UCI Junior Nation’s Cup Continues . . .

The third leg of the UCI Junior Nation’s Cup, the Trofeo Karlsberg, Germany, begins Thursday and will run through Sunday.

The first event for the UCI Junior Nation’s Cup 2009 was the Paris-Roubaix Juniors, France, April 12th. The Belgian Guillaume Van Keirsbulck won this event. A historical first ever victory in this bike race by a Belgian cyclist.

The second leg was the Course de la Paix Junior, Czech Republic, May 6 – 10. Lukasz Wisniowski of Poland was the winner of this prestigious junior stage race.

With the withdrawal of the British Team, this 22nd edition of the Trofeo Karlsberg is set to begin with 21 international cycling teams reporting to the start line:

1. Belgien- Belgium
2. Dänemark- Denmark
3. Deutschland I- Germany I
4. Deutschland II- Germany II
5. Frankreich -France
6. Italien -Italy
7. Japan- Japan
8. Kasachstan- Kazakhstan
9. Niederlande- Netherlands
10. Norwegen -Norway
11. Österreich -Austria
12. Portugal- Portugal
13. Russland- Russia
14. Slowakei -Slovakia
15. Slowenien- Slovenia
16. Spanien -Spain
17. Südafrika- South Africa
18. Tschechien- Czech Republic
19. Ukraine -Ukraine
20. USA -USA
21. Weißrussland- Belarus


Schedule of Stages:

Thursday, 11 June 2009
Price of Water Bliestal
Street Race, 105 km

Friday 12 June 2009
Price of saarVV
Road race, 78 km

Saturday, 13 June 2009
Individual Time Trial, 12 km

Saturday, 13 June 2009
Price of Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken
Road race, 89 km

Sunday 14 June 2009
Preis der Sparkassen Financial Group
Street Race, 138 km

The organizers are looking forward to hosting the cyclists from all over the world and wish them a successful TROFEO KARLSBERG 2009!