Final standings are in from the 2006 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series (www.womencyclists.com),and showing the parity in domestic women’s road racing, four differentteams took category titles. At September’s Hurricane Florence-shortenedCD&P Bermuda Grand Prix, Webcor-Platinum came from behind to claimthe team title, while an absent world time-trial champion Kristin Armstrong(Lipton) retained her individual lead.

The Women’s Prestige Cycling Series began at the Nature Valley Grand

Final 2007 NRC Ranking Individual Women 1. Tina Pic, Colavita-Cooking Light, 2106 points 2. Kristin Armstrong, Lipton, 1957 3. Laura Van Gilder, Lipton, 1580 4. Christine Thorburn, Webcor-Platinum, 846 5. Alison Powers, Rio Grande-Sports Garage, 822 6. Dotsie Bausch, Colavita-Cooking Light, 798 7. Kori Seehafer, Lipton, 781 8. Amber Neben, SC Velo, 670 9. Brenda Lyons, Victory Brewing, 635 10. Erinne Willock (Can), Webcor Platinum, 598 Women’s Teams 1. Lipton, 5084 2. Colavita-Cooking Light, 3845 3. Victory Brewing, 2501 4. Webcor-Platinum, 2045 5. Cheerwine, 1606 6. T-Mobile, 1059 7. Aaron's Corporate Furnishings, 1004 8. Biovail, 948 9. Rio Grande-Sports Garage, 672 10. SC Velo, 670

Prix in June, continued at the International Tour de ’Toona in July andfinished at the CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix in September. The seriesrolled out in 2004 with the goal of highlighting women’s racing by givingthem a spotlight separate from any men’s series. The series grewout of meetings that began in 2003 at the first Yoplait Women’s CyclingSummit Conference, hosted at the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Minnesota.

Webcor-Platinum, placed second after the International Tour de ’Toona,overtook Lipton at the CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix to claim the team titlefor the second year in a row. With two stages completed, Webcor-Platinumheld three of the top five places in the CD&P Bermuda GP standings,enough to secure the overall series title when the arrival of HurricaneFlorence cut the racing short.

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Team Standings
1. Webcor-Platinum, 1329 points
2. Lipton, 964
3. Biovail, 749
4. Victory Brewing, 677
5. PABW-TIBCO, 404
6. TRIA, 118
6. Cheerwine, 118

Lipton’s Kristin Armstrong opened an impressive lead in the individualstandings after the International Tour de ’Toona. Armstrong’s lead heldafter Bermuda, even though she was in Salzburg, Austria, where she wonthe world time-trial championship. Armstrong’s Lipton teammate Kori Seehaferheld onto second while Erinne Willock (Webcor-Platinum) took third.

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Individual Standings
1. Kristin Armstrong, Lipton, 440 points
2. Kori Seehafer, Lipton, 253
3. Erinne Willock, Webcor-Platinum, 242
4. Stacy Marple, PABW-TIBCO, 230
5. Felicia Gomez, Webcor-Platinum, 222

Willock’s trip to the world championships may have cost her the leadin the Best Young Rider competition, a classification she won in 2005.Instead, Katharine Carroll of Victory Brewing came from second place toclaim the classification, thanks to a strong performance at the BermudaGrand Prix. Willock held onto second while her teammate, Amber Rais, roundedout the top three.

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Best Young Rider Standings
1. Katharine Carroll, Victory Brewing, 451 points
2. Erinne Willock, Webcor-Platinum, 385
3. Amber Rais, Webcor-Platinum, 352
4. Joelle Numainville, Biovail, 330
5. Flavia Oliveira, PABW-TIBCO, 286

Rookie Brooke Miller (PABW-TIBCO) burst onto the national scene whenshe claimed a stage win and the Freewheel Bike Sprint classification atthe Nature Valley Grand Prix in June. Miller successfully defended theseries sprinter jersey at the International Tour de Toona and held on atthe CD&P Bermuda Grand Prix to take the series win.

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Sprint Standings
1. Brooke Miller, PABW-TIBCO, 352 points
2. Felicia Gomez, Webcor-Platinum, 267
3. Laura Van Gilder, Lipton, 264
4. Kristin Armstrong, Lipton, 253
5. Stacy Marple, PABW-TIBCO, 165

Palo Alto Bicycles-TIBCO expanding in 2007
Look for Miller and teammate Stacy Marple to return in 2007 with theSilicon Valley-based PABW powered by TIBCO squad. PABW is the acronym forthe Palo Alto Bicycles Women's racing team; TIBCO is a process managementsoftware company.

