BMC-Hincapie Sportswear U23 Team unveils kit, targets Tour of Bahamas for debut race

The BMC-Hincapie Sportswear Development Cycling Team will compete in its first race, the Tour of the Bahamas, January 27 – 29, 2012.

The Team’s Bahamas squad will include Tanner Putt, Ty Magner, Tyler Karnes, AJ Myer, Blair Turner and Isaac Enderline. Sports Director Thomas Craven believes every rider will be in contention for the general classification and individual stage wins.

“This is a versatile squad of riders for this course, which sets them up to contest the GC and individual stage wins,” said Chief Sports Director Thomas Craven.  “Aside from being our first event, the race will literally go right by the headquarters of Holowesko Partners. Mark Holowesko has been a major supporter of our program so we have a unique opportunity to thank him with results.”

The race comprises three stages. Craven expects Stage 1, the short, Eddy Merckx-style time trial, to be separated by seconds and not decisive for final GC standings. Stage 2’s circuit race will take the riders along a flat, short and fast stage likely to end in a field sprint. The Stage 3 road race is likely to be decisive, with a making it a deceptively hard parcourse marked by a section with strong winds likely to split the peloton.

The BMC-Hincapie Sportswear Development Cycling Team is the result of a commitment by Hincapie Sportswear, BMC and Holowesko Partners to expand their support of cycling by creating a continental Under 23 development team for the 2012 racing season. The new BMC-Hincapie Sportswear Development Cycling Team is registered with USA Cycling as a UCI continental team and is the official development program for the BMC Racing Team. The team is a way for George Hincapie, one of the most successful and revered U.S. professional riders ever, to give back to a sport he loves.

For more information visit http://www.HincapieRacing.com/.