The design originates in the home of Santa Cruz
resident, company founder Keith Bontrager. The operation grew from a one -man shop to
a small factory until its purchase by Trek Bicycle Corporation in 1995. "It's a good indication that all
of the foreign riders were happy with the event.com

On the final
day in Stillwater, cyclists face a course that includes brutal Chilkoot
Hill, the finishing climb that averages an 18% grade.

So what is the difference between a hybrid and cyclocross?
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This equipment uses the latest
materials, including carbon fiber, and innovative designs, including the
unique paired
spoke wheel technology. "Their belief in this race, support of our
vision and commitment to ensuring that this event was a great experience for
everyone involved made this one of the greatest first-year events that I have
ever been a part of.

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"I can say now
that it was even better than expected," continued Leipheimer who won the
race's Prologue held in San Francisco."
The highest ranking officials from UCI and USA Cycling -- the
international and national governing bodies of the sport -- were on hand in
California to witness the race., we can keep
our children at home. Amgen therapeutics have changed
the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the
fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis , and other serious
illnesses. "Cannon Falls and Minneapolis should favor the
sprinters, but the climbers will take over in Mankato and Stillwater.

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amgentourofcalifornia. Leiweke, President and CEO of AEG. "From the moment I heard about the Amgen
Tour of California, I knew it would be of the highest quality," said Santa
Rosa resident and California Travel and Tourism King of the Mountain
competition winner Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Team Gerolsteiner.

ABOUT AEG
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the
world.

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"We built this race on three objectives: to create a great experience for
riders, the communities and the corporate sponsors," said Bob Colarossi ,
managing director of the Amgen Tour of California.
"It's very high up on the list.
"We are delighted with the inaugural Amgen Tour of California," said Kevin
Sharer, Amgen's chairman and chief executive officer. "Last year's Time
Trial was won by US National Champion Chris Baldwin . Headquartered
in Elk River, MN, Great River Energy is the second largest utility in
Minnesota and the fifth largest utility of its type in the country.

Another cycling term you may be familiar with is a 'hybrid bike'.

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3 million spectators from February 19-26, 2006, setting records in
attendance for any single sporting event in California, as well as for any
cycling event in the U. But if we can bring this kind of cycling to the U.
Officials with the Great River Energy
Bicycle Festival have released the schedule for the 2006 Nature Valley
Grand Prix. Children's
Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has been the Festival's charitable
partner since 2003.

About Great River Energy

Great River Energy is a non-profit electric cooperative providing wholesale
electric energy and related services to 28 distribution cooperatives
serving nearly 1.

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California resident Floyd Landis (USA) of Phonak Hearing Systems walked
away as the overall champion of the Amgen Tour of California with
El Segundo-based CSC taking the overall team top prize."
To help ensure the success of the Amgen Tour of California, race presenter
AEG partnered with like-minded companies who have an interest in growing the
sport of cycling while communicating the importance of health and wellness to
California communities.amgen. These donations increase
the quality of life for children and their families by helping to provide
services that would not normally be covered by insurance.

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For more
information about Bontrager Wheelworks and Components visit
www., The recently concluded Amgen
Tour of California, an eight-day professional cycling road race, drew more
than 1. The site continues to be one of the sport's most viewed with fans
logging on for race recaps, statistics and commemorative memorabilia. "We are extremely satisfied with
this first year, and the best is yet to come. "The cities that we
visited this year are very pleased with the positive effect that the race had
on their communities."
When asked to compare the California race to those about to take place in
Europe, overall second place finisher David Zabriskie (USA) of Team CSC said,
"We're going to take a lot of warm clothes [to Europe] and wish this race was
still happening. Both Pat McQuaid, president of the UCI, and
Gerard Bisceglia, president of USA Cycling , gave high praise to the inaugural
event. "I have no doubt that the potential is here to grow and develop this
race into a big, big spectacle in both the state of California and the United
States .
To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit
http://www. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation, owns or
controls a collection of companies including facilities such as STAPLES
Center, The Home Depot Center, The Manchester Evening News Arena and NOKIA
Theatre Times Square; sports franchises including the Los Angeles Kings (NHL),
five Major League Soccer franchises, two hockey franchises operated in Europe,
management of privately held shares of the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Los
Angeles Sparks (WNBA), the Amgen Tour of California cycling road race, and the
upcoming ING Bay to Breakers footrace taking place in San Francisco May 21st;
AEG LIVE, the organization's live-entertainment division, is a collection of
companies dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance,
touring and a variety of programming and multi -media production.

