Yahoo! Cycling Team Announces New Team
1/28/10- Ikeman Cycling, LLC., today announced its partnership with Yahoo! to form the Yahoo! Cycling Team. Based in Northern California, the team plans to race the majority of its season on the West Coast as well as a portion of the National Racing Calendar (NRC). Dependent upon its success in the US circuit in 2010, the team plans to move on to Continental Status in 2011.
“We’re excited to launch this team in a community that is as enthusiastic about cycling as we are,” says Kevin Klein, Ikeman Cycling Owner and Yahoo! Cycling Team General Manager. “Both our young riders and experienced cyclists are eager to get our season under way and establish ourselves as a dominant elite team. “
The Yahoo! Cycling team is comprised of up and coming young talent and a few savvy veterans. Notable veterans include two-time Olympian Dirk Copeland, Patrick Briggs, Brian Bosch and Kevin Klein (formerly Rock Racing). The full team roster is available at www.cyclingteam.yahoo.com.
Ikeman Cycling is owned and operated by Kevin Klein and is based in Northern California. Management team members include Haldane Morris and Allen Bean. The team’s training camp will be held in San Luis Obispo, January 29-31, and its racing season will begin the following weekend in Northern California. With the creation of the Yahoo! Cycling Team, Yahoo! plans to cultivate its cycling offerings for both its audience, online and offline, and its own internal cycling team, the Yahoo! Amateur Cycling Team.
“We’re especially eager about the formation of this team with Ikeman Cycling because not only are there a number of cycling enthusiasts among our audience, but also a large number within our own Yahoo! ranks,” says Barbara O’Connor, Vice President of Global Consumer Marketing at Yahoo!. “The team provides us with an opportunity to create a touchpoint with our audience both on and off the web and also to connect with and engage the passionate community of cycling enthusiasts.”
The Yahoo! Cycling Team has partnered with Fuji Bicycles for 2010 and 2011 and the team will be riding Fuji’s top of the line road and time trial bikes. Reynolds recently joined the team’s grass roots effort and will be supplying wheel sets for training and all racing disciplines.
