Team Beyer Auto Cycling Team Kicks Off 2018 Cycling Season
Mid-Atlantic cycling powerhouse holds training camp with new youth development team in Williamsburg, VA on March 9-11.
Williamsburg,
VA — 8 March 2018 — With multiple world and national champions
returning to the team in 2018, Team Beyer Auto will officially begin
its 2018 racing season with a 3-day training camp in Williamsburg,
Virginia. While the team has held training camps as a regular part of
its program for many years, it is returning to Williamsburg for only
the second time to take advantage of the fair weather and great
roads, which allow the national-class riders to prepare perfectly for
their upcoming race season. In addition to the approximately 20
members of Team Beyer Auto Racing Team, for the first time the
training camp will include the DC Velo Development Cycling Team,
which supports promising Mid-Atlantic junior racers aiming to
continue their progress towards becoming national and world-class
competitors.
“Our
training camps have always been key for us to gather and bond as a
team at the beginning of the racing season, preparing us to execute
on the teamwork required to be successful at the highest level of the
sport throughout the year. Williamsburg provides an ideal venue for
us to continue that tradition,” said Mark Sommers, president of
Team Beyer Auto and himself a past world champion. “Growing the
sport is an integral value of our team, so we’re also looking forward
to working this year with the promising young juniors that are part
of the new DC Velo Development Cycling Team.”
Also
new for 2018, the team will benefit from expert support by team
sponsor Conte’s Bike Shop, a nationally-recognized, family owned
and operated bicycle shop with a rich history in Virginia. Founded in
Newport News in 1957, Conte’s has 13 locations in VA, DC and
Florida, including stores in Richmond, Newport News, Virginia Beach,
Chesapeake and Williamsburg.
“We’re
thrilled to be a part of the Team Beyer Auto Cycling team, to support
their training camp, and especially excited to help with the
development of the next generation of young athletes, who demonstrate
the tremendous promise of not just racing, but cycling as a fun way
to enjoy the outdoors and stay healthy,” said Fran Lenahan, Store
Manager of Conte’s Bike shop in Williamsburg. “Conte’s Bikes
works to grow the sport of cycling in many ways. Engaging with elite
athletes, who are themselves looking to increase participation in the
sport, is a great way to highlight how to have fun and stay healthy
by riding bikes.”
About
Conte’s Bikes
Since
1957, Conte's has been a family owned and operated bicycle shop
dedicated to providing personal service and top-quality cycling
products. Headquartered in Virginia, Conte's Bike Shop now has
locations throughout the state, in Washington, DC and in south
Florida, proudly offering the same legendary cycling goods and
services in a neighborhood near you. www.contebikes.com
About
Team Beyer Auto
Team
Beyer Auto continues a three decade tradition of cycling that
includes camaraderie and community engagement. Since the mid-1980s,
the group of cyclists based in the Mid-Atlantic region that forms
Team Beyer Auto has grown to include nearly 100 racers that have
earned multiple world, national and regional championships, while
retaining a focus on sportsmanship and excellence that guided its
formation. In 2018, Team Beyer Auto is proud to be sponsored Beyer
Auto, Conte’s Bike Shop and Giant Bicycles. New for 2018, the Team
Beyer Auto is supporting the continued progression of young riders
through the DC Velo Development Cycling Team (DCT).