The Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team is a North Carolina based cycling team that competes in  National and International bicycle races. The team is considered the premiere women’s professional cycling team in the United States. Anne Bolyea, founder and team owner, started the team in 2002 with what would be considered a regional program and has now nurtured it into an international program including National Champions and Olympic team members. The team competes in nearly 60 major metropolitan areas around the country each year. In most cases these events have spectator attendance ranging from 5,000 to 35,000  and a large percentage of the time the events are covered by local, national and international media including television.

The Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team will head into the 2008 racing season with
a squad of well known and respected athletes , management and staff with the objectives of competing at the highest level.  In doing this we also strive to represent our sponsors and supporters in ways that give them return on their investments and pride in being part of Cheerwine’s winning team.

 2007 OVERVIEW

USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Individual Standing  1st Place
USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Team Standing  2nd Place
USA CRITS National Race Calendar Individual Standing  1st Place
USA CRITS National Race Calendar Team Standing  1st Place
First Places in NRC Events or Stages within NRC Events  22
Second Places in NRC Events or Stages within NRC Events  20
Third Places in NRC Events or Stages within NRC Events  14
Wins In Major U.S. Events non NRC    8

The 2007 Cheerwine professional women’s cycling team gathered in North Carolina for the annual team presentation. The group arrived on Thursday in Pineville North Carolina and started individual bike set-up appointments for road bikes on Friday and then time trial bikes on Saturday. Between fits, the athlete’s, team director Thad Fischer and team owner Anne Bolyea went for team training rides on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well undergoing fitness testing at the Per4mance training center.

The 2007 race schedule was realeased on mm/dd/yy.  The team is looking forward to a very successful 2007 season.