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. To let our riders grow up, we have to let them leave home and go
to Europe.amgen. After the individual races, they will pull the most exciting clips from
the video and upload them to their Web site,
http://www.lake-effect-racing.

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S. "We will not rest
until we allow the American riders to have the best event in all of cycling in
their home country. It couldn't have gone any
better . From
the UCI's point of view, it's good to see this in its first year," said
McQuaid.S., Viosport , the industry leader
in point-of-view (P.
The Cannonball One Lap of America is a seven-day race that runs throughout
several U. The race, which started in the
early 1970's, was the basis for three major motion pictures - The Cannonball
Run, Cannonball Run II, and Speed Zone.

ABOUT VIOSPORT
Since its inception in 2000, Viosport has been the leading innovator in
helmet camera technology.

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The sponsorship includes the use of Viosport's cameras to record the action,
which will be continually updated on the Lake Effect Racing Web site during
the race. technology," said Dave Ollila, president
and founder of Viosport.com .

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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. A breakthrough in Internet race coverage,
http://www.
"We set out to create an event that will one day rival the Tour de
France ," said Timothy J."
"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. "The cities that we
visited this year are very pleased with the positive effect that the race had
on their communities.

Media Contacts:

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Michael Roth Michael Henson
(213 )742-7155 (917)902-0767
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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. Not just good teams here, but the teams have
brought good riders as well, and they're all motivated to do very well. "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."
The Lake Effect Racing team will record different angels of each time
trial.
Lake Effect Racing was introduced to Viosport and their cameras through
another of their major sponsors, car audio equipment supplier, Kicker. The
Lake Effect Racing team will be using two 2004 Dodge SRT4s in the race, with
three crew members in each car.viosport.

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For more information, visit AEG today at http://www. Each racing team drives for nearly 24 hours a day with
competition taking the form of time trials at racetracks throughout the
country .O. Inside the
vehicles, a combination of the Adventure Cam II and Adventure Cam 3 will be
mounted at a variety of different angels.

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V.com .
The Cannonball One Lap of America originally started as the legendary
Cannonball Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, a race from New York City
to Redondo Beach, California.

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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. 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. Started by veteran Car and Driver editor, Brock
Yates, the race ran in its original format for five years until it was
converted to its current format in 1984. For more information , go to http://www.

This category is for sites about sports which contain two or more distinct and different activities and in which the results of those activities combine together to determine the winner.

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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.
"It looks to be a good race."
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.
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.

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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.1 million to The Wellness Community to support cancer patients. 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.V. The Viosport point-of-view system is unique in that
it 's designed specifically to capture adventure video.

Gymnastics would not fit here even though there is an all-around winner because each of the individual events also have winners.

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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. Teams drive to and from each racetrack with the same cars and tires
that are used to compete in the time trials. "Through sponsorship of athletes and teams such as
Lake Effect Racing, we're able to showcase the vast capabilities and quality
of our products through their compelling action footage.onelapofamerica.

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"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."
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.
To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit
http://www."
The Lake Effect Racing team will use three of Viosport's cameras during
the race.

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amgentourofcalifornia.
"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.
"Our partners are as vital to the success of this event as the athletes
and host cities," said Hunter. 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 AEG
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the
world.com mehenson@golinharris.

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The world's best riders echoed the sentiment, expressing an overwhelmingly
positive experience in California.O. They will
also have a vehicle locater on their site that will show users where the
vehicle is located in real-time.

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Professional Cycling Stage Race Gets High Marks From Cities, Athletes,
Sponsors and Fans; 2007 Planning Underway Following Successful First Year

LOS ANGELES, Calif. This year was a giant leap toward achieving that goal. 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.com.

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com provided fans with live text updates, four
channels of live streaming video and continuously updated still photos from
the road. Leiweke, President and CEO of AEG. "I can say now
that it was even better than expected," continued Leipheimer who won the
race's Prologue held in San Francisco. "It's a good indication that all
of the foreign riders were happy with the event. With a broad and deep pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen
remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives.

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In December 2005, the race's title sponsor Amgen launched the Breakaway
from Cancer initiative.
"We are delighted with the inaugural Amgen Tour of California," said Kevin
Sharer, Amgen's chairman and chief executive officer. Each car has significant Mopar performance
upgrades, which nearly doubles its horsepower .

An example of this would be the triathlon because the combined times of the swim, run, and cycling phases determine the winner.

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Inaugural Amgen Tour of California Breaks Attendance Records

, The recently concluded Amgen
Tour of California, an eight-day professional cycling road race, drew more
than 1.
"It's very high up on the list. Since the vehicles continue through any weather conditions, the
waterproof Adventure Cam H20 will be mounted outside the vehicles.

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Cities throughout California are
eager to host the second annual race.One Lap of America Team Will Use Viosport Cameras to Record All the Action of
the Seven-Day Race Across the Country

MARQUETTE, Mich. "In the past these
conditions would cause us to lose cameras throughout the race , but Viosport's
rugged design and waterproof cameras will allow us to concentrate on the race
and not worry about our cameras. Out of the six-person crew, two
are responsible for the editing and uploading of video from the Viosport
cameras and four are qualified drivers.

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, we can keep
our children at home. Coca-Cola Zero, Google, Kendall-Jackson, Prodir and
Voler also supported the race as official partners. states.

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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."
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.
Amgen looks forward to our continuing sponsorship of this world class cycling
event. Other industries utilizing Viosport camera systems include
aviation, movie production, and law enforcement.com or call 1-888 -579-2267.

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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. "We are also pleased
with the success of our Breakaway from Cancer initiative, which resulted in a
donation of $1.com

"The Viosport camera advantage is in the entertaining video created as an
end result of this innovative P. For more information go to
http://www.

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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. 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."

ABOUT AMGEN
Amgen discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics.

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.) camera technology, has announced they will sponsor
the Lake Effect Racing team in the 2005 Cannonball One Lap of America race.S.
"We run our vehicles continuously in rain or shine conditions during the
race," said Dale Seeley, Lake Effect Racing team member. In addition , the video posted on their
site will show the vehicle's statistics, such as the speed and RPMs. Yates went on to write the screenplay
for the 1981 movie, The Cannonball Run, which was loosely based on the actual
race.

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But if we can bring this kind of cycling to the U.com. Viosport's customers
include professional and amateur athletes in a wide variety of sports such as
mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding , skydiving, motocross, snowmobiling, and
auto racing.