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Amgen looks forward to our continuing sponsorship of this world class cycling
event .com.

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com.1 million to The Wellness Community to support cancer patients.

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bontrager. "We will not rest
until we allow the American riders to have the best event in all of cycling in
their home country ." Past
competitors in the Nature Valley Grand Prix have included 2005 World
Champion Katie Mactier of Australia, and 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Marty
Nothstein.

Generally speaking, a cyclocross bike frame is a road frame adapted for off-road use.

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The
Nature Valley Grand Prix is a tough race and it gets better every year.

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With preliminary
details of the 2007 route expected in the next 30 to 60 days, race presenter
AEG has reiterated its commitment to building the race into one of the premier
sporting events in the world. A
biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to
realize the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines
from lab , to manufacturing plant, to patient.

About USA Cycling

USA Cycling is the national governing body of the sport of bicycle racing,
and lists the Nature Valley Grand Prix among the country's top three stage
races on its National Racing Calendar.

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A partnership between Amgen, The Wellness Community
and George Hincapie, Breakaway from Cancer is a complementary component of the
race that includes a series of free workshops designed to help people who are
affected by cancer learn about new treatments, side effects, support networks
and educational resources.

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Bontrager equipment will play a crucial role in the Discovery Team's
attempt to win the inaugural Tour of California .com provided fans with live text updates, four
channels of live streaming video and continuously updated still photos from
the road."
The world's best riders echoed the sentiment, expressing an overwhelmingly
positive experience in California. It couldn't have gone any
better. To let our riders grow up, we have to let them leave home and go
to Europe. "We are also pleased
with the success of our Breakaway from Cancer initiative, which resulted in a
donation of $1.
Additionally , the company has begun fully developing the 28-acre Millennium
Dome and adjacent property located in the eastern part of London along the
Thames River and will create the O2, a new arena within the 'Dome' and
additional arenas, on a 50-acre site in the heart of Berlin and Sprint Center
in Kansas City, Missouri; stadiums in Bridgeview, Illinois and Harrison, New
Jersey. In addition to the Nature Valley Grand Prix professional stage
race, the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival includes amateur racing,
Caribou Coffee kids' fun races, family activities, live music, stunt rider
demonstrations , great food and lifestyle expos.

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Inaugural Amgen Tour of California Breaks Attendance Records

A breakthrough in Internet race coverage,
http://www. Cities throughout California are
eager to host the second annual race. Not just good teams here, but the teams have
brought good riders as well, and they're all motivated to do very well. The Nature Valley Grand Prix is ranked in the top three
professional cycling competitions in the United States. In 2005, the event
hosted more than 300 national and international competitors and drew more
than 50,000 spectators. We expect to host
national, world and Olympic cycling champions again this year.

Cyclocross (or cyclo-cross) is part road racing and part mountain bike racing.

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Bontrager Wheelworks and
Components, a US based bicycle
equipment manufacturer founded by California native Keith Bontrager,
supplies performance equipment to the Tour de France winning Discovery
Channel Pro Cycling Team. Professional Cycling Stage Race Gets High Marks From Cities, Athletes,
Sponsors and Fans; 2007 Planning Underway Following Successful First Year

LOS ANGELES, Calif. The inaugural event, which covered 600 miles of
California roadway from San Francisco to Redondo Beach, received praise from
its host cities, teams and sponsors, as well as from the Union Cycliste
International (UCI), the international governing body of cycling.
In addition to the thousands of fans lining every stage of the race, the
official Web site had 367,000 visitors who registered more than fifteen
million "page views" over the eight days of racing, with the vast majority
enjoying live race coverage provided by Adobe and enhanced by Google
technology.
"We're coming back in 2007 and already are thinking about ways to make
this event even better," said Shawn Hunter, president of AEG Sports,
presenters of the Amgen Tour of California.S.

