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Canadian, Dutch And British Pro Teams For FBD Ras. The intense competition expected from professional teams in this year's FBD insurance Ras has soared with the news that pro teams from Canada, Netherlands and Britain are to join those of the Czech Republic, Estonia and Norway when the big 8 day international cycle race gets underway from the GPO on Sunday fortnight. the British squad, Recycling.co.uk/MG-XPOWER/Litespeed, is particular strong with the inclusion of two formew winners of the race, Paul Manning, 2001 and Chris Newton, 2003,ably backed up by a nice blend of youth and experience in rob Sharman, Shaun Snodden and Ben Greenwood. The Dutch Team B & E are seasoned campaigners competing with all the big names in races throught Europe and also have the added advabtage of having competed in te Ras a few years ago, Directeur Sportif of the Canadian team, Jet Fuel coffee, has built a solid, cohesive team od young riders around the experienced Stig Somme and Andrew Randell sience their last apperances on the Irish roads in 2002 when Randell notched up a stage win into Castletownbere. Somme and Rendell will have the solid support of thre of Canada's most promising young riders, Zack Bell, Kevin Miller, and Mark Pozniak. Team B & E is Tino Haakman, Richard Kooijman, Aldo Klomb, Sander Lormans and Gerard Windhouwer. In addition to the six pro teams, or continental teams as they are classified sience the UCI reform of international racing earlier this year, the record, and maximum, field of 200 riders will also include French, German, Scotland, Wales, the Irish national team and seventeen county teams. |
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