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Developing youth cycling talent across Europe. International collaboration among youth teams.

Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans

Cycling Team

Avia Wcup Cycling Team

Riwal - Climacell Junior

Centre de Formation

Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

ITD Team

InternationalTalents Development Team

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Press release

4 youth cycling teams in Europe decided to create the ITD Team, a new cycling alliance. This new team will offer more international development opportunities for young cycling talents through international collaboration.

ITD stands for ‘International Talents Development’. The goal is to offer more possibilities for the young riders of the teams to race abroad and get new experiences.

The 4 founding teams are: • Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans Cycling Team• Avia Wcup Cycling Team• Riwal - Climacell Junior• Centre de Formation Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

In annex of this press release, you can read ore about these teams. The teams are sponsored by Specialized, who is supporting this innovative approach.

How does it work?

The clubs will select interesting races in their home country/region (interclub and/or individual races) to which other teams are invited. Focus is on races for riders in U17 and U19 categories, but can be extended to some selected opportunities for U12, U15 and U23 (if applicable). Then the clubs can propose riders to come and participate to the race, next to some riders of the home team .

Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans

Cycling Team

Avia Wcup Cycling Team

Riwal - Climacell Junior

Centre de Formation

Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

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Press release

The new ITD Team concept offers advantages for all parties involved:

• For the rider: • allow youth riders to gain international experience in races, as a development step in their

career (performance development)• Bigger choice of options, and choose only those who perfectly fit profile and program• Have a unique cultural experience, by exchanging cycling passion with other riders and get to

know new people in an international context (personal development)

• For the club: • This unique collaboration platform is a team asset, in order to retain or attract promising youth

riders• Efficiency: efficient way of organising international race participation in terms of logistics and

cost• Flexible: flexible way of participating to youth races with only riders fit for selected races

We are convinced that these new ways of collaboration will support the development of young cycling talents within the participating clubs.

Contact for more information:

• Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans Cycling Team: Vincent VerniersLuc Rooms

• Avia Wcup Cycling Team Patrick Joos• Riwal - Climacell Junior Kristian Lilliendal• Centre de Formation Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin Didier Chatelin

Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans

Cycling Team

Avia Wcup Cycling Team

Riwal - Climacell Junior

Centre de Formation

Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

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Annex: participating

clubs

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Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans

Cycling Team

Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans Cycling Team

Who we are• Cycling team founded in 1999. Amateurs participating to race in Belgium

with trips to France, Ireland and Tour de Guyane (South-America).• Youth team since 2008, grew from 10 to almost 80 youth riders in 2015

What you need to know about us• Focus on development of youth riders.• Own education program for U15 riders in collaboration with Flemish Cycling

school (VWS) and Flemish Cycling Federation (WBV).• High number of educated trainers, collaborators.• Organizer of some races every year.• District and national champions within the team over last years, both on

road, track, cyclocross and mountain-bike.

Program• U15: races in Belgium, championships, mini Paris-Roubaix, Kids Tour

Berlin.• U17: Belgian Cup, Prins der Nieuwelingen, Tour de la Basse-Meuse, West-

Vlaanderen Cyclign Tour (?),…• U19: Belgian Cup, 3-days Aubel-Thimister-La Gleize, Ster der Vlaamse

Ardennen (2 days), …

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Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans

Cycling Team

Papillon-Rudyco-Janatrans Cycling Team

Website: www.rudycocyclingteam.comFacebook: Rudyco Cycling team

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Avia Wcup Cycling Team

Who we are• Team exists already more than 50 years and is called Avia, after its main

sponsor, since 2002. • In 2006 the team seperated from a traditional club with the U19 category.

Since then the goal of the team is to be a top U19 team, both in Belgium and abroad.

