Silber Pro Cycling in title-sponsor hunt for 2019

Canadian Continental team Silber Pro Cycling is searching for a title sponsor for next season after Silber Investments owner Arthur Silber decided not to renew for a sixth season.

"We owe Arthur Silber just a debt of gratitude for the support he's given the team and as a whole for road cycling in Canada," team director Gord Fraser told Cyclingnews before the start of stage 1 at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on Tuesday.

"Without his support, I'd hate to think about where road cycling would be right now in Canada," Fraser said. "So just a shout out to Arthur and all his friends: Harold Stotland of Hamelin Industries, Michael Wolfe of Mandevco Properties and Scott McFarland of Toguri Training Systems. All those Montreal businessmen put this team together, and it's been an amazing run."

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The team started in 2013 as an amateur outfit under the Medique-Silber Investments name, then morphed into Silber Pro Cycling the next year when the team jumped to the Continental level. Fraser, who joined Silber as director in 2015, said team management is holding out hope for finding a new sponsor for next year.

"Obviously, we’re searching for new partners and somebody that wants to take the reins of really the flagship project of cycling in Canada,” Fraser said. "It's turn-key. It's ready to go, and you can definitely do a lot with this team in your branding.

"So we're hoping we can keep it going, and obviously with a good result today like a couple years ago here with Chris Dahl winning and taking the yellow jersey, that would go a long way to maybe convincing somebody out there that the team is an amazing conduit for their branding."

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