The Alberto Contador Foundation chooses 9 juniors in its III Selection Camp

For 2016 number of riders are reduced and goes deeper in the internationalization of the project

The Alberto Contador Foundation has completed the process of forming its teams for 2016 season with a selection of nine riders (2 of second year and 7 from first year) for its junior team, riders who have come from the III Selection Camp ‘The Mafia sits at the table’, recently held in Zaragoza.

The level of thirty riders taking part in this third Camp has been very high, which has really complicated the selection process, which not only takes into account the sport results of the participants, but also, as usual, other equally important parameters such as school performance and capabilities of each one, with the idea of getting a group of cohesive athletes, with human quality and capacity for teamwork.

This has been the last step to compose Junior and U23 rosters for next season, which undergo a major refurbishment, being that they have been reduced its number of riders with the idea to offer each and every one of the cyclists a competition calendar even more complet. The Junior team will pass from 14 to 13 riders and Under-23 goes from 17 this season to 14 in 2016.

Alberto Contador Foundation has also decided, in the case of U-23 team, to continue the internationalization of the group, adding to the Belgian Kenny Molly, that continues a second season in the group, the Italian Daniele Cantoni, from the Italian Valtellina, a region closely linked to the team and its sponsors, and French Marin Joublot. The first is a good climber that reinforces this aspect of the team and the second is a sprinter with a great future ahead.

Along with this roster renewal, the 2016 season will also be important for the relay of main sponsors of the Alberto Contador Foundation, as both Junior and U-23 teams will share for the first time the jersey, distributed 50 percent between RH+ and Polartec, who are committed to the project for next three seasons with a strong commitment to youth and the future of this sport. Joining them will continue to have an important role Citroen and Etixx, which continue to maintain their high level of commitment to Alberto Contador Foundation.

(Automatic translation. Forgive inaccuracies).