Here’s a nice, little feel-good story about a rag-tag bunch of bike racers with a mission, trying to establish themselves on a level they’re maybe not all the way ready for, but who cares?
Project Echelon is a non-profit:
Project Echelon is a UCI Continental Professional Cycling Team that educates, equips and empowers veterans and their communities through physical activity and self-discovery. As an organization, Project Echelon removes the barriers to healing by fostering relationships between veterans, their communities, and professional athletes through mentorship, structure, and the promotion of long-term health and wellbeing through endurance sport.
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Here we follow them through the Tour of Provence and see what it’s like to show up underfunded, underequipped, inexperienced and try to make a go of it in the European pro ranks.