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15
July 2008
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Cyclist
Village has got you covered at the Tour de
France
As
the peloton catches its breath on the first rest day of the 95th Tour
de France, Cyclist Village
(www.cyclistvillage.com) remains on the scene with Team Columbia and all the athletes
animating the race to bring you behind the scenes interviews with riders, team
directors and cycling legends. With
ten thrilling stages already in the book, the new social-networking platform for
cyclists continues to add informative insider interview clips daily to Cyclist Village TV.
Cyclist
Village was the first American camera
crew to interview stage 4 time trial winner Stefan Schumacher, who stormed to a
surprise victory to claim the leader’s yellow jersey. For this year’s Tour, Cyclist Village is partnered with Team
Columbia, the American squad owned and operated by High Road Sports, Inc., to provide a
unique behind the scenes view into the three-week stage race that commenced July
5th in Brest and concludes July 27th in Paris after 21
stages and 2,212 miles/3,560 kilometers.
The partnership has turned out to be quite fortuitous for Cyclist Village as Team Columbia
dominated the first week of the grandest tour of them all by winning two stages
along with holding the lead in the general classification, sprint points and
best young rider competitions.
In
addition to interviewing the Team Columbia riders and staff, including yellow
jersey wearer Kim Kirchen, team
captain George Hincapie, two-time
stage winner Mark Cavendish, former
best young rider jersey holder Thomas
Lovkvist, team directors Rolf Aldag
and Brian Holm, and team owner
Bob Stapleton, Cyclist Village has posted interviews on
the site with bold-faced names such as Christian Vande Velde, Alejandro Valverde,
Carlos Sastre, Oscar Freire, Frank & Andy Schleck, Oscar Pereiro, Thor
Hushovd, Fabian Cancellara, Jens Voigt, Stuart O’Grady, Robbie McEwen, Yaroslav
Popovych, Johan Van Summeren, Fabian Wegmann, David Millar, Will Frishkorn,
Trent Lowe and Danny Pate. They’ve also posted clips of interviews
with team directors Jonathan
Vaughters (Garmin-Chipotle), Erik
Dekker (Rabobank) and Heinrich
Holczer (Gerolsteiner), and retired racing legend Johan Museeuw.
Launched last month, Cyclist Village is a social-networking
platform that connects all things cycling on a global scale. It is an alluring multidimensional site
that attracts an array of cyclists, including road, track, mountain, fixed gear
and BMX riders. Cyclist Village is a comprehensive tool
that houses individual and group socializing, email, an event calendar, forums,
classified listings, blogs, contests, files, photos and a video vault. The video vault consists of
user-generated content and the best video clips gleaned from the web along with
premium original packages professionally produced under the Cyclist Village TV banner. The menu offers highlights from major
races, rider interviews, product reviews, and behind the scenes segments hosted
by Tour de France veteran Frankie
Andreu and former World Champion Mari Holden. The site also showcases exclusive
content from Garmin-Chipotle team captain Vande Velde and other notable
professional cyclists such as Katharine
Carroll of Aaron’s Pro Cycling Team.
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Contact: Rick Scott 310.306.0375
Cyclist
Village follows the high road through
France
Social-networking platform to document Team
With all eyes focused on
France this month for one of the greatest annual events in all of sports, new
social-networking platform Cyclist Village (www.cyclistvillage.com)
will take cycling fans behind the scenes to get a unique view into the
three-week road show known as the Tour de France when they accompany Team Columbia, the American squad owned and
operated by High Road Sports, Inc., formerly known as Team High Road and now sponsored by the
Columbia Sportswear Company.
Coverage of the endurance spectacle will begin airing on the Cyclist Village site Saturday, July 5
when the 21-stage, 2,212-mile/3,560-km bicycle race gets underway in Brest and
finishes July 27 in Paris on the Champs-Elysees. The
Cyclist
Village co-founder Jim Fryer, said, "We are thrilled to be
partnering with Team Columbia to give viewers - both die-hard cycling
enthusiasts and those who only tune into the sport in July - a comprehensive
look backstage at arguably the toughest and most prestigious event in all of
sports. Our crew will take you into
the Team Columbia camp to tell the intriguing stories behind the riders,
directors, mechanics, soigneurs and staff.
We'll document how the athletes and organization prepare, race, recover
and travel throughout the entire race."
"Our daily video clips will
chronicle from start to finish the captivating journey of Team
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to the new social
network
Unique platform also an all-access pass for behind the
scenes video content
After it went live last
month, cycling enthusiasts are flocking to
The home page of
“We’re proud to be working
with both cyclists and the cycling industry to create the most comprehensive and
inclusive social network built by and for cyclists of all levels and interests,”
said Jim Fryer, co-founder of
From now through the end of
the Tour de France (July 27), everyone who becomes a member of Cyclist Village will automatically be
entered into the contest to win a Ridley
Excalibur bicycle along with a Cyclist Village kit made by Capoforma.
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