Six-time Canadian national champion and world championship bronze medalistLinda Jackson, who was recently inducted into the OttawaSports Hall of Fame, will direct the team.

Jackson said she is looking to develop “diamonds in the rough,” similarto recent world time-trial bronze medalist Christine Thorburn, who rodefor the Palo Alto Bicycles Women's team before jumping to Webcor in 2004.

If the 2006 season was any measure, the PABW-TIBCO squad is alreadyshowing success in that department, with two rookie NRC racers taking bigwins. New rider Stacy Marple won the abbreviated Bermuda Grand Prix, andfirst year NRC racer Brooke Miller took stage wins at Mt. Hood, NatureValley, Altoona on the way to taking the sprint jerseys at Nature Valleyand the Women's Prestige Series. Expect the eight-woman national racingteam to make an even greater impact in the 2007 NRC calendar.

With cycling growing in popularity among the Silicon Valley elite, theteam has been able to bring in sponsorship from major tech companies, includingTIBCO Software, LimeLife Inc., Devcon Construction, Fenwick and West, GenomicHealth and Monitor Ventures. In addition to representing these companiesthrough training and racing, the team also participates in sponsor-teamrides throughout the season.

Jackson has commitments from six national-level riders so far, and saidshe will bring on one or two more riders to be named later. As part ofJackson's interest in developing new cycling talent, the team will alsohost a development squad based locally in Silicon Valley. This six-ridersquad will compete regionally and will also integrate with the elite teamfor selected NRC races.

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2007 PABW powered by TIBCO rosterNational team:Marisa Asplund (Durango, Colorado)Brooke Miller (Santa Cruz, California)Stacy Marple (Oakland, California)Victoria Vallstrom (Palo Alto, California)Katie Lambden (Fort Lee, New Jersey)Liza Rachetto (Boise, Idaho)Development Team:Alexis AlexanderBrianne BurgessCaitlyn McCulloughFlavia Oliveira

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For more information on the PABW-TIBCO squad, visit www.pabwpoweredbytibco.org.For more information on the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series, visit www.womencyclists.com.

T-Mobile announces 2007 women’s team roster
Although the majority of men’s road teams won’t announce their 2007rosters for weeks — if not months — a significant number of women’s teamshave already gone public with next year’s squads.

The highest-profile team to set their 2007 roster is the German T-Mobilewomen’s squad. Fresh off a successful first full season of internationalcompetition, the T-Mobile women’s team is aiming higher in 2007 with aworld-class roster of eleven riders from six nations. Staying with theteam are Germans Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Judith Arndt and American KimAnderson, joined by eight new riders, including two-time World Cup overallseries winner Oenone Wood of Australia.

“In their first full international season, the women’s team impressedeverybody with their enthusiasm and dedication, while winning many racesalong the way; they are ideal brand ambassadors for T-Mobile,” said RenéObermann, chief executive officer of T-Mobile International. “Going forward,the women’s program will remain fundamental to our overall cycling sponsorshipand I am delighted that we now have an expanded roster to represent T-Mobilearound the world.”

New management has also been appointed, with Australian Kristy Scrymgeourtaking over as team manager, and compatriot Anna Wilson as team director.Since their appointment, the duo have moved quickly to build on the successof last season, bringing German Petra Rossner on board as team coach andassembling a diverse roster capable of competing and winning across theentire season.

“Our goal is to follow up and expand on the success of the first seasonand we will target all the season’s major races, especially the one-dayraces on the World Cup calendar,” said Scrymgeour, who — like Wilson —is a former Saturn pro. “We have strength, depth and plenty of experiencein the roster, so different athletes will be able to concentrate on theirpeaks to target specific races, where they can count on the support ofa strong and motivated team.”

The magenta team finished the 2006 season in second place on the WorldCup points rankings, while Teutenberg finished second and Arndt fourthin the individual standings. Along the way, Teutenberg sprinted her wayto 15 wins, including two World Cup wins, the first in Australia in Februaryand the second in Rotterdam in September. Arndt contributed with sevenwins, including the World Cup win in Montreal.

Since the start of the 2006 season, the women’s team – like the T-Mobilemen’s team – has been based in Bonn, Germany, and plays an important rolein T-Mobile International’s extensive cycling program.

“Going forward we hope to lead by example and try to promote women’scycling as a whole,” Scrymgeour added. “T-Mobile has given us a very uniqueopportunity in that we have a top women’s team run in conjunction witha very high profile men’s team. This is a fantastic thing for women’s cyclingand I believe it is a step in the right direction for the sport.”

The team recently got together, from October 11-13, in Lugano, Switzerland.The team will be presented to the public during the official T-Mobile teampresentation on January 13, 2007, on Mallorca Island.

