News: Tyler McCaul & Beaumont Move to GT

GT welcomes Tyler McCaul to the family

As the end of the year approaches, team rumors and announcements begin to swirl. Mongoose released their '09 team plans earlier this week so it came with little surprise when the Goose's sister company, GT Bicycles, announced their '09 team roster.

Replacing Bryn Atkinson and hailing from the Santa Cruz/MBUK team is Marc Beaumont from England. The 24 year-old Beaumont has proven his consistency over the last few seasons making him a front runner at any World Cup downhill. Another factor in Marc’s success is that he is a protégé to another UK DHer and former GT superstar, Steve Peat. After starting off the 2008 season with an injury, Marc is now getting back up to speed and will be doing full throttle on the new GT carbon Fury DH bike.

Next up is 17-year-old Kevin Aiello. He has already tested out his skills on the World Cup circuit and dominated the Fontana, California series in downhill and 4X as well as winning a few west coast NORBA races. Kevin will also be racing the new GT carbon Fury.

Roger Rinderknecht returns to GT for '09. He has been on the World Cup circuit dominating both 4X and BMX courses for several years now. The Swiss rider won the silver medal in 4X at the 2008 World Championships and his recent and most prestigious accomplishment was competing in the BMX event at the 2008 Olympics.

Luke Madill also returns to the GT squad, but has decided to expand his repertoire to include UCI SX races and World Cup 4X in addition to BMX. Luke represented Australia in the Beijing Olympics and took third place in 4X at the UCI World Cup in Canberra.

The biggest surprise in the announcement is the signing of Tyler McCaul, who is climbing out of the shadow of his older brother Cam, to follow his own sponsorship path. Not only has Tyler proven himself on the dirt jumps, he’s been holding his own on the DH scene as well.

The team’s 2009 schedule includes: all of the World Cup races, some select American races, Crankworx, UCI SX races and more. For more info go to www.gtbicycles.com

Young Kevin Aiello will also be joining the '09 GT squad

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