BOB ROLL, RON KIEFEL, CONNIE CARPENTER & FRIENDS TO ROAST AND TOASTAMERICA’S WINNINGEST CYCLIST: DAVIS PHINNEY-Scott ‘The Tour Baby’ Coady & the Davis Phinney FoundationInvite You to Dine with the Pros-San Francisco, CA – Davis Phinney will be the guest of honoras friends and cycling’s former USA A-list joins together to roast andtoast America’s winningest cyclist. “An Evening with Davis Phinney andFriends – Dinner with the Pros” will be held at the Italian Athletic Club(1630 Stockton St.) in San Francisco’s North Beach on September 2ndat 7:30 pm, and serves as the kick-off to the annual Pro road raceweekend that hosts 500,000 cycling fans.A benefit for the Davis Phinney Foundation, Phinney’s friends Bob Roll,Ron Keiffel, and Phinney’s wife, 1984 Olympic Road Race Gold Medalist,Connie Carpenter, will headline the evening – a must attend event for anycycling enthusiast. The evening includes a family-style Italian menu whiledining with US and European pro cyclists as dinner guests, a Silent Auction,a raffle of items totaling over $20,000 and an exclusive VIP after-dinnerparty in the fi’zi:k VIP lounge. Among the pro teams will be members fromTeam HealthNet presented by Maxxis, Navigator’s Insurance, Kodak Gallery-SierraNevada Pro Cycling Team Lampre-Caffita and others, still to be announced.Hosted by filmmaker Scott Coady who will present recent Phinney videoclips from the Tour de Georgia, this second annual event is rapidly becominga SF Grand Prix tradition. It is a rare opportunity to intermix with someof cycling’s most influential voices in the history and development ofthe sport in the US. Among the guests are MC Michael Aisner, the man behindthe Coors Classic - a cornerstone to the development of US cycling; formerUS Pro Champions Thomas Prehn and Kurt Stockton; three-time Olympian andPan Am Gold Medalist, Wayne Stetina.Two-time Tour de France stage winner, former US National Champion, andUS Olympic Bronze Medalist, Phinney, announced in 2000 that he’d been diagnosedwith ‘early onset’ Parkinson’s Disease. Shortly thereafter, Phinney establishedthe Davis Phinney Foundation to raise money for research and Parkinson’swellness. The silent auction and raffle will feature an array of rare cyclingproducts and memorabilia, some from Davis’s own race bag.For more details, auction item updates or to purchase tickets for theevent, visit www.thetourbaby.com.Last year's event was a complete sell-out; pre-purchase is advised andencourage. Tables of 8 - 14 for friends or clients are also available forpurchase. Details are available on the website.Following the main festivities, the After-Party continues upstairs inthe Fi'zi:k VIP Lounge, featuring DJ mixed beats, the Go Go Pro dancersand cycling celebrities. Tickets for the VIP lounge can be purchased separatelyor as a dinner package.For more details, auction item updates or to purchase tickets for theevent, visit www.thetourbaby.com.All proceeds go directly to the Davis Phinney Foundation, www.davisphinneyfoundation.org

#  #  #DETAILS:WHERE:  Italian American Athletic Club at 1630 Stockton Street,San Francisco.WHEN:   Friday, Sept 2nd.TIME:   Doors open at 7:00 pm. Dinner and roast beginsat 7:30pm.Exclusive VIP After-Party begins at 10:00pm to close.
PRICES:Dinner/Auction/Film $40 advance, $50 at the door (if available)Fi’zi:k VIP After Party $35 advance, $40 at the door (if available)Complete Event VIP (Dinner & Fi’zi:k After-Party Admission) $75 advance,$80 at the door (if avail)