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T-Mobile women’s 2007 team roster:Kim Anderson, 38, USAJudith Arndt, 30, GermanyKate Bates, 24, AustraliaChantal Beltman, 30, NetherlandsSuzanne de Goede, 22, NetherlandsEmilia Fahlin, 17, SwedenAlex Rhodes, 21, AustralaliaIna-Yoko Teutenberg, 31, GermanyLinda Melanie Villumsen, 21, DenmarkAnke Wichmann, 31, GermanyOenone Wood, 26, Australia

Colavita-Cooking Light adds Sutter Home, Alex Wrubleski
Colavita-Cooking Light, the number-two women’s team on the 2006 NRCteam rankings, has added Sutter Home Winery to its list of sponsors. SutterHome was the co-sponsor of the 2006 Colavita men’s team, which is undergoingpersonnel and sponsorship changes as team management has shifted from JohnProfaci, vice president of marketing for Colavita, to Tom Schuler, of TeamSports.

Like T-Mobile, the Colavita-Sutter Home women’s cycling team, presentedby Cooking Light, will be a UCI-registered professional women’s team for2007.

“Encouraging women to think about their health has been a top priorityfor our company for many years,” said Wendy Nyberg, director of marketingfor Sutter Home Winery. “Through Sutter Home for Hope, we’ve contributedhundreds of thousands of dollars to research organizations to help finda cure for breast cancer. We’re thrilled to support the Colavita-SutterHome Women’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light and plan to honortheir podium appearances next season with special donations to the SutterHome for Hope Foundation.”

The Colavita-Sutter Home squad will be led by veteran Tina Pic, rankednumber one in the NRC standings for a fourth time. Returning with Pic in2007 are teammates Dotsie Bausch, Sarah Tillotson and Iona Wynter-Parks.

New for the 2007 season, the Colavita squad has added young Alex Wrubleski,the current Canadian national road and time trial champion, Candice Blickem,of Aaron’s Corporate Furnishings, Mackenzie Dickey, Andrea Dvorak, StaceySpencer and Alison Powers, of Rio Grande-Sports Garage. The squad willrace against the top U.S. and European teams at UCI events in 2007, includingAustralia’s Geelong Women’s Tour and World Cup and Italy’s Giro d’ItaliaFemminile.

“We are thrilled with the roster we’ve lined up for the upcoming season,”said team director Jim Williams. “We’ve got a well-balanced squad,which will allow us to compete for the overall win in stage races as wellas one-day events. I’m looking forward to working with this great groupof accomplished riders.”

The Colavita-Sutter Home team will also be involved in several majorinitiatives related to women’s health, well-being and safety. As CookingLight executive editor Billy Sims explained, “Through our regular columns,feature stories, and special events, Cooking Light readers will have theopportunity to not only get acquainted with these incredible women butalso find inspiration in their extraordinary accomplishments.”

In addition, the team plans to partner with organizations around thecountry to raise awareness for the importance of wearing bike helmets,particularly among teenage girls. Team members will help advance the SutterHome for Hope Foundation’s goal to find a cure for breast cancer throughoutthe season as well.

The team will kick off the season in February at training camp in NapaValley, California, hosted by Sutter Home Winery. A preliminary race schedulefor 2007 will be released shortly.

Aaron’s Corporate Furnishings finalizes 2007 women’s roster
The Aaron’s Pro Women’s Cycling Team has finalized its roster for 2007,bringing back key riders from 2006 as well as adding seasoned veteransand young up-and-comers to the team.

Returning from last year are 2005 Athens Twilight winner Shannon Hutchison,U.S. national team member Rebecca Larson and Sunny King Criterium runner-upCatherine Powers. Coming from Webcor-Platinum, Felicia Gomez brings stagerace experience to the Aaron’s team and Katharine Carroll from VictoryBrewing adds another all-around powerhouse. West Palm Beach native KristinSanders, former Lipton sprinter Sarah Caravella and USA Cycling developmentrider Carmen Small round out the roster.

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“With this exciting blend of experience and young talent we are veryexcited about the potential of this team,” said Don Lange, vice presidentof Aaron’s Corporate Furnishings.” We are eagerly anticipating the 2007season."

For more information on the team’s sponsors please visit www.aaronscyclingteam.com.

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2007 Aaron’s Pro Women’s Cycling Team Roster:Sarah CaravellaKatharine CarrollFelicia GomezShannon HutchisonRebecca LarsonCatherine PowersKristin SandersCarmen Small

ConexTrain and travelgirl magazine elite women’s cycling teams combine
The Austin’s Team ConexTrain and Atlanta-based travelgirl magazinewomen’s professional cycling teams recently consolidated, forming a top-tierNRC squad for 2007.

