The Luna Professional Mountain Bike Team
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1/16/2006 - by
Marla Streb
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From Marla Streb:
The Luna Professional Mountain Bike Team goes into 2006 with an expanded roster that includes the addition of two-time Olympian and multi Norba Champ Jimena Florit (Arg) and rising star Georgia Gould. Shonny Vanlandingham, Katerina Hanusova, Marla Streb, and Alison Dunlap will return for another season in varying capacities.
The competition squad--Vanlandingham, Hanusova, Florit and Gould--will focus primarily on cross-country racing in defense of their Norba National titles. They will also attend selected World Cup and X-Terra events in 2006.
Alison Dunlap and Marla Streb remain on the team as ambassadors to the program. Dunlap will attend events conducting women's rides & clinics. She will also provide coaching advice to Luna's pro athletes and ambassadors. Marla will preserve the gravity aspect of the program as she continues serving as Luna's one woman PR machine and part time racer. (Pregnant at the time of this writing, Streb has vowed to return and win the U.S. National Downhill Championship later this season!)
LUNA PROFESSIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM ROSTER
SHONNY VANLANDINGHAM
*2004 & 2005 NORBA National Series Cross-Country Champion
*2005 U.S. National Short Track Champion
KATERINA HANUSOVA
*2005 NORBA National Series Short Track Champion
*Three-Time Czech Republic Olympic Team Member
ALISON DUNLAP
*1996 & 2000 U.S. Olympic Team member
*2001 World Mountain Bike Champion
*2002 World Cup Overall Champion
*Three-time U.S. National Cross-Country Champion
*Three-time U.S. National Short Track Champion
MARLA STREB
*Two-time U.S. National Downhill Champion
*2005 World Single Speed Champion
*2003 World Cup Downhill Final Winner
JIMENA FLORIT
*Two-Time Argentinean Olympic Team Member
*2003 Pan American Games Gold Medalist
*Two-Time Norba National Series Cross-Country Champion
*Two-Time Norba National Series Short Track Champion
GEORGIA GOULD
*Top ten overall, 2005 NORBA Short Track and Cross-Country Series
LUNA CHIX TEAM SPONSORS
Luna Pro Teams have again aligned themselves with the best sponsors in the bicycle industry. The most significant sponsorship change from years past is a bike switch to Orbea. Luna Pro Teams chose Orbea for the simple reason that they offer the best possible equipment for all aspects of the Luna program.
Title Sponsor: Luna Bar - Whole Nutrition for Women
Other Sponsors Include:
*Orbea Bicycles
*Fox Racing Shocks
*Maxxis Tires
*Sugoi Clothing
*Giro Helmets
*Mavic Wheels
*Adidas Footwear
*Vetta Computers and Heart Rate Monitors
*Ergon Grips
*Syntace Bar, Stem & Seatpost
*Pedro's
*Ironman Wetsuits
*Stan's NoTubes
*Clif Bar & Clif Shot
*Treo Communications |
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