CAICO Pro - New promising team???

Albert Mayfield

More info please!
Thank you for all the emails sent to our office. We are also trying to find out more about this "new" team. All we know about Caico so far is that the different magazines, Pro Teams and websites refer to them as the "Colombians" but they are really from Puerto Rico (USA). Their coach is the one from Colombia and the Team does have great reinforcements from Colombia. But the group is a USA team based in Puerto Rico. They have been competing in many UCI events with awesome success for a few years now. They have included US races in their calendar with a great debut at the Tour of Virginia where they surprised every one including the top Pro teams. Caico dominated and controlled the race from the start. Their real "checkmate" move came when they hit the mountains where they separated themselves from the competition. Yes there were a few moves to bring them back but these guys are seasoned fast climbers. Some people in the crowd commented... "that Caico guy climbs like a goat, launching away at will.." , well and these comments were not uncommon. We are still trying to find out more about them since apparently, even when they are well managed by Agustin Font, one of the Pros actually racing too, they do not have a website yet. We will keep looking and if anyone has additional info please post it. Thanks' Archibald and Albert - News collaborators

Albert Mayfield

CAICO Pro Cycling Team was found in the Top Cycling news again. Thank you to Peter Alexander from San Diego CA for the email and the information. CAICO Pro was selected with Team CSC and T-Mobile among the top International teams to participate in the biggets one day race in the USA in Philadelphia. Even when the information sent to our offices by Peter is limited. We found a lot more about this new team in the Pro Cycling Tour website. We are getting somewhere now. Please post any information available about this new team. Archibald and Albert, news collaborators

Albert Mayfield

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 weekend will slow down the release of the CAICO Pro Cycling Team Press Release; at least that was the way the Caico's PR contact we met over the phone informed. The Caico rep could not realease his name since he is not allowed to talk to the media yet but assured that Caico is working on a press release and that they know that in order for news and releases to have a good impact, all other outside news should be kept to the minimum. We tried to explain that there is no relationship and that it would not affect the CAICO announcement but it did not work. He said that his support, family and children efforts are more concentrated in this Holiday weekend release of that famous movie but that it is ready. Well, it really took a lot to find this person who we would like to thank for taking our call during his vacation. If anyone else have additional information about CAICO please post it or let us know. Thank you Albert & Archibald - News collaborators

Albert Mayfield

Albert Mayfield

Caico Pro Cycling Team Press release was sent to our office by one very enthusiastic cycling fan, Gilberto Irizarry. He said he has been following cycling in the USA since he moved from Spain 10 years ago. Thank you Gilberto. Her is what he sent:



May 31, 2007

For Immediate Release





CAICO / El Meson Pro Cycling Team successful USA debut.



Philadelphia, PA - Caico Pro Cycling Team (PUR, USA cycling team now registered in COL for 2007) arrived in Pennsylvania a week early in preparation for the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling.



The Top Pro Cycling teams in the world like T-Mobile from Germany and CSC from Denmark together with top national teams like Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team (USA), HealthNet (USA), Navigators (USA), Jelly Belly (USA) and others will be present with Colombia and Puerto Rico’ s pride “CAICO” among them in this world known event. In a race week of this caliber, where an invitation is required, it is certain everyone will enjoy outstanding competition, as these road gladiators challenge each other one more time this year.



What is commonly known as the “Triple Crown” promises to be an exhilarating week of Pro Cycling events and outdoor activities. -Starting on June 3rd with “The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic” , an 85 miles race (136.8 Kilometers) where the Pro riders will do 13 laps through Lancaster’s streets and Lancaster County Central Park. The Caico riders should find themselves at home in this course which is deceptively tricky as it winds through Lancaster with many sudden short hills and sharp turns. -On Thursday June 7th it moves to Reading for the “Reading Classic”. This one is a 75 miles race (120.7 kilometers) where they will do 11 really fast laps around a 7.6-mile circuit (12.2 Kilometers laps) with a climb at Walnut Street. Another demanding course suited for the seasoned international teams like Caico. –And on June 10th, we move to the last leg of this sensational week, which some enthusiasts refer to as the crown jewel, the “Philadelphia International Championship” now celebrating its 23rd year. It is the longest and richest single-day cycling road race in the United States and a World famous show. The cyclists will compete ten laps of a 14.4-mile circuit (23.1 Kilometers laps). The climbing specialists from Caico will tackle a 17% grade climb for each of the first ten laps. The last three laps include Lemon Hill and Logan Circle for a finish on Benjamin Franklin Parkway.



