We’re bringing all the excitement of MTB racing in house! Cannondale’s Factory Racing team will be led in 2009 by 10-time Belgian Champion and 2008 Marathon World Champion, Roel Paulissen. Paulissen will be joined by two promising young riders, Italian rider Marco Aurelio Fontana and Swiss rider Martin Gujan.
All three riders will be competing in World Cup races, plus other disciplines, such as cyclocross races, selected road races and additional mountain bike events. Each rider is also a hopeful for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The riders will be able to choose from a quiver of Cannondale bicycles, depending upon the event. Bike options for the team include the Scalpel, Taurine, SuperSix and CX9.
Martin Gujan
Birthplace: Pragg-Jenaz, SwitzerlandAge: 26
Bio: A promising young rider, Gujan has proven his ability on the World Cup circuit, consistently finishing in the top ten during the last several years. Those who know him attribute his wins to his disciplined and calculated racing style. A true competitor.
Hobbies: He's a fan of movies, skiing, inline skating, and going to the BMX track.
Career Highlights:
- 2008 - 1st, Swisspower Cup
- 2008 - 6th World Cup, Bromont, Canada
- 2006 - 1st, Swisspower Cup
Favorite riding experience: Spending time in South Africa for the team training camp.
Why Cannondale?: "Such other famous riders have ridden Cannondales. Plus, they have always had their own special products, such as forks and cranks. In the scene, everybody knows Cannondale."
Most important part of the bike: "To me the most important parts of the bike are the tires. That's the contact point between you and the terrain."
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Fontana at it's best
Posted on 2/4/2010
Cannondale Factory Racing’s Marco Aurelio Fontana was in fine form when the cyclocross season hit its peak in Tabor last weekend. Finishing 11th at the World Championship is his best result of this young season, leaving the Italian confident in his form and ability to improve during the year.
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Three Cannondale Riders in CX World Top 20
Posted on 2/1/2010
CFR's Marco Aurelio Fontana and Cyclocrossworld.com/Cannondale's Tim Johnson and Jamey Driscoll all raced to top twenty finishes in this weekend's World Championships of Cyclocross, held on a frozen course in Tabor, Czech Republic.
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Cyclocross Worlds In The Snow
Posted on 1/28/2010
Winter is all over Europe – especially in the southeastern part of the Czech Republic where the cyclocross elite will fight for the world champion’s title this weekend. In Tabor they expect snow but also thrilling fights on the icy and challenging course. Cannondale Factory Racing’s Marco Aurelio Fontana will face the battle on Sunday.
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Martin Gujan down for a while
Posted on 1/18/2010
t was an unlucky start to the 2010 season for Cannondale Factory Racing’s Martin Gujan. The Swiss rider injured his cruciate ligament at an evening dadminton match on Wednesday. After surgery on Thursday, Gujan felt better already and starts today with his recovery program.
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Fontana wins first title of 2010
Posted on 1/11/2010
Cannondale Factory Racing’s Marco Aurelio Fontana took the team’s first victory of 2010, winning the Italian National Cyclocross Championship. Near Milan, Fontana outplayed the favoured Enrico Franzoi and won his second cross title in three years. While Fontana was fighting in the mud, CFR teammate Martin Gujan had to fight in the snow of Rennaz at the Swiss Championships. After a last minute crash, Gujan finished 6th.
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National Cyclocross Championships this coming weekend
Posted on 1/8/2010
This coming weekend the first highlight of the 2010 cyclocross season will take place. All over Europe riders are fighting for their National Cyclocross Titles. Marco Aurelio Fontana and Martin Gujan are in it for CFR in Italy and Switzerland.
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Fontana Wins the GP San Martino
Posted on 12/14/2009
Cannondale Factory Racing’s Marco Aurelio Fontana put another win on his cyclocross palmares by winning the last international race of the year in Italy. In the city of Ornavasso Fontana won the G.P. San Martino and redeemed himself after an unlucky start to 2009 ‘cross racing the week before.
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Cyclocross Time For Fontana and Gujan
Posted on 12/1/2009
Cannondale Factory Racing’s Marco Aurelio Fontana is the kind of rider that can’t stop racing – all year long! After a well-deserved break with freeriding, motocross, and rally racing, Marco started up his Cyclocross season last weekend. “For me cyclocross was the beginning of my career. First I used to race cyclocross in winter and some road races in the summer, but then I fell in love with mountain bikes as well. Now I only focus on the dirt side of things, be it summer or winter,” Fontana said before starting off his cross season with a win.
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Roel Paulissen Does the Double Double
Posted on 10/15/2009
Cannondale Factory Racing’s Roel Paulissen took a chance and did the double double by winning both the Roc Marathon and the Roc d’Azur two years in a row. The reigning Marathon World Champion left no doubts who was the strongest at the end of a long season by winning both races on Friday and Sunday.
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