Lehigh Valley Velodrome

The Lehigh Valley Velodrome is one of the premier tracks in the country and has produced many of the junior and elite riders that have represented PA and the USA in national and world competitions. Since 2001 the Spring Track Carnival has been a fixture on the race calendar in PA and for many of the faithful at T-Town has ushered in the start of the track racing season and the first opportunity for racers of all levels to test their metal against the competition. For us older guys and gals Masters Track Nationals is on our home turf in August and that is reason enough to fill up those tires and lube that chain to get ready to race!

Meredith Group – GPOA is proud to promote the 2007 edition which is only 25 days (Saturday April 14^th) away! So dust off that track bike and get ready for some fun in the sun (hopefully) at the concrete crater. There will be 3 events for Cat 2/3, 4, 5, Masters 30+, Women, and Juniors (10-14) plus an A & B Feature.

I am in the process of getting the paperwork into USAC and as soon as that is accomplished on line registration will be available on BikeReg.com. Entry fees are $15 for elite and masters, and $10 for juniors with $5 for an additional category of racing for those looking to get in a very full day of racing.

If you can distribute this email to your racing contemporaries I’d appreciate it. If you have any merchandise you’d like to donate for our junior awards let me know as well. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. See you on April 14^th at T-Town!

David H. Mitchell

Meredith Group-GPOA

President - Pennsylvania Cycling Association

215-682-3383

Rite Aid Pro Cycling

Acrista Imports, LLC/Sportsbalm is proud to be the official body & muscle care supplier of
Rite Aid Pro Cycling Team! The new team roster this year will be exciting to follow.

The Rite Aid Pro Cycling team has strengthened it's team for 2007, signing Alejandro Barrajo, a rider from the Miche team, who garnered seven top ten finishes in the 2004 Giro d' Italia, including a third place to Alessandro Petacchi in stage 6, and also took second place to Eric Zabel in the 2005 Rund um den Henniger Turm. The Argentinian's most recent result was a
win in the 2006 South American Road Championship this past November.

New signings
- Sebastian Alexander (Colavita)
- Ian Ayers (Colavita)
- Jake Rytlewski (Priority Health)
- Mike Norton (NERAC/Outdoorlights.com)
- Bill Elliston (Target Training)
- Stephan Kincaid (Meredith Group)
- Clayton Barrows

Returning
- Brad Viera
- Ryan DeWald
- Josh Taylor

Daily Peloton has a great write up on the riders and where the team is heading!

Schick/Targetraining in El Salvador

During the past 4 days, Schick and TargeTraining have made an impact on women's international cycling by placing a rider in the top 10 of every days race. With the likes of top Italian and South American national teams, the women are showing that they are in there for the fight. Talking to Assistant director Jorge Romero, the women are riding well and he hopes for a podium coming into the second half of the race. Romero stated that Anna Milkowski is riding very well tying for 7th with Jeanie Longo in the time trial. Kathleen Billington, known as Ms. Consistency has moved up into the top 8 of the GC with the hardest stages to come. Seen by Romero as a champion of the future, he was surprised with how Billington rode the first day finishing 10th and recovering from the 24 hour Flu the night before. Also noted as a possible star coming out of the race could be the Japanese National team's Hiroko Shimada, who is climbing with the Colombians and Russians every day competing for the QOM Jersey. We see this race as a great test of their early season fitness and it will get them ready for the important races of the season starting in April with the Richmond's new US. Open. Stay tuned!

Sincerely,
Greg Wolf Director Targetraining Women's Team

Vuelta El Salvador

Sponsored by Schick Razors, TARGETRAINING's Professional Women's Cycling Team will send Kathleen Billington, Megan Elliott, Hiroko Shimada, Anna Milkowski, Andrea Myers and Mandy Lozano to El Salvador to race in the UCI C-1.2 Grand Prix de Santa Ana and UCI-C2.2 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador. Schick will act as the co-title sponsor of the team during this eight day international-level stage race and World Cup, with TARGETRAINING Team members wearing a special Schick racing kit. Rick Spear, Chief Executive of TARGETRAINING, stated: "TARGETRAINING is honored to work with Schick, one of the premier consumer product companies of the world. Schick will give our program an edge for the rest of the year through its generous sponsorship of our trip to El Salvador. The women on the team are devoted Schick users -- Schick's razors are excellent. Schick is a world class organization with which we hope to team up again in the near future." A spokesperson for Schick-Wilkinson Sword, stated "We are excited to work with a premier women's racing program such as TARGETRAINING. Both shaving and professional cycling require an attention to performance and TARGETRAINING has shown it knows how to build excellent teams and give to the sport. We look forward to this race as our inaugural effort in women's professional cycling and could not have found a better partner than TARGETRAINING, who like Schick, is a company dedicated to helping its clientele achieve their optimal performance." These two Connecticut based companies look forward to this as the first in what may be a series of joint efforts in co-promoting their products in the sponsorship of health oriented activities. Schick is also the official razor sponsor for the TARGETRAINING Professional Women's team for the 2007 season.

TargetTraining Again!

As reported by TargetTraining Director Greg Wolf...

Today marked the third day of training camp for the TARGETRAINING Women's Cycling Team and the first Win racing together at the Ronde de Bethel in Connecticut. The team took an impressive sweep of the top three places and showed it's on the right track towards a successful season. With the Targetraining women racing very aggressively from the start, it made for some very interesting racing. They will be racing together next Sunday before leaving for the UCI's Vuelta El Salvador, and Semi World Cup stage race in El Salvador.

Thanks for the update, Greg.