As the Caico team makes its debut in the NRC races and other US Cycling events it is obvious they are the “new” promising team to watch. Coming out on top in their first official Pro race in the USA, the “Tour of Virginia” where Javier Zapata obtained 1st Place in the GC and in the Mountain Classification, they certainly managed to catch the attention and respect from national teams which experienced the intensity of Caico’s consistent and recurrent attacks.



Matching the impressive performance of some of the leading national teams have placed Caico in the top 5 in the NRC (National Racing Calendar) results for 2007 out of over 69 USA national teams. “We are very happy with the results of the collective team efforts and to see our team name near the top of the list” commented Franco Font, team captain. For the full list go to http://usacycling.org/forms/nrc/nrc_men_team.pdf



With Caicos’s team management based in Puerto Rico (USA), the Colombia (UCI) registered team has been racing mostly in UCI events. Their climbing pedigree is tested regularly as their journey along Latin America (UCI) events often includes monstrous climbs and extremely persistent climbing specialists which say present when the roads point toward the skies. Before coming to the United States, this year, Caico has been dominating the Pro ranks in their shared home countries of Puerto Rico and Colombia. Currently with the help of an experienced Colombian coach and strong Colombian reinforcements, their quest for USA cycling podiums have been very positive. “I think almost every team in the United States have at least one, two or more Hispanics in their roster, and in our case the recruitment of the Colombian climbers helped us earn the nickname “the Colombians” inside the peloton even when we also have riders from Puerto Rico and from the Dominican Republic like Wendy Cruz a rider with multiple National Championships” commented a joyful team captain Franco Font during the “Tour of Virginia”. Caico’s elegant but aggressive style of racing have been noted by many Pro teams, like HealthNet, as they comment regarding Caico’s tactics used to try and gain advantage during the “Joe Martin Stage Race”.



This year’s results include: ***(USA debut results added in the following pages)









January 2007



“Clásico Toño Coquí” – Ponce, Puerto Rico

1st Franco Font

2nd Edgardo Richiez

3rd Luis Rodriguez



“Clásico de Coamo” – Coamo, Puerto Rico

1st Franco Font

2nd Jsean Duprey





February 2007



“Vuelta Independencia Nacional” – Dominican Republic



Team Classification :



1st Caico Pro Cycling Team AlejandroCortes

Alexander Gonzalez

Eudaldo Asencio

Franco Font

Javier Zapata

Jorge Martinez



General Classification:



5th JorgeMartinez

7th Alexander Gonzalez



Stages:

Stage 2

2nd Jorge Martinez



Stage 8

2nd Eudaldo Asencio



Stage 9

4th CRI Alexander Gonzalez



Stage 10

4th Alexander Gonzalez





March 2007



“Vuelta al Valle” – Cali, Colombia



Prologue

4th Alexander Gonzalez



Stages:

Stage 2

3rd Wendy Cruz

4th Alejandro Cortes



Stage3

3rd Wendy Cruz



Stage 5

3rd Wendy Cruz





April 2007



“Vuelta Anapoima Cundinamarca” - Colombia



General Classification:



2nd Javier Zapata



Mountain Classification:



1st Javier Zapata



Team Classification:



3rd Caico Pro Cycling Team

Alejandro Cortes

Jairo Jaimes

Javier Zapata

Jorge Martinez



Stages:

Stage 2

1st Javier Zapata



“Clásico San German” – San German, Puerto Rico

1st Luis Rodriguez

2nd Edgardo Richiez

3rd Pedro Monroig



“Tour of Virginia” – Virginia, USA ***(USA 2007 Debut)



General Classification:



1st Javier Zapata

6th Alejandro Cortes



Mountain Classification:



1st Javier Zapata

3rd Jorge Martinez



Team Classification:



1st Caico Pro Cycling Team

Alejandro Cortes

Alexander Gonzalez

Franco Font

Javier Zapata

Jorge Martinez

Wendy Cruz





Stages:

