Atlanta — With the Amgen Tour of California just over the horizon, the Team Type 1 Pro Men headed to
Mexico for the Vuelta Mexico Telmex brought home the team general classification victory, a stage win and
three top five finishes.

Team director Vassili Davidenko was optimistic about the chances for Team Type 1 ahead of the Vuelta
Mexico Telmex. “After three stages wins and podium places at the Tour of Morocco, I knew we were going
to do well. I was confident in the guys. I think we have a great team and as a result, we have five UCI wins
so far.”

In Stage One of the Vuelta Mexico, Aldo Ino Ilesic gave the team his trademark sprint in the final kilometers
to take the win, the Overall jersey and Sprinter’s jersey. Stage Two brought further success for the team, as
Valeriy Kobzarenko moved to fourth on the overall classification. The hilly Stage Four gave Davide Frattini a
chance to show off strong early season legs and sprint his way to third place on the day while Kobzarenko
pushed himself into third in the overall classification. Stage Five saw Javier Megias finish the day in fifth,
while Stewart placed tenth. In Stage Six, Chris Jones moved himself up the overall classification with a
seventh place finish which put him in tenth place in the overall classification. By Stage Eight, Ilesic finished
third and placed Team Type 1 as the winner of the team classification.

As Team Type 1′s Pro Men were wrapping up the Vuelta Mexico, back in the U.S. the team was proving to
be a presence at the USA Crits Speed Week, starting with Athens Twilight and the Roswell Criterium.
Saturday’s Terrapin Twilight Criterium in Athens, Georgia, got Speed Week started on a high note for Team
Type 1 with fourth, seventh and tenth place victories. Nearly midway through the 80-kilometer race, Ken
Hanson sensed that the strongest riders in the race were on the move, and Hanson accelerated to join a
six-man breakaway that would end up deciding the race. Hanson and his five breakaway companions
settled in for their forty-kilometer battle against the field. Hanson managed to sprint home to fourth out of
the lead group.

Behind, Shmidt and Holt had the advantage of not having to contribute to the chasing efforts, and could sit
in the field until the final sprint to the line. Thanks to their perfect teamwork, both were fresh for the charge
to the line, and Shmidt, an ace on the track, charged out of the pack to win the field sprint, good enough
for seventh place. Holt crossed the line shortly after to take home tenth place.

Sunday’s Historic Roswell Criterium saw Team Type 1 make sure Hanson was in position to lead Hanson
to victory. Managing the race with stealth, Team Type 1 set up Hanson in the final kilometer to push around
the left of UnitedHealthcare’s Karl Menzies and Andrew Pinfold, and Fly V Australia’s Aaron Kemps in a
mad dash to the finish.

Team Type 1 will now turn their attention squarely to the American stage-racing calendar. The Sram Tour of
the Gila kicks things off this weekend, followed by the Joe Martin Stage Race on May 6. After that, all eyes
turn to the Amgen Tour of California, which will start on May 16. “We should be ready,” said Davidenko.
“We are all looking forward to California, we should have an all around team and I believe we will be very
competitive.”

Meanwhile, Team Type 1 Founder and CEO, Phil Southerland, travels to Italy this week to meet with
organizers of the Giro d’Italia. Southerland’s goal is to leverage the 101-year-old grand tour as a platform
for raising awareness about diabetes and promoting the role a bicycle can play in a healthy lifestyle.

About Team Type 1
Team Type 1 was founded in 2004 by Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge. The two cyclists who had Type 1
diabetes formed an eight-rider team of athletes with Type 1 diabetes and competed in the Race Across
America (RAAM) in 2006 and 2007. After winning the transcontinental, non-stop race two consecutive
years, they expanded the program to include a men’s professional team. More information on Team Type 1
can be found on the team’s website at www.teamtype1.org