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Canyon look for Young Heroes

Talented juniors invited to apply for mentoring project

Canyon Bicycles, who provide the bikes for the top level Omega Pharma-Lotto ProTour team, are looking for juniors aged 15-16 years old to join their 2011 Young Heroes programme.

Run by six-time Tour de France green jersey winner Erik Zabel, the Canyon Young Heroes team is an informal mentoring project providing support for young riders across Europe. Each team member receives a carbon Canyon pro bike equipped with Campagnolo Record components and full team kit which will be theirs to compete with for one year. Team members will also be invited to attend European mentoring and training events throughout the year.

Each entry will be reviewed by a panel of expert including Erik Zabel, and it costs nothing to apply. A shortlist of talented hopefuls will then be invited to a ‘get to know each other’ event where they can meet the Canyon team and show off their riding talent before the final team selection is made.

For more information and an application form visit http://www.canyon.com/_uk/heroes/young_heroes/initiative.html

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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Canyon Bicycles UK | 13 years ago
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This is a really great program. And there's still a week to go for applications.

We'd really love to see a rider from the UK benefit from the equipment, the mentoring and the contacts. So if you know any riders who qualify please send them a link to this article.

Thanks

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