Team Velosport and Sho-air / Rock ‘n Road Junior Team Receive Awards

12/18/11 - Team Velosport, which is based in Irvine, CA, has been awarded  USA Cycling’s 2011 “Junior/High School Club of the Year.” Team Velosport operates with a clear mission of introducing local youth to cycling. The parent-run structure keeps costs low so that ALL juniors are welcomed to the club to learn about safe riding skills, team tactics, junior-specific rules, equipment and maintenance, nutrition, and racing skills.
 
In addition, the Sho-air / Rock ‘n Road Junior Development Team won the 2011 SCNCA “SoCal Cup” Junior Team Championship.

The Sho-air / Rock 'n Road Junior Team... SoCal Cup Champions for 2011.

The Sho-air / Rock ‘n Road team, based out of Irvine, has a roster of 37 junior members, making it one of the largest junior road cycling programs in the nation.  They are one of only eight teams in the country to earn the distinction as a USA Cycling “Center of Excellence”.  
 
The team participated in 27 separate junior-specific race events from late January through the end of September, earning 1,968 SCNCA cup points.  The next closest competitor earned 1,564 points.
 
The team has four juniors who will stood on the podium for individual SCNCA SoCal Cup awards:

• Massimo Lucidi – 2nd place, 10-12M
  
• Drew Kalasky – 3rd place, 10-12M
  
• Nathan Rico – 3rd place, 15/16M
  
• Michael Shein – 1st place, 17/18M
  

Team Coach Tim Ferreira (left), Team Coordinator Jeff Shein (center) and
Team Administrator Hugo Rico (right) admiring the SCNCA So Cal Cup Championship Plaque.

The Sho-air / Rock ‘n Road team is actively looking for junior road riders ages 10 to 18 for its 2012 roster.   They accept riders of all skill levels who want to learn and advance in road cycling. The team is very active, offering over 120 junior specific team rides a year and a two-day development camp supported by top pro racers Rahsaan Bahati, Brandon Gritters and Sergio Hernandez.
 
The juniors are a team from the 600 member Team Velosport Club, also based in Irvine.  For more information regarding the Sho-air / Rock ‘n Road Junior Development team, check out their website at jrcycling.com.