| 12/26/2001 | Podium Sports Management’s Team 7 UP has landed Cannondale and Nutra Fig as major new sponsors for 2002, and the team has announced its roster of riders for the coming season. Cannondale will be the official bicycle and apparel supplier to the powerful U.S. men’s road team, while long time cycling supporter Nutra Fig will join 7 UP in the title sponsor slot. Also on board for 2002 is real estate leader THF Realty.
7 UP/Nutra Fig has re-signed its core group of athletes from 2001, including team leaders John Lieswyn and Clark Sheehan as well as Kevin Monahan, Doug Ziewacz, brothers Oscar and Juan Carlos Pineda, and Canadian Charles Dionne. New additions for 2002 include New Zealanders Graeme Miller and Greg Henderson, along with Colorado Sprinter Dan Schmatz.
Team General Manager Scott McAfee stated, "Both Cannondale and Nutra Fig are great companies and long-time supporters of cycling in the U.S. We’re really excited to be partnering with them for next season. I think it’s a testament to the team’s strength and potential that we’ve been able to expand the team’s support with two high-profile sponsors like Cannondale and Nutra Fig."
Regarding the 2002 7 UP/Nutra Fig roster, McAfee added: "Next year’s team is very heavy in the speed department. Dan, Graeme and Greg are all really fast finishers and when you combine them with Kevin and Charles, it makes for quite a formidable line-up."
Based in Fresno, California, Nutra Fig offers a variety of certified organic fig products, including Cheetah energy bars, California mission figs and white figs, Nutra RX fig extract, and fig paste.
Cannondale is widely regarded as the cycling industry’s leading innovator, whether one is considering the company’s lightweight, high-performance bicycles or its top-quality technical cycling apparel. The company manufacturers virtually all of its products in Pennsylvania, and exports them to more than 60 countries around the world.
7 UP/Nutra Fig will retain many of it industry sponsors for 2002. Leading the way are Ritchey and Time. Ritchey has stepped up to provide the team with bars, stems, posts, cranks, wheels and tires., while Time maintains its role as fork, shoe and pedal sponsor. The team is also excited to be working with Bell Helmets for the first time.www.cannondale.com
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