The Dutch based Holland Pro Cycling Team will be travelling to China to participate in the first UCI E1 cat. race held in China. Place of action will be Baotou City in the region Inner Mongolia in North China. In order to prepare themselves for organizing the 2008 Olympics the Chinese Cycling Federation (CAA) invited several trade teams to join the race. Also the HPCTeam (currently 13th on worldranking trade teams), will be joining this exotic race.
The Holland Pro Cycling Team will be going with a mix team of riders from The Netherlands and Belgium.
Our riders in China will be:men:JELMER PIETERSMA, Hoensbroek NL; Dutch U23 champion, European Cup U23 winner and Champion of the Benelux U23BRAM VAN DER WAL, s'-Hertogenbosch NLGODY JACOBS, BEL; Flemish Champion eliteDOMINIC RANSON, BEL; vice-champion U23 Belgiumwomen:LAURA TURPIJN, Nijmegen NLFEMKE TERPSTRA, Amsterdam NL