Stage 2

2nd Wendy Cruz

4th Javier Zapata



Stage 3

1st Javier Zapata

8th Alejandro Cortes



Stage 5

7th Wendy Cruz



Stage 6

6th Alejandro Cortes



Stage 7

6th Javier Zapata





May 2007



“II Reto a la Piquiña” - Salinas, Puerto Rico

1st Ruben Borrero

2nd Edgardo Richiez



“Clasico San Fernando” - Carolina, Puerto Rico

1st Edgardo Richiez

Sub-23

1st Edwin Ramos

2nd Josean Duprey



“Joe Martin Stage Race”- Arkansas, USA



General Classification:



4th Javier Zapata

10th Alexander Gonzalez

17th Jorge Martinez



Team Classification:



2nd Caico Pro Cycling Team

Alejandro Cortes

Alexander Gonzalez

Eudaldo Asencio

Franco Font

Javier Zapata

Jorge Martinez

Wendy Cruz



Stages:

Stage 2

3ro Wendy Cruz



Stage 3 CRI

3rd Javier Zapata

11th Alexander Gonzalez

15th Jorge Martinez



Stage 4

4th Alexander Gonzalez



“Tri Peaks” – Arkansas, USA



General Classification:

7th Jorge Martinez

11th Alexander Gonzalez



Stages:

Stage 1

7th Jorge Martinez



Stage 5

7th Javier Zapata

10th Jorge Martinez

12th Alexander Gonzalez



“Bounbrook Criterium” – Somerville, NJ, USA

2nd Wendy Cruz

10th Alexander Gonzalez



“Tour of Somerville” - , Somerville, NJ, USA

10th Wendy Cruz





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Official team address:

AHF Agentes de Seguros / Caico

Calle Padre Feliciano # 3

San Sebastian, Puerto Rico 00685



Tel: +1 787 896 2533

Fax: +1 787 896 2525





Team Manager

Mr. FONT LOPEZ Agustin H.

Reprensentative of the team

Mr. FONT LOPEZ Agustin H.





Caico team riders:

ASENCIO Eudaldo

PUR19770719

BORRERO Ruben

PUR19730315

CASTANO QUINTERO Gabriel Jaime

COL19801207

COLON ORTIZ Eduardo

PUR19880525

CORTES LLANO Alejandro Ivan

COL19771202

CRUZ Wendy

DOM19760307

DUPREY Josean

PUR19851003

FONT Agustin

PUR19820526

GONZALEZ Alexander

COL19791101

JAIME APARICIO Jairo Alexander

COL19841026

MARTINEZ CORREA Jorge

COL19751105

MONROIG PEREZ Pedro

PUR19851005

NAVARRO BENITEZ Diego Andres

COL19881206

RICHIEZ MATOS Edgardo

PUR19820526

RIOS PULGARIN Hector Jaime

COL19710514

ZAPATA VILLADA Javier de Jesus

COL19691016







If anyone wants to post any additional information about Caico / El Meson Cycling Team please feel free to do so. Albert and Archibald – News collaborators

Albert Mayfield

New Press Release coming up after the U.S. International Championship in PA.

Albert Mayfield

June 15, 2007

For Immediate Release





CAICO / El Meson Pro Cycling Team in the Triple-Crown of Cycling.



Philadelphia, PA - Caico Pro Cycling Team (PUR, USA cycling team now registered in COL for 2007) on June 7th, 2007 showed their true colors at the “PCT Reading Classic” and at the “Philadelphia International Championship” on June 10th, 2007.



At the PCT Reading Classic on Thursday, amazing speeds and aggressive attacks entertained the huge crowd of cycling fans all day after a slow start due to some logistical challenges. When all the barricades and banners were finally set the enthusiasm was felt in the air.



Hats off to Javier Zapata from CAICO who made sure he is present in the next Reading Classic event video or DVD with a heroic attempt to earn “Hill Climb” points. Javier, Kasper Klostergaard from CSC (Denmark) and Christian Meier from Symmetrics Cycling Team (Canada) rolled away in the first 7 fast paced laps and quickly developed a 1:00 min lead ahead of the peloton. On their 8th lap the three riders in the break met the Mount Penn climb for the first time. This is where Javier Zapata outperformed everyone with an impressive effort where he earned the first “Hill Climb” points. Looking strong while reaching the top alone most likely triggered a reaction form T-Mobile, Toyota-United, HealthNet and Navigators who organized and moved to bring him back while the rest of the Caico gladiators remained in the pack. To have an idea of how hard the climb is, out of hundreds that started only about 70 riders were left to start the second climb attempt.