The new team, HealthCoach-travelgirl Cycling, will be managed out ofAustin by AG Cycling (www.agcycling.com), which ran Team ConexTrain in2006. The former squads bring together champion criterium riders and timetrialists, two disciplines that will make up the 2007 team’s focus. ConexTrainleader Jen McRae and teammate Allyson Brandt will join forces with travelgirl’sKim Sawyer, Leigh Valletti, Tiffany Ballew, and Kim Foland.

HealthCoach (www.healthcoach.net) gears up as the new title sponsorof the property for the next three years, with travelgirl (www.travelgirlinc.com)gathered in as presenting sponsor. HealthCoach and ConexTrain are sistersunder the same parent company, and as such ConexTrain will stay on-board,too.

“I am very excited about the prospects for 2007 and the opportunityto bring the travelgirl squad into our camp,” said Tim Pletcher, executivedirector of AG Cycling. “We’ve put together a group of athletes who willstrengthen our national presence, particularly at criterium and time trialevents. Having travelgirl magazine on board also brings considerably moremarketability for women’s pro cycling and this top-tier squad of athlete-rolemodels.”

Sawyer, who was also the travelgirl team manager, was also pleased.“I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. The AG Cycling folks have greatdepth of experience, access to top-tier resources and most importantlystrive for a team culture we find very attractive. In looking for a partnerfor 2007, we were concerned about finding the right fit and were fortunatethrough a series of coincidences to connect with the riders and managersat Team ConexTrain.”

The new HeathCoach-travelgirl magazine team will debut in October atthe AMLI Downtown Criterium, taking place in Austin. Additional sponsorshipsand a race and events calendar will be announced in the coming months.

Now Racing: The Velo Bella-Kona elite women’s cyclo-cross team
Last but certainly not least, the Velo Bella-Kona women (www.velobella.org)are back for another year of flinging dirt and spreading mayhem acrossthe cyclo-cross circuit. And for the 2006-07 ’cross season, they’ve gonebi -coastal. For the third year in a row, the nation’s largest all femalecyclo-cross team will spread the Bella vibe around the Crank Brothers U.S.Gran Prix of Cyclocross, the national cyclo-cross championships, and atover 60 regional races across the U.S.

“Velo Bella is dedicated to providing a place for women to ride theirbikes, race their bikes, and above all, get muddy in a skinsuit,” saidteam co-founder Sabine Dukes. “With continued membership growth acrossthe U.S., we felt it necessary to create a bi-coastal cyclo-cross teamto mentor and inspire our members wherever they are. That, and there justisn’t enough mud here in California.”

The 2006 elite Velo Bella-Kona Cyclocross Team will consist of 10 ridersfrom around the United States. From California are Sarah Kerlin, the 2004national masters 30-34 cyclo-cross champion and was a 2004 national teammember; Barb Howe, winner of numerous UCI races in the U.S. and a nationalteam member in 2004 and 2005; and Ann Fitzsimmons, who rose through theVelo Bella ranks as a beginner a few years ago to place 12th at the 2005national cyclo-cross championship.

Team veterans Erin Kassoy (Palo Alto, California), Shannon Holden (Spokane,Washington) and developmental racer Marian Jamison (Reno, Nevada) completethe squad.

The mud squad is led by Anna Milkowski and Melanie Swartz. Milkowski,of New Haven, Connecticut, has placed highly at UCI road and cyclo-crossraces, including taking 11th at the 2005 national cyclo-cross championship.Swartz, who hails from Reston, Virgina, is a rising star in the Mid-Atlanticregion and ranked 6th in the U.S. for UCI cyclo-cross points in during2005. Veteran Bella Jennifer Tilley (Lawrence, Kansas), Dee Dee Winfield(Charlottesville, VA) and 2004 national junior 15-18 champion StephanieWhite, from Bedford, NH, complete the eastern squad.

The team will be riding in style with custom painted cyclo-cross framesfrom Kona Bicycles, featuring Easton stems, seatposts, bars, forks andwheels, as well as SRAM Force drive trains, Avid brakes, Chris King headsetsand Selle San Marco saddles.

Velo Bella-Kona is a non-profit, grassroots, multi-discipline cyclingteam based out of Watsonville, California. Velo Bella’s contagious spiritand unique approach to women’s competitive cycling have created a followingacross the United States and around the world. The Bellas encourage womento cycle, no matter what their level. The distinctive Velo Bellakit can be found on recreational riders, elite level racers, and all thosein between.