Lynn Gaggioli has signed with Team Monex for 2005. The team is directed by her husband Roberto, and Lynn has spent a lot of her time traveling and working with the team in the past few years. In 2005, Monex along with Time Sport International are providing Lynn with the resources required to compete at the highest domestic level of women's racing.
"Lynn is one of us," Monex Director Chris Carabini said. "Although we very much enjoyed working with her team at events in the past, we were hoping all along that she would one day be riding for us. Women cyclists, Lynn in particular, have a close following and I was pleasantly surprised by the immediate public response."
Recreational cyclists have already asked if Lynn will have her own, women's specific, line of clothes. Nurses at St Joseph's Hospital in Mission Viejo - the official charity of Team Monex - were especially excited by the prospect of a Monex women's cycling team.
Support will be provided for Lynn to create composite teams to race at the major races in North America including the Redlands Classic, Sea Otter, Philadelphia Liberty Classic, and the San Francisco International. She is currently working on the roster for those races.