What you need to know about us• Focus on development of U19 riders, which is unique in Belgium.• Young talents are recruited and a specific development program is set up to

further develop the talents.• Until now about 35 former Avia riders were able to sign a professional rider

contract, of which 12 in a Word Tour team in 2015. • Next to national champion titles in various disciplines, the team also

celebrated world champions in cyclocross (Joeri Adams), track (Tosh Van der Sande and Michael Vingerling) and road (Jasper Stuyven).

Program• All Belgian top races (U19) and championships.• About 10 international top races abroad.

 

Avia Wcup Cycling Team

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Avia Wcup Cycling Team

Website: www.aviawcupcyclingteam.be Facebook: Avia Wcup Cycling Team

Avia WcupCycling Team

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Riwal - Climacell Junior

Who we are• Cykling Odense has for many years developed big names in cycling; Lasse

Normann Hansen (Olympic gold-2012), Alex Rasmussen (4 x World Champion - TTT, Madison, Scratch). Casper Jørgensen (World champion TTT). In addition to these names we have produced a portion of riders at national level.

• Until the year 2010 our Junior and elite team was called "Team Energy Odense“. 2014 was the year we started up again a junior team. 2015 this is extended with a U23 group.

• Loyal sponsors who will support projects in Cykling Odense.• Cykling Odense organizes cycling races for example " Fyen Rundt" , which

is one of the world's oldest bike races.

What you need to know about us• Maintain and develop our environment for U17 and U19 riders , with a focus

on riders from Cycling Odense and riders from the local area.• To give riders a versatile development opportunity , where track and road

racing will be a major factor.• Create riders that may be included on the continental teams as 1st year of

senior.• Team values: Respect, Loyalty, Positive communication, Joy – Helpfulness

– Seriousness, Will, Sports, school and education belong together and cared for. We support our sponsors.

Riwal - Climacell Junior

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Riwal - Climacell Junior

Website: http://riwal-climacell.dk/index.htmlFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/riwal.cycling.climacell.junior.u19

Riwal - Climacell Junior

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Centre de Formation Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

Who we are• Cycling team with riders participating in races in France, Belgium and

Germany. St Quentin had a professional team "St Quentin OKTOS" for several years. The club restarted in 2005 after stopping the Pro team. There are now 70 licensees with a training center and the team of DN3.

What you need to know about us• We are now developing youth with the creation of Cycling Training Center

at the Lycee Condorcet. • The center is accredited by the Regional Council and the State. It will be

integrated in the ‘Plan d‘Excellence Sportive’ of the FFC in March. It is composed of 25 young riders: 7 U17, 15 U19, 3U23. They are followed daily by many educators including Francis MOREAU. They work on the track, road and cyclo-cross.

• We had more than 50 wins in 2014, with 2 titles of Champions of France, many regional titles, several selections Team France.

Program• U17 (Cadets): Jugend Tour (All), Tower Ile de France (5 events).• U19 (Juniors): Lilliers Bernaudeau, Aubel, Thimister-La Gleize, Keizer, Het

Nieuwsblad, Tour Othe country, etc.• Track events at Stab in Roubaix (Fenioux, Challenge Cofidis) and St

Quentin en Yvelines.

Centre de Formation

Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

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Centre de Formation Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

Website: http://www.velo101.com/…/ils-ont-la-tete-et-les-jambes--9209Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Centre-Etude-Entrainement-Cyclisme-Condorcet-VCA-St-Quentin/366448806768411

Centre de Formation

Cycliste Condorcet VCA Saint-Quentin

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Specialized

Who we are• Founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard. 3 key success factors: passion for

cycling, enterpreneur spirit and close collaboration with independent bike dealers.

• Head office in Morgan Hill, California

What you need to know about us• Continued focus on rider needs by providing functional and technologically

advanced products which deliver a better performance.• Whole portfolio of race bikes, from Allez over Tarmac to Venge for road

racing. Also cross-country models and e-bikes. • Body geometry fit method to allow optimal fitting for the riders.• Sponsor of several World Tour teams.

Website• www.specialized.com• www.iamspecialized.com