With fall approaching, the end of a long racing season draws near.  Over the Last few weeks Team Slipstream-Chipotle has continued to build momentum for 2008.  Will Frischkorn dominated the field and won the Univest Grand Prix with Timmy Duggan finishing 4th. Traveling to Missouri the next day, the squad gave another glimpse of things to come in 2008. 2nd and 5th on GC, the best overall team award, and a stage 5 win are clear signals that Slipstream-Chipotle is moving upward and onward for 2008.  Further updates and news can be found on the team website so check back often to keep up with Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle.

Tour of MissouriWill Frischkorn, Meatball Friedman finish 2nd and 5th on GC.

Team Slipstream-Chipotle dominated the Tour of Missouri winning the overall team classification, taking 2nd and 5th on G.C., culminating with Danny Pate winning stage 5 in dramatic fashion after attacking the break of the day.

As is typical in late season racing, the overall classification is often decided by a breakaway with the right mix of riders going for the overall win, stage 2 at the Tour of Missouri proved no different.  Gaining over 10 minutes on the rest of the bunch, the breakaway of 12 worked well together and left the stage win for constant attacking in the last 10k.  Ultimately, George Hincapie proved the strongest rider, covering numerous attacks and taking final sprint.

Stage 2 set things up for the decisive Stage 3 individual time trial, ultimately won by Levi Leipheimer.  The GC however was left to the 12 riders in the stage 2 breakaway, Frischkorn took advantage and rