June 2/08 1:05 am - Coupe Des Nations Ville De Saguenay Starts on Thursday

Posted by Editoress on 06/2/08
 

Coupe Des Nations Ville De Saguenay gets Underway Thursday June 5 th
Source : Roger Filion, Director general, Coupe des Nations Ville de Saguenay

The Coupe des Nations Ville de Saguenay will get underway Thursday, June 5 and finish on Sunday, June 8. This is the only U23 Nations Cup event to take place outside of Europe, the Coupe des Nations Ville de Saguenay is the 6th event of this series after the events in Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands and Italy. This series which is for riders aged between 19 and 22 years racing with their national teams, will reach its conclusion with the Tour de l'Avenir in France inSeptember.

As the host country, Canada is entitled to have two national teams who will measure themselves against national teams from Italy, France, Denmark, South Africa, USA, Netherlands, Colombia, Luxemburg, Uzbekistan, Argentina, a mixed team from UCI with riders from Algeria, Moldavia, New-Zealand and El Salvador, and finally Portugal, the current leader in the Nations Cup standings. In total 18 nations will be represented.

This race represents an opportunity for all nations to cumulate UCI points for the Nations Cup final standings, which will then determine the number of athletes each nation will be entitled to enter in the U23 category at the Road World Championships, which will take place in Italy at the end of September.

This will definitely be an outstanding show with a high calibre and homogenous field. Some of these riders will eventually become great champions and maybe even Tour de France winners.

All five stages, including four road races and one individual time trial, will take place in Ville de Saguenay on different courses that have been selected for their spectacular characteristics.

More than 150 volunteers will be involved daily to ensure this event is a huge success.

RDS will present a one hour show to summarize the most exciting moments of this international event.

For more information, consult our website at: www.coupedesnationssaguenay.com

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