Canadian team steps up to UCI Continental Team status

Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) winning at the 2007 Tour de Beauce

Mark Walters (Kodak Gallery) winning at the 2007 Tour de Beauce (Image credit: Mark Zalewski)

Canada will get a new UCI Continental Team in 2008. To support Team RACE Pro's step up the ranks, managers have been busy signing some of Canada's top talent including five-time Canadian National Road Champion Mark Walters, the 2005 U23 Canadian National Road Champion Ryan Roth, and current U23 Canadian National Cyclo-cross Champion Mark Batty. The team intends to provide an opportunity for Canadian cyclists to race at the pro level on a Canadian team with long term objectives to make it into the UCI ProTour and the Tour de France.