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USN SIGNS UP ANOTHER TOP SA CYCLIST- 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00

Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN) has announced a sponsorship deal with South Africa’s up and coming cycling star Karien van Jaarsveld.



The deal comes as nutrition supplement brand USN stepped in to sponsor South African women’s road cycling champion Cherise Taylor after her team was prematurely disbanded.

Van Jaarsveld , who was previously without a sponsor, is a former teammate of Taylor and is on the Nashua Ladies Cycling Team.



Among the highlights in van Jaarsveld’s short cycling career are second place at the 2010 South African mountain bike marathon championships and fifth place at the 2010 South African road race championships.



Van Jaarsveld was invited to be a guest rider on the MTN professional women’s road team that competed in La Route de France earlier this month. 



Van Jaarsveld is as one of the favourites for victory at Saturday’s fifth round of the MTN National Marathon Series in Cullinan, northeast of Pretoria and with three events remaining, she is currently lying second in the country’s most prestigious series.

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