“As we gain more experience, obviously still it is a privilege for Caico to be racing against the top teams in the world like CSC and T-Mobile, it is a great opportunity and I think in one way or another, with Javier’s performance today, we want to demonstrate that we are here to compete and to let ourselves show” commented Franco Font, team captain at the finish of the Reading Classic. “These are teams, some currently in training, which have several riders who will be racing in France next month” Font added. T-Mobile, Toyota-United, HealthNet and Navigators kept a close eye on the break away group as it developed. We bet that words like “Javier”, “Caico” and “strong” could be heard over radios and scanners as Zapata reached the top of the Mount Penn climb. The mighty strength of a “Tour de France” style peloton devoured the break shortly after. This could be a double edge show for the Caico climbing armada.



On Sunday, the Caico team said present at the closing event of the Triple-Crown of cycling, the world famous “Philadelphia International Championship” now celebrating its 23rd year. This is the longest and richest single-day cycling road race in the United States. The cyclists battled for ten laps of a 14.4-mile circuit (23.1 Kilometers laps). The Pros covered 156 miles (251 kilometers) in only 5:45:51. The average speed was 27.6 mph.



From the beginning of the race the climbing specialists from Caico were near the front of the peloton. They aggressively tackled the 17% grade climb prompting reaction from the top teams. Navigators, T-Mobile, CSC and Tecos kept a close eye on any move. There were so many strong contenders that almost every team took a turn at the front bringing any break back. Attacks were constant. During the second lap they got organized for their attack and Jorge Martinez (Caico) reached the top of this monster hill nicknamed “The Wall” in 2nd place earning KOM points just behind Alejandro Borrajo (Argentina) from the Rite Aid Pro Cycling. The riders did this climb ten times in the first ten laps. The last three laps include Lemon Hill and Logan Circle for a finish on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. On the KOM #2 over Lemon Hill, Neil Shirley (Jittery Joes) got 1st, Alexander Gonzalez (Caico) got 2nd and Eduardo Colon (Caico) got 3rd earning more KOM points.



During the entire race it was a challenge to predict the attacks. They were coming from all over on the flats, right before the climbs, in the middle of the climbs and even at the feed zones. All the main teams fought to get away and get KOM points. The well orchestrated moves and breaks at times looked like they were going to succeed, but the peloton was very strong. The constant moves took a toll on Alexander Gonzales (Caico) when he broke his bike’s chain while trying to bridge up into a break. The caliber of riders was at its best with some teams like CSC and T-Mobile racing in the USA in preparation for the “Tour de France” next month. The field of riders even included Marco Pinotti (T-Mobile) wearer of the Pink Jersey in the 2007 “Giro di Italia”.



PCT Philadelphia International Championship full results below:



