ACE PURE SPORT TEAMS’ SLIPSTREAM AND TEAM HIGH ROAD RECEIVE TOUR BIDS
ACE PURE SPORT TEAMS’ SLIPSTREAM AND TEAM HIGH ROAD RECEIVE TOUR BIDS
BMC RECEIVES BID TO TOUR OF GEORGIA
Los Angeles, March 25, 2008:
The Agency for Cycling Ethics, Inc., (“ACE”), a subsidiary of The Agency for Sports Ethics, LLC, (“ASE”), applauds the PURE SPORT Program participating teams’, Team High Road and Slipstream-Chipotle, invitations to the 2008 Tour de France. In addition, BMC will join Team High Road and Slipstream-Chipotle in April at the starting line in the Tour of Georgia.
“The ASO/Tour de France and Tour of Georgia roster announcements are fantastic achievements for the teams in our various programs!” Paul Strauss, CEO of ACE exclaimed upon reading the team selections. “The great results of these teams during the Tour of California and other early season races show that riders can race clean, get podium finishes and be invited to participate in two of the biggest races in our sport. We could not be happier for the riders, team management and their sponsors.”
Slipstream and High Road participate in the ACE PURE SPORT Program by voluntarily submitting to approximately 750 blood and urine collections per team per year, the most vigorous anti-doping program in professional cycling. BMC, participating in the ACE Blood Passport Program, undertakes approximately 240 blood tests per team per year.
About The Agency for Sports Ethics, LLC
The Agency for Sports Ethics, LLC is committed to the highest ethical standards in all sports. ASE’s goal is to provide the tools and programs necessary to ensure sponsors, teams, athletes and the public that those participants in the ASE family of programs compete drug-free and embody ethical competition on a level playing field. ASE intends to use the latest technologies, employ the most up-to-date proven methodologies and work with the foremost scientific experts in anti-doping in conjunction with sports’ governing bodies to ensure athletes compete Pure.
About The Agency for Cycling Ethics, Inc.
The Agency for Cycling Ethics is committed to the highest ethical standards in the professional sport of cycling. ACE believes in creating a cycling environment free of performance enhancing drugs by providing teams with the independent resources necessary to achieve this goal.
ACE’s global mission is to create a conscious environment in which athletes are responsible and accountable for their physical well-being while strictly adhering to the ethical standards of the sport.
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