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Two NRC events—The Nalley Historic Roswell Criterium and Sunny King Criterium—announce expanded Men’s & Women’s Pro/1 prize list in 2008

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David George in the 2007 Cape Epic

The Cape Epic field in 2007

The yellow jersey worn by Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) is always protected by at least one teammate

Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) brings a load of water bottles up to his teammates

Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) watches as a small group goes up the road

The NGC Medical team waits patiently to be called to the line

A group of cycleball athletes performed for the crowd at the starting line

Jose Perez Serpa (Serramenti-PVC) a climber by trade takes a sprint victory in Kuala Rompin

Fabio Calabria and his Team Type 1 squad have many fans worldwide

Marco Corsini (NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte) and teammate Enrico Rossi (NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte) take their turn at the front of the break

Peter McDonald (Drapac-Porsche) takes the last intermediate sprint

Chris Meschenmoser (Team Ista) with the KOM competition in hand, continued to work hard in the break

The TV crews were busy filming the break for their nightly televised coverage of each stage

The break made its way through yet another small town enroute to Kuala Rompin

Alexandre Usov (AG2r - La Mondiale) edges Peter McDonald (Drapac-Porsche) in the second intermediate sprint of the day

The feed zone shrouded in lush greenery

The cemeteries in Malaysia are all built into hillsides

There were plenty of majestic palm trees along the way to Kuala Rompin

Koji Fuchushima (Meitan Hompo – GDR) radios back to his Director Sportif as things exploded on the road

A member of the Malaysian National Team leads Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo – GDR) across to the early break

The peloton didn’t seem interested in moving too fast this morning as they lazily made their way out on the roadway at the beginning of stage 6

Nicolas Roche (Credit Agricole), the son of the famous Stephan Roche says a few words to the media prior to stage 6

The Cavalcade made their way out of town an hour before the start

Chicago Hopeless

Minneapolis, Minn., February 13, 2008 – Few teams can claim such a meteoric rise as the Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast pro cycling team. A year ago Jonas Carney was grabbing the reigns of a brand new team with a lot of goals. Fast forward 12 months and he's leading many of those same athletes plus some high performance new additions to the Amgen Tour of California.

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