Pro Cycling Tour
Philadelphia International Championship
156 miles - 5:45:51
1 Juan Jose Haedo Arg Team Csc
2 Matthew Harley Goss Aus Team Csc "
3 Bernhard Eisel Aut T-Mobile "
4 Alejandro-Alberto Borrajo Arg Rite Aid Usa "
5 Dominique Rollin Can Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada "
6 Mark Cavendish Gbr T-Mobile "
7 Charles Dionne Can Colavita-Sutter Home Usa "
8 Ricardo Escuela Arg Slp "
9 Alex Candelario Usa Jelly Belly "
10 Frank Pipp Usa Health Net - Maxxis "
11 Emile Abraham Tri Priority Health P/B Bissel "
12 Sebastian Haedo Arg Rock Racing Usa "
13 Henk Vogels Aus Toyota-United Usa "
14 Greg Henderson Nzl T-Mobile "
15 Sergey Lagutin Uzb Navigators Insurance "
16 Svein "Tuft," Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
17 Jacob Erker Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
18 Benjamin Brooks Usa Navigators Insurance "
19 Valery Kobzarenko Ukr Navigators Insurance "
20 John-Freddy Parra Col Tecos De La Universidad "
21 Alejandro-Ivan Cortes Col Caico "
22 Andrew Randell Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
23 Andrew Bajadali Usa Jelly Belly "
24 Rory Sutherland Usa Health Net - Maxxis "
25 David Vitoria Sui Bmc Racing Team "
26 Ben Day Aus Navigators Insurance "
27 Christopher Jones Usa Nerac "
28 Trent Wilson Aus Jittery Joe's "
29 Benjamin Jacques-Maynes Usa Priority Health P/B Bissel "
30 Jorge Martinez Col Caico "
31 Chris Wherry Usa Toyota-United Usa "
32 Juan-Pablo Magallanes Mex Tecos De La Universidad "
33 Christian Meier Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
34 Sean Sullivan Aus Toyota-United Usa "
35 Christian Valenzuela Mex Slp "
36 Oleg Grishkin Rus Navigators Insurance "
37 Ivan Stevic Scg Toyota-United Usa "
38 Cameron Evans Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
39 Davide Frattini Ita Colavita-Sutter Home Usa "
40 Ryder Hesjedal Can Health Net - Maxxis "
41 Daniel Bowman Usa Kelly Benefit / Medifast "
42 Luke Roberts Aus Team Csc "
43 Cesar-Augusto Grajales Col Jittery Joe's "
44 Dominique Perras Can Kelly Benefit / Medifast "
45 Eric Keim Usa Aeg-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Usa "
46 Allan Johansen Den Team Csc "
47 Michael Blaudzun Den Team Csc "
48 Gregorio Ladino Col Tecos De La Universidad "

49 Marco Pinotti Ita T-Mobile 22
50 Richard England Aus Priority Health P/B Bissel 26
51 Martin Pedersen Den Team Csc "
52 Caleb Manion Usa Toyota-United Usa 29
53 Jesse Anthony Usa Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada 36
54 Kirk O'bee Usa Health Net - Maxxis 43
55 Javier-De-Jesus Zapata Col Caico 46
56 Shawn Milne Usa Health Net - Maxxis 55
57 Alessandro Bazzana Ita Slp 59
58 Yosvani Falcon Cub Aeg-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Usa 1:01
59 Michael Grabinger Usa Slp "
60 Danny Pate Usa Slipstream P/B Chipotle 1:22
61 Roger Hammond Gbr T-Mobile 1:45
62 Mike Sayers Usa Bmc Racing Team 1:54
63 Mark Walters Can Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada 2:03
64 Eric Baumann Ger T-Mobile 2:50
65 Erik Lyman Can Calyon - Litespeed "
66 Adam Myerson Usa Nerac "
67 Christopher Frederick Usa Aeg-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Usa "
68 Daniel Holt Usa Nerac "
69 Adam Bergman Usa Colavita-Sutter Home Usa "
70 Todd Yezefski Usa Nerac "
71 Zachary Bell Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
72 Jake Rytlewski Usa Rite Aid Usa "
73 Martin Gilbert Can Kelly Benefit / Medifast "
74 Ben Raby Usa Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada "
75 Wendy Cruz Dom Caico "
76 Nick Reistad Usa Jelly Belly "
77 Rudolph Napolitano Usa Rock Racing Usa "
78 Patrick Walsh Usa Nerac "
79 Kasper Klostergaard-Larsen Den Team Csc "
80 Fausto-Marcelino Esparza Mex Tecos De La Universidad "
81 Alex Hagman Usa Aeg-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Usa "
82 Michael Dietrich Usa Kodak Gallery P/B Sierra Nevada "
83 Hector-Hugo Rangel Mex Tecos De La Universidad "
84 Tyler Wren Usa Colavita-Sutter Home Usa "
85 Stephen Kincaid Usa Rite Aid Usa "
86 Herberth Gutierrez Col Tecos De La Universidad "
87 David Mccann Irl Colavita-Sutter Home Usa "
88 Michael Friedman Usa Slipstream P/B Chipotle "
89 Gustavo Artacho Arg Colavita-Sutter Home Usa "
90 James Meadley Aus Jelly Belly "
91 Eric Wohlberg Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
92 Scott Moninger Usa Bmc Racing Team "
93 Matthew Guse Can Calyon - Litespeed "
94 Scott Nydam Usa Bmc Racing Team "
95 Austin King Usa Jittery Joe's "
96 Garrett Peltonen Usa Priority Health P/B Bissel "
97 Edward King Usa Priority Health P/B Bissel "
98 Geoff Kabush Can Symmetrics Cycling Team "
99 Neil Shirley Usa Jittery Joe's "
100 Scott Zwizanski Usa Priority Health P/B Bissel "
101 Frank Travieso Cub Aeg-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Usa "
102 Matt Shriver Usa Jittery Joe's "
103 Ryan Roth Can Kelly Benefit / Medifast "
104 Nicholas Waite Usa Kelly Benefit / Medifast "
105 Hilton Clarke Aus Navigators Insurance "
106 Cody Stevenson Aus Jittery Joe's "
107 Aaron Olson Usa T-Mobile "
108 Jacob Rosenbarger Usa Bmc Racing Team "
109 Taylor Tolleson Usa Slipstream P/B Chipotle 5:10
110 Heath Blackgrove Nzl Toyota-United Usa "
111 Luis-Fernando Macias-Hernandez Mex Tecos De La Universidad "
112 John Murphy Usa Health Net - Maxxis "
113 Ken Hanson Usa Bmc Racing Team "
114 Evan Elken Usa Jittery Joe's "
115 Nikola Smutny Cze Nerac "
116 Tommy Nankervis Aus Jittery Joe's "
117 Chuck Coyle Usa Slp "
118 William Frischkorn Usa Slipstream P/B Chipotle "
119 Charles-Bradley Huff Usa Slipstream P/B Chipotle "
120 Chad Hartley Usa Bmc Racing Team "
121 Francois Parisien Can Slipstream P/B Chipotle "
122 Karl Menzies Aus Health Net - Maxxis "
123 Michael Creed Usa Slipstream P/B Chipotle "





