Santos sends five athletes to the para track cycling World Championships
Five Santos Cycling Team athletes have been called up for the para track cycling World Championships from October 29 to November 1 in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

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Cinco atletas da Santos Cycling Team/Fupes estão convocados para o Mundial de Ciclismo de Pista Paralímpico, marcado para o período de 29 de outubro a 1º de novembro. A delegação reúne Amanda Kunkel e Dirceu Soares, além de Anny Caroline de Bassi, Marcia Fanhani e Mauro Aquino, e a sede é Apeldoorn, nos Países Baixos.
Os cinco defendem a seleção brasileira na competição.
O evento deve reunir mais de 200 ciclistas dos cinco continentes. Entre as provas estão a perseguição individual da classe B (para atletas com deficiência visual), o contrarrelógio de 1 km, o sprint individual e o sprint por equipes, nas versões aberta e em tandem, além de eliminação e scratch.
A relação publicada pela Confederação Brasileira de Ciclismo (CBC) tem 18 nomes, somando convocados, convidados e integrantes do CPB (Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro) no Programa de Transição de Modalidades.
Completam a lista Lauro César Moro Chaman (C5), Victoria Maria Barbosa (C1) e Sabrina Custódia da Silva (C2). Também foram chamados Ricardo Alafim de Freitas, Johnatan Mineiro Santos (ambos C5) e Theo Ribeiro Denadai (C4). Jerusa Geber dos Santos (classe B) aparece ao lado de Carolina Barbosa Alves do Nascimento, sua piloto.
Na lista de convidados figuram Márcia Ribeiro Fanhani (classe B) com a piloto Marcela Lima Braga Matos, Bianca Canovas Garcia (classe B) com Amanda Kunkel como piloto, Dirceu Soares de Almeida (C4), Eduardo Carvalho Hipólito (C3), Fábio da Silva Bordignon (C3) e Anny Caroline de Bassi (C5).
O Programa de Transição de Modalidades do CPB reúne outras cinco duplas. Na ordem: Silvânia Costa de Oliveira e Yara Driele Mirande de Oliveira; Viviane Ferreira Soares e Laura Zenovelo da Silva; Lucas Prado e Luan Carlos Rodrigues Silva; Gustavo Henrique Faria Araújo e Endrigo da Rosa Pereira; Ricardo Costa de Oliveira e Mauro Santos de Aquino. Em cada dupla, o atleta da classe B compete ao lado do piloto.
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