Oakland, CA – The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team announced today its official roster for the Tour of Britain 2011, scheduled to be held September 11–18, 2011. Competing for Team UnitedHealthcare in the eight-day/nine stage race across Britain are Robert Förster (GER), Rory Sutherland (AUS), Chris Jones (USA), Karl Menzies (AUS), Boy Van Poppel (NED), and Scott Zwizanski (USA).

“We are honored and pleased to have received an invitation to race in the Tour of Britain’s 2011 edition,” said General Manager and Directeur Sportif, Mike Tamayo. “To have our guys compete in our bike sponsor’s backyard is going to be fantastic. Riding Boardman Bikes and working with Chris Boardman has been a great experience this season and it is an obvious fit for us to come to Britain and have an opportunity to showcase these amazing bikes.”

Tamayo continued, “The Tour of Britain is a great race that is very well suited for Team UnitedHealthcare. The sprint stages are shorter punchy hills, and that is what this Team is best at doing and where we’ve been able to make a mark for ourselves this season.”

“Rory Sutherland will be coming off of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado with great form and is an ace when it comes to Britain style of racing. And Robert Förster will be chomping at the bit for some more bunch kicks and to have an opportunity to be there at the finish. This is going to be a great race and we are looking forward to competing again against the best in the world in September in Britain,” Tamayo concluded.

“We are very pleased to welcome the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team to the Tour of Britain,” said Race Director, Mick Bennett. “I am sure that they will have a very successful debut in the Tour.”

“They have a strong all around Team that looks well suited to this year’s route, while in Robert Förster they have a sprinter who has won stages in both the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, and will I’m sure be in contention for both The Prostate Cancer Charity Points Jersey and the new-for-2011 Yodel Sprints Jersey,” Bennett continued.

The Tour of Britain 2011 begins in the Scottish Borders on Sunday, September 11, visiting England’s Northwest, Stoke-on-Trent and the Staffordshire Moorlands. Two stages in the South West, in Devon and Somerset, are followed by a return to East Anglia, with a stage from Suffolk to Norfolk, before the final day of the race takes place in central London on Sunday, September 18, as the battle for the race leader’s IG Markets Gold Jersey reaches its climax with an individual time trial and circuit race on the streets of Whitehall and Westminster. Daily highlights of The Tour of Britain will once again be screened every evening on ITV4 from September 11-18.

The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team roster for the 2011 Tour of Britain:
Robert Förster (GER)?
Rory Sutherland (AUS)
Chris Jones (USA)?
Karl Menzies (AUS)
Boy Van Poppel (NED)
Scott Zwizanski (USA)