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13 Pro Team's Announced for 2016 Tour of Alberta

Defending champion Bauke Mollema will return to the Tour of Alberta next month, with Canadian Ryder Hesjedal and Frank Schleck among his Trek-Segafredo teammates

September 1-5, 2016 marks the fourth annual Tour of Alberta presented by ATB Financial – Canada’s highest ranked professional road race. This world-class six-day event travels a diverse landscape of communities across Alberta, while spectators enjoy interactive festivals, exhilarating competition, live entertainment, and family fun activities.

Trek-Segafredo and Cannondale Pro Cycling top the list of 13 teams announced yesterday for the 2016 Tour of Alberta, the five-day race from September 1-5.  previously announced that the Trek-Segafredo team of defending champion Bauke Mollema will return in 2016. 

UnitedHealthcare will feature 2015 USA Pro Challenge stage winner John Murphy and two-time US National Champion Matthew Busche.

The Canadian National Team will bring current Canadian National Champion Bruno Langlois and Antoine Duchesne, who won the KOM jersey at Paris-Nice with Direct Energie, his trade team.

Silber Pro Cycling team will feature recent Tour of Utah stage winner Kris Dahl and 2015 Tour of Alberta KOM winner and former Canadian national champion Benjamin Perry, as well as Ryan Roth, the current Canadian time trial champion in individual time trial.

Axeon Hagens Berman will feature current US National Champion Greg Daniel in is first race back since breaking his collarbone in Utah, while Holowesko-Citadel will field recent Tour of Utah stage winners Robin Carpenter and Travis McCabe.

Jelly Belly-Maxxis, which is currently leading the UCI America's Tour team leader after winning the Tour of Utah with Lachlan Morton, will feature Canadian upstart Jordan Cheyne.

Several top-level Grand Tour riders will be competing, including SkyDive Dubai’s Francisco Mancebo, making his first appearance in North America since he raced for US Continental in 2009 through 2013, and Chris Horner (Lupus Racing), the 2013 Vuelta a Espana overall winner.

WorldTour
Trek-Segafredo
Cannondale Pro Cycling

Professional Continental
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling

Continental
Silber Pro Cycling
H&R Block Pro Cycling
Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
Holowesko-Citadel p/b Hincapie Sportswear
Rally Cycling
Axeon Hagens Berman
Lupus Racing
SkyDive Dubai
Amore & Vita -Selle SMP
Canadian National Team

Click here for more details of the 2016 Tour of Alberta.

Velo Edmonton Gran Fondo

Join cyclists from around the globe for a true “feel-like-a-pro” experience and the ultimate public ride sportive at Canada’s first-ever Velothon! Velothon Edmonton will take place on the final day of the UCI 2.1 sanctioned Tour of Alberta presented by ATB Financial, making it one of the biggest cycling events in the America's and a memorable week of cycling in Alberta.

Ride roads in Alberta's Capital City that you've never experienced before on your bike (like the daunting curves of Groat Ride), plus ride the majority of the Tour of Alberta presented by ATB Financial's Stage 4 ITT course and Stage 5 circuit on 5th September 2016.

The event includes:

Three course options to suit your skill and interest levels (Velothon 60, Velothon 100, ATB Financial Family Ride)
Participation in a team or as an individual rider
Closed roads on a 20 km circuit
Ride the majority of Tour of Alberta’s Stage 4 Individual Time Trial course and the majority of Tour of Alberta’s Stage 5 circuit
Watch the professional cyclists compete in the final stage of the Tour of Alberta that same afternoon
Start and finish under the same truss as the Tour of Alberta presented by ATB Financial professional cyclists
Thousands of spectators in Edmonton to watch the Velothon Edmonton and Tour of Alberta presented by ATB Financial
Feed stations
Fully supported
Tour of Alberta presented by ATB Financial emcee to announce the Velothon Edmonton
Exciting festival atmosphere with local and international vendors

Click here for more details of the Velothon Edmonton.

13 Pro Team's Announced for 2016 Tour of Alberta