Cycling: Endura unveil three champs

WEST LOTHIAN-based professional cycling outfit Endura Racing Team revealed its 15-strong line up at an official launch at the Silverstone car racing circuit, writes COLIN RENTON.

The squad includes the champions of Scotland, Wales and New Zealand in the form of South Queensferry's Ross Creber, Rob Partridge and Jack Bauer, as well as Commonwealth Games medallist James McCallum and they will be led by former track world champion Rob Hayles.

The team comprises six Scots, five Englishmen, two New Zealanders and one each from Wales and France.

McCallum and fellow capital-based international Evan Oliphant recently returned from a spell of intensive training in Australia and New Zealand and the riders will now fly to the South of France for a training camp before they face their first competitive outing at the Tour of the Mediterranean next month.

McCallum said: "It's looking good, we have some fantastic races in France to get our teeth into."