it plans to
enter a 6 men squad into the team road race competition of the Bike Across Florida 2004. Colombian
ace cyclist Hernan Dario Bonilla will be leading the squad. Bonilla won the Tour of Sonila in Mexico
and a stage in the Vuelta Colombia. The Bike Across Florida is a pro-am cycling marathon of 267 km
that will take place on April 18, 2004.
I guess that means that they plan to hang around for a few days and do our stage race? Why else
would a D2 team fly to the US?
CSC has already said that they are racing the tour dG.
Tour d G Teams in 2003: • U.S. Postal Service pro cycling team • Navigators • Saturn • Prime
Alliance • Sierra Nevada/Clif Bar • 7UP/Maxxis • Schroeder Iron • Ofoto/Lombardi Sports •
Jelly Belly/Carlsbad Clothing Cycling Team • Jittery Joe’s Coffee • Colavita-Bolla • Webcor
Cycling Team • Team West Virginia • Rabobank (Netherlands) • Netherlands national team •
Flanders Iteamnova • Sidermec Vini Caldirola • Formaggi Pinzolo
Saturn,Prime Alliance, 7up, shroeder iron, West Virginia, Flanders, Vini Caldirola are no
longer teams.
7up is now Healtnet. Vini is now Aqua Sapone.
If they stay with the 18 team roster, then the returning teams will be:
1.USPS
2. navigators
3.Sierra Nevada-based on Klasna,Wohlberg
4.Healthnet- taking the 7up spot
5.Ofoto
6.Jelly Belly
7.Colavita
8.Webcor
9. Jittery Joes
10.CSC
11. Orbitel- my assumption
The remaining 7 spots are anybodys guess?
12. Aqua Sapone if Fred wants to come over again?
13. Rabobank? Will they want to come get their ass kicked again.
14. Monex
15. Sharper image
16.Parish foundation
still leaves two teams?
bored at home...your guess's
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