MORE RACE VICTORIES FOR HIGH ROAD!

A GREAT TIME TO RIDE GIANT!!

GREIPEL AND CAVENDISH GO 1-2 IN ITALY!
CIOLEK WINS STAGE IN GERMANY!
ARNDT AND TEUTENBERG WIN 3 STAGES IN FRANCE!!

(May 28, 2008) Riding the prototype Giant TCR Advanced SL bicycle, Team High Road has claimed two big victories today winning both Stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia and the first stage of Bayern Rundfahrt with both races displaying excellent teamwork from all the riders.

“It’s really impressive,” says Team Director Rolf Aldag. “In both races the guys really worked well together to take these wins. They really showed that that there is a good spirit within the team.

At the Giro, the team went into full swing for the sprint lead out and had the whole team at the front for the final. Wiggins took the second last pull which split the bunch and Greipel took over to lead out Cavendish. But Cavendish could see that none of the other sprinters could come around so he let Greipel take the victory and settled for second place. Cavendish has already won 2 stages of this year’s Giro d’Italia.

“Mark has been very excited about the work Andre did for him in stage 13 and wanted to pay him back for that,” explained Aldag. “In the end they got first and second. You can’t do better than that.”

High Road still has its full team of nine riders at the Giro, all of whom plan to make it through to Milan. “I talked to the sprinters yesterday and explained that they could go home after today if they chose,” said Aldag, “but they all agreed that they want to stay and fight until the end. They are all really there for each other.”

In Bayern Rundfahrt 5-day race in Germany, another of High Road’s young sprinters won the first stage in style. Gerald Ciolek won the 175-km first stage, outsprinting Gerolsteiner’s Fabian Wegmann and CSC’s Karsten Kroon.

“It’s the hardest stage of the race,” said Aldag. “It has two climbs of 8km towards the end and a really hard final with a 500m uphill sprint. “The team controlled the race all day and brought back the breakaway for Ciolek to sprint. He felt really good all day and started his sprint with 300m to go. Nobody could come around him.”

For the High Road women’s team, both Judith Arndt and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg had terrific results at the just-completed Tour de l’Aude in France. Arndt achieved early success in the event, taking the yellow jersey on stage 4 after a strong performance by the team in the Team Time Trial event. Arndt also finished the Tour with a stage win on the final stage, second place in the overall G.C., and the lead in the Mountains classification.

Sprinter Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won two stages of Tour de l’Aude, winning the first after a 65km two-person break away and the second in a bunch sprint. Teutenberg has now won 15 stages of Tour de l’Aude in her career, a record equalled only by Team High Road coach and director Petra Rossner.

Team High Road has the most victories so far this season of any team in the pro peloton.

For more information about the team, visit www.highroadsports.com