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Junior Road World Championships road team announced

Infonews Editor

Monday 14 May 2007, 12:57PM

By Infonews Editor

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BikeNZ has named the team to represent New Zealand at the 2007 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Mexico, as well as the team for the prestigious Tour de l’Abitibi in Canada.



Junior Road World Championships (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 9-12 August

James Williamson - Alexandra

Tom David - Auckland

James Dobson – Palmerston North

Alex Cull - Auckland

Shane Archbold - Timaru

Rachel Mercer – Raumati South



The time trial is on August 9. The road race is on August 12.



Tour de l’Abitibi (Val-d’Or, Quebec, Canada) 16-22 July

James Williamson - Alexandra

Tom David - Auckland

James Dobson – Palmerston North

Josh Brown – Palmerston North

Simon Honour - Rotorua

Wade Mangham – Rotorua



The Tour de l’Abitibi in Canada will be used as preparation for the junior world championships. Mercer will compete at various events in Europe as part of her build up programme while Archbold and Cull will prepare with the junior track team.



The junior track world championships are being held in Aguascalientes, immediately prior to the junior road world championships.