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Information for CompetitorsThe Univest Grand Prix is an international pro road cycling competition for men. The race was amateur for the first eight years and became an UCI professional event in 2006. Now in its eleventh year, it is one of only 14 professional UCI (International Cycling Union) races on the USA Cycling Professional Tour calendar. The Univest Grand Prix is open to UCI Professional Continental, Continental, National, Regional, and Club teams. The Race Direction focuses on bringing together North America's best Mexican, Canadian and US of A racing teams and mixing them with excited and motivated challengers from Europe. The racing at the Univest Grand Prix is always tactical and brutally hard. In 1998 three riders contested the finish: since then, only two-man sprints or solo rides have won the race. Many young riders have won professional contracts with their performances at the Univest. The race will always strive to maintain its position as a gateway to the pros for driven young talent. The area community is involved through athletes staying with local families and visiting grade schools to speak about their sport. The race features start to finish live television coverage directed by multi-Emmy award winner Kent Gordis. Coverage will be carried by WFMZ-69 from 10:30 to 3:00pm. Universal Sports will air same-day shows. Spectators in Souderton and Doylestown will be treated to Start to Finish live jumbo screen TV coverage. The highly successful Univest Criterium of Doylestown will be in its fifth year in 2008 and is open to all competitors from the road race. Substitutions are allowed for the criterium. Men's teams can ride both races. Only riders competing in both events will be eligible for the Univest Grand Prix Weekend Omnium classification. Interested team managers should contact Sparta Cycling at drew@spartacycling.com. Deadline for invitation applications is July 25th. Invited teams will be notified on July 28th. The races will only be open to Pro/1 riders only. Riders will need an UCI or USAC International license to compete. Team managers will need the appropriate license from the UCI or USAC to drive a car in the team caravan. Please see UCI regulation 1.1.077 & 2.2.035 or this a href="http://usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=152">USAC webpage . There will be no exceptions to these regulations. |