Thursday’s event pictures can be searched at:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2007/jun07/commercebank07/index.php?id=/photos/2007/jun07/commercebank07/commercebank072/gallery-commercebank072

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Official team address:

AHF Agentes de Seguros / Caico

Calle Padre Feliciano # 3

San Sebastian, Puerto Rico 00685



Tel: +1 787 896 2533

Fax: +1 787 896 2525





Team Manager

Mr. FONT LOPEZ Agustin H.

Reprensentative of the team

Mr. FONT LOPEZ Agustin H.





And anyone with additional info, please feel free to post it. Albert & Archibald - News Collaborators

Albert Mayfield

The latest: A Florida group informed us via email that the Caico "climbers" will be attending three races in Florida this weekend - June 23-25.
Interesting since we have heard this "climbing specialists" team wanted to get exposed to other types of racing like flat and fast criteriums. This kind of racing is popular here in the USA but not where they come from where hill climbs and "mountains" are the order of the day. Well, if it is true, we wish them good luck and hope they like it so they can visit more often. Albert and Archibald - News Collaborators

Albert Mayfield

The latest about the Caico Pro Cycling Team
We found more information about them, including pictures and race results in the Interenet in a website called ciclismopr.com. This website copy is part in Spanish and part in English but seems easy to navigate. We will keep you posted as more details come in. Thank you to Eduardo Lopez and his wife Leah for the information. Albert and Archibald - News Collaborators

Albert Mayfield

Thank you for the emails. We were recently informed that a new Press Release is coming out since Caico won another hilly race in Colombia . Also that any news and info can be sent to CaicoProCyclingTeam @yahoo.com - Archibald and Albert - News Collaborators

Albert Mayfield

Thank you for waiting. Here is the Press Release we received. Feel free to post anything related to Caico or email to CaicoProCyclingTeam@Yahoo.com - Albert and Archibald - News Collaborators

July 23, 2007

For Immediate Release





CAICO / El Meson Pro Cycling Team spectacular performance at the Pan-American Games.



Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Caico Pro Cycling Team (PUR, USA cycling team now registered in COL for 2007) have been busy with several podium finishes including “Gold” in the 2007 PanAm Games in the beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.



As the whole world watches the top cycling event, the Tour de France, Caico’s group has been participating in some of the best races in Latin America. Starting with the usual fast and aggressive style of racing in Puerto Rico, where their counterparts teammates have been dominating the field making sure their team jerseys are in every picture at the finish line. Sometimes taking not only first, but second, third and fourth place in the same event and completely taking over the available podium spots and then some. The Tour de Cure in San German, Puerto Rico was demolished by Caico with Edgardo Richiez obtaining the victory, with Luis Torres in second place, Josean Duprey in third place and Ruben Borrero in fourth.



In the island’s classics similar results were recorded at the “3rd Morovis Classic” in Morovis Puerto Rico. Edgardo Richiez won this classic event with Ruben Borrero just behind in second place, Luis Rodriguez in fourth and Franco Font in fifth place. Ruben Borrero also obtained the first spot winning the “1st Subway Classic” in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Spectators saw one of the best races in this events first year with exciting sprint finishes. “I am a fan who likes all aspects of cycling, and definitely was good to see a climber like Ruben break away and win that way, it was very exciting” commented a very enthusiastic Yomarah Santos, resident of Vega Alta.



Once again our climbing machine, Javier Zapata (COL), winner of the 2007 Tour of Virginia, performed as expected obtaining the 1st place in the General Classification in the “Classico de la Ciudad de Girardot”, a 4 stages event in Girardot, Colombia. Teams fought from the beginning stage, with Caico working as one, communicating constantly making sure no one escaped. With a magnificent effort from Zapata in the time trial, he finished with the same time and tied with Marlon Perez, triggering a response from the Caico group with resulted in the overall victory and 2nd in the Team Classification.



On Saturday July 21st, in The 2007 PanAm Games Road cycling event, Caico’s Wendy Cruz (DOM) won the first place earning the first “Gold Medal” for the team against an excellent group of competitors. Silver was awarded to Emile Abraham (TRI) and Bronze to Luciano Pagliarini (BRA). “It was a great race, tough, but a great race. I felt very happy when I saw I was going to win, I can not explain the feeling” commented an obviously very happy Wendy Cruz after such a special moment at the end of the Road Race at the “Parque de Flamengo”, Brazil. In the “Madison” event Caico’s Alexander Gonzalez won the “Silver Medal” with the help of teammate Jose Serpa to finish another weekend full of success. The entire Caico Pro Cycling Team management group wanted to congratulate Wendy Cruz in his “Gold Medal” victory and Alexander Gonzalez in his “Silver Medal” in the PanAm Games.

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Official team address:

AHF Agentes de Seguros / Caico

Calle Padre Feliciano # 3

San Sebastian, Puerto Rico 00685



Tel: +1 787 896 2533

Fax: +1 787 896 2525




Team Manager

Mr. FONT LOPEZ Agustin H.

Reprensentative of the team

Mr. FONT LOPEZ Agustin H.




Caico team riders:

ASENCIO Eudaldo



PUR19770719

BORRERO Ruben



PUR19730315

CASTANO QUINTERO Gabriel Jaime



COL19801207

COLON ORTIZ Eduardo



PUR19880525

CORTES LLANO Alejandro Ivan



COL19771202

CRUZ Wendy



DOM19760307

DUPREY Josean



PUR19851003

FONT Agustin



PUR19820526

GONZALEZ Alexander



COL19791101

JAIME APARICIO Jairo Alexander



COL19841026

MARTINEZ CORREA Jorge



COL19751105

MONROIG PEREZ Pedro



PUR19851005

NAVARRO BENITEZ Diego Andres



COL19881206

RICHIEZ MATOS Edgardo



PUR19820526

RIOS PULGARIN Hector Jaime



COL19710514

ZAPATA VILLADA Javier de Jesus



COL19691016

caicodt

Hi, my name is Waldemar Lopez and I am assistant technical director for the CAICO cycling team in Puerto Rico. The CAICO pro cycling team has a website in the works. There are some areas already available to the public. The address is www.caicoprocyclingteam.com. For now there are limited action photos of the team and news briefs.

Albert Mayfield

We just received notification that this "new" team will be creating a new Press release shortly following their successful past weeks including a demolishing victory in the tough race called 10mo Clasico de Ciclismo Coqui Dorado in Puerto Rico
stay tuned! Albert and Archibald - News Collaborators