Journal of professional cyclists Ian MacGregor and Timmy Duggan

Team Type 1 brings diabetes healthcare message to professional cycling

Atlanta (December 20, 2007) – Two-time winners of the Race Across America
(RAAM), Team Type 1 will join the ranks of professional cycling in 2008, bringing
with them the inspirational message that athletes with diabetes can compete and
win at the highest levels of sport with good control of their diabetes.

“Our goal is to inspire people with diabetes around the world to take control
of their health through diet, exercise and proper health care,” said team
co-founder Phil Southerland who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at seven months
old. “As a professional team, racing against the world’s best cyclists,
we’ll be able to deliver that message to a much wider audience.”

Of the team’s 13 elite cyclists with diabetes, four will be part of Team
Type 1’s professional roster, licensed as a UCI Continental Team, while
10 will compete as an amateur development team in RAAM and other events. 11 non-diabetic
riders will join the pro team.

To make the transition, Southerland and co-founder Joe Eldridge, who launched
the team in 2004, have collaborated with veteran cycling team managers Tom Schuler
and Ed Beamon, who between them have presided over more than 30 pro racing seasons.

Leading the pro squad will be Australian Matt Wilson, a veteran of the European
peloton and winner of the 2007 Herald Sun Tour. “This team is no gimmick,” Wilson
said. “These guys are the real deal. What they’re able to do as athletes,
despite diabetes, is remarkable.”

The four riders with diabetes joining the pro team will be Eldridge, Southerland,
New Zealand’s Tim Hargrave and Australian Fabio Calabria.

The remainder of Team Type 1’s pro roster is a balanced group ranging from
veterans Ben Brooks, Glen Chadwick and Valeriy Kobzarenko to young talents like
Ian MacGregor and Jesse Anthony. Sprinter Emile Abraham, climber Moises Aldape
Chavez and all-arounders Dan Holt, Chris Jones and Shawn Milne round out the
squad, which includes riders from six nations.

Team Type 1’s primary sponsor will be sanofi-aventis. Other sponsors include
Abbott Diabetes Care, Insulet Corporation and Can-Am Care, LLC. The team will
ride Orbea bikes with SRAM components and Zipp wheels. Champion System will be
the team’s clothing supplier.

Eldridge, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 10, added, “We
have a strong group of riders, experienced management, great sponsors, and an
important message. Everything is in place for us to have a great year, both on
and off the bike.”

2008 Team Type 1 Professional Team (* indicates riders with Type 1 diabetes):

ABRAHAM, Emile; 34; Trinidad & Tobago
ALDAPE CHAVEZ, Moises; 27; Mexico
ANTHONY, Jesse; 23; USA
BROOKS, Ben; 29; Australia
*CALABRIA, Fabio; 21; Australia
CHADWICK, Glen; 32; New Zealand
*ELDRIDGE, Joe; 26; USA
*HARGRAVE, Tim; 23; New Zealand
HOLT, Dan; 27; USA
JONES, Chris; 29; USA
KOBZARENKO, Valeriy; 31; Ukraine
MACGREGOR, Ian; 25; USA
MILNE, Shawn; 27; USA
*SOUTHERLAND, Phil; 26; USA
WILSON, Matt; 31; Australia