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Shimano Memory Corp presents

By Ricky Tozer, The Goulburn Post

published 11 March 2005

Recently, the Dutch Shimano Memory Corp Pro Team was presented in Nunspeet, the Netherlands. Made up...

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The Shimano-Memorycorp pro cycling team(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Shimano-Memorycorp Riders(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Marco Bos(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Eelke Van Der Wal(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Julien Smink(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Rudie Kemna(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Laurens Ten Dam(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Rik Reinerink(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Alain Van Katwijk(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Stefan Scumacher(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Takamitsu Tsuji(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Kaoru Ouchi(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Yoshimasa Hirose(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Tommoya Kano(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Yukihiro Doi(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Hidenori Nodera(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Yoshiyuki Abe(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Masahiro Shinagawa(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Masamichi Yamamoto(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Spekenbrink, Shepnik, Bando, Hoekstra, Imanishi (Ltor)(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Memory Corp Mpeg-4 Player!(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Team ace Shumacher(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

The team will use Bell Helmets and Shimano eyewear(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Shimano Memory corp's Colnago C-50(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Up close with the team's C-50(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Sport director Piet Hoekstra(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Japanese sport director Hisafumi.Imanishi and Akira Bando(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

The Shimano-Memorycorp pro cycling team(Image credit: Makoto Ayano)

Recently, the Dutch Shimano Memory Corp Pro Team was presented in Nunspeet, the Netherlands. Made up in part of staff from the Shimano Division III team, they have a diverse squad of riders, managed by Arend Scheppink, former manager of the now defunct BankGiroLoterij team.

The team will be competing within the UCI Continental Tour in Asia and Europe for 2005, and will retain the services of Shimano team manager Akira Bandou. Colnago bikes will be the weapon of choice for 2005, running Shimano components - of course!

The team has an obviously Dutch flavour, with riders such as Marco Bos, Laurens ten Dam, Alain van Katwijk and Juliën Smink on the roster, along with no less than nine Japanese riders, including Yoshiyuki Abe, Yoshimasa Hirose and Masamichi Yamamoto.

The main aim of Shimano's involvement is to develop young road riders for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, through racing at the European level. This is designed to complement strengths in the country's track cycling programme.