Albabici and SMP Saddles are pleased to announce their sponsorship of Daniel Rudge, Team "Making Cancer History" - Race Across AMerica 2008 (RAAM).  As a “Solo” rider he will set out to cover the 3,008 miles between Oceanside, CA and Annapolis, MA in the allotted 12 days (www.raceacrossamerica.org) or less. Daniel is one of two racers riding for Team “Making Cancer History” in support of MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital, one of the US’s premier hospitals for the treatment and care of children with cancer.

Daniel has been racing in multiple endurance sports at a representative level for almost 30 years and qualified for Solo RAAM in his first season of ultra-distance riding and first RAAM qualification race. Daniel joined Team Making Cancer History in 2007 on the 8 person Corporate Challenge team. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer (U.K.) and holds a S.M. in Ocean Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.Eng. in Offshore (Civil) Engineering from Heriot-Watt University (U.K.) and is employed by Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. in Houston. Daniel and his wife Pauline have two daughters.

Albabici provides Daniel Rudge with SMP saddles (Evolution, Glider and PLUS models).