Media Contacts:

AEG GolinHarris
Michael Roth Michael Henson
(213)742-7155 (917 )902-0767
mroth@aeg-la. The Mankato Road Race has moved to Saturday
in 2006, and is a flat rural route ending in a hilly circuit. The 2006 events will take
place on June 14 - 18 in Saint Paul, Cannon Falls, Minneapolis, Mankato and
Stillwater.

Proceeds from the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival benefit programs at
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, the largest children 's
health care organization in the upper Midwest. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Nature Valley is part
of General Mills, a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer
foods products.

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Speaking about the importance of establishing races like the Amgen Tour of
California for the overall development of American professional cycling,
Bisceglia said, "The hardest thing for USA Cycling is having your children
leave home. With a broad and deep pipeline of potential new medicines , Amgen
remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives.

Cyclocross bikes and equipment are unique and different than typically found on a road or mountain bike frame.

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Man and machine come together in harmonious
synergy. Bontrager Wheelworks and Components have worked closely with Lance
Armstrong and his team in developing innovative equipment to win the
world 's biggest races.

The equipment that Bontrager supplies to the team is handmade in the USA at
their Wisconsin factory. Contact the company to
learn more about the equipment and the company 's California heritage.
In December 2005, the race's title sponsor Amgen launched the Breakaway
from Cancer initiative."
In addition to Amgen's partnership with AEG, eight companies joined as
founding partners for the inaugural year: Adobe, ADT Security Services,
California Travel and Tourism, Clif Bar, Health Net, Herbalife, KB Home and
Union Bank of California.

PRESS RELEASE Minnesota Pro Cycling Event Announces 2006 Schedule

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"We set out to create an event that will one day rival the Tour de
France," said Timothy J."

ABOUT AMGEN
Amgen discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics.com. This stage will feature a rolling course leading to a
relatively flat finishing circuit and will probably end with a mass sprint.
The following day is the popular Minneapolis Downtown Classic, a criterium
(or circuit race) during which racers can reach speeds of 40 miles per hour
around downtown city blocks."

About the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival

The Great River Energy Bicycle Festival is a five-day celebration of
bicycling and the bicycle culture in Minnesota.

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Not only have our 2006 host cities asked us back, but
new cities have also inundated us with requests to come to their areas next
year.
"It looks to be a good race. For more information, visit AEG today at http://www.

The 2006 event schedule includes:

Wednesday, June 14: Saint Paul Riverfront Time Trial
Thursday, June 15: Cannon Falls Road Race
Friday, June 16: Minneapolis Downtown Classic
Saturday, June 17: Mankato Road Race
Sunday, June 18: Stillwater Criterium

"The 2006 schedule has been designed to increase competition for the
leaders' jerseys," says Race Director David LaPorte.

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PRESS RELEASE Bontrager a Key Part of Discovery Team's Winning Ways

Bike racing is a sport that relies equally on an athlete's physical ability
and their equipment quality.

In 1980 Keith Bontrager started his custom bicycle design and manufacturing
business in his in-laws' garage. This year was a giant leap toward achieving that goal."
The 10 host cities for the inaugural race included San Francisco ,
Sausalito, Santa Rosa, Martinez, San Jose, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, Thousand Oaks and Redondo Beach. Coca-Cola Zero, Google, Kendall-Jackson, Prodir and
Voler also supported the race as official partners.

"The teams are excited about these changes," said Jelly Belly Cycling's
manager Danny Van Haute.

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From
the UCI's point of view, it's good to see this in its first year," said
McQuaid.aegworldwide.com mehenson@golinharris.

New to the schedule in 2006 will be Thursday's Cannon Falls Road Race on
June 15th.5 million people in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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Bontrager components have earned the reputation as a manufacturer of
lightweight , extremely durable wheel systems and components.S. I think it was a great event," added
overall fourth place finisher and winner of two stages George Hincapie (USA)
of the Discovery Channel Professional Cycling Team and spokesperson for the
Amgen Breakaway from Cancer(TM) initiative.
"Our partners are as vital to the success of this event as the athletes
and host cities," said Hunter.

About Nature Valley

Nature Valley, the brand that created the granola bar category in 1975,
brings variety to healthy, active consumers looking for wholesome and
great-tasting snacks.

So what is the difference between a hybrid and cyclocross? Well, cyclocross is about competition and racing, while a hybrid bike is usually a term reserved for recreational road /off-road riding.