Moises Aldape of Team Type 1 will represent Mexico in the road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The 26 year-old sa🦄id the achievement caps an important goal. He will be his country's sole representative in r𝔍oad cycling.

"The Olympics happen only once every four years, so it is extra special," he stated. "I am also very happy to have this opportunity 🌃to reward my new Team Type 1 squad. I think it is a great accomplishment for a first-year team to plac🔥e a rider in the Olympics."

at the Tour de Beauce stage race in Canada while winning the sprint competition. He International Cycling Classic in Philadelphia on June 8 and in April at the Tour de Georgia helped Team Type 1 finish third in the team competition.

Team Type 1 Sport Director💎 Ed Beamon said Aldape's selection presents a tremendous opportunity to help the squad spread its message to a large audience. Team Type 1 was created in 2004 by two riders with Type 1 diabetes – Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge – to inspire people living with di𒁏abetes to take a proactive approach to managing their health and overcoming the obstacles often associated with the condition.

"We have been trying to give Moises a race schedule that would help him get the points and exposure necessary to make the team and we will continue to help him get prepared for the big eꦉvent," Beamon said.

Aldape will be one of approximately 85 athletes from Mexico at the Olympic Games, which꧋ begin August 8. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the Latin American country earned two 🦋silver and two bronze medals.