2006 U.S. Armed Forces Cycling Team Announced
2 March 2006

U.S. Armed Forces Cycling begins the 2006 season with a lineup that includes veterans, new team members and an expanded women's program. This well-rounded team has representatives from all five service branches - Coast Guard, Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy.  Since military duties come first, team members are potentially stationed around the world.  They compete in local events where they are stationed and get together for regional and national race calendar (NRC) events as duty commitments permit.  The focus for the men this year is the Military World Championships at the end of July in The Netherlands. The Tour of Somerville weekend will be used for worlds team selection. The women will focus on the U.S. National Championships.

According to Team Manager, Debra Ponzio, "we've selected six men for this season's team. We have to option to add two more after Somerville to round out our world's team at eight athletes." The Military World Championship event this year is a bit unique as the road race is a flat, 90km event on a 4-5km circuit. "it should suit our riding style and athlete selection for this year's team is based on giving us the best chance for a good World's result. There is no Military World Championship for women yet so a good result at the U.S. National Championships is a primary focus for the women."

The support of corporate sponsors enables our top military athletes to compete at this level.  The U.S. Armed Forces Cycling Team is sponsored by Flyte (bikes - flyte1.com), Verge (uniforms - vergesport.com) and FitLinxx (intelligent fitness solutions - fitlinxx.com). Find out more about the team or how to become a sponsor at www.armedforcescycling.org.

2006 U.S. Armed Forces Cycling Team
Coast Guard LCDR George Ganoung - Decision System Engineer - Office of Performance Management and Decision Support, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington DC
Marine Corps Major Andrew Shaw - Faculty Advisor, School of Expeditionary Warfare - Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
Army MAJ Beth Mason - Physical Therapist - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC
Air Force 1Lt Rebecca Gross - Air Battle Manager - Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Air Force 2Lt Ian Holt - Student - Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Air Force 2Lt Holly Borowski - Maintenance Officer - Beale Air Force Base, California
Navy AG1 Shawn Olin - Weather Forecaster - San Diego, California
Coast Guard PO1 Steve Mlujeak - Aircraft Maintenance Technician - Air Station Detroit, Michigan
Army Reserve SSG Michael Gallagher - Medical Specialist - 6250th U.S. Army Hospital, Tacoma, Washington
Director - Mr Klaus Wolf - U.S. Army Civilian - General Support Center Europe, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Manager - Ms Debra Ponzio - U.S. Air Forces in Europe Fitness & Sports Manager - Sembach, Germany