February 22, 2005 – The Northern California/Nevada Cycling Association (NCNCA) has announced the events and sponsors for the inaugural NCNCA Premier Series. The NCNCA Premier Series includes five of the oldest and most prestigious races in Northern California: the Testarossa Vineyards Cat’s Hill Criterium in Los Gatos on May 7, the Nevada City Classic on June 19, the Fidelity Investments Burlingame Criterium on June 26, the 4th of July Criterium in Davis, California, and the Giro di San Francisco on September 5. The NCNCA anticipates that the series will attract a total of over 3,000 entrants, 20,000 spectators, and pro racers including the Webcor Builders and McGuire-Langdale squads, the Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada team of defending Cat’s Hill champion Ben Jacques-Maynes, and defending Giro di San Francisco winner Eric Wohlberg of Symmetrics Cycling.

Supporting the NCNCA and the development of the NCNCA Premier Series are
Bay Area realtor Dave Keefe
<<http://www.davekeefe.com> Maxxis Bicycle Tires
http://www.maxxis.com>, KINeSYS Performance
Sunscreen http://www.kinesys.com>, retailer Palo
Alto Bicycles
http://www.paloaltobicycles.com>, and
Clif Bar http://www.clifbar.com>.

The NCNCA has designed the series to provide each event with centralized
promotion from the NCNCA at no charge, while the sponsors can access all
five events and other benefits through a single sponsorship with the NCNCA
itself.

Additionally, the structure and promotion of the NCNCA Premier Series will
not require the events or the NCNCA to increase race entry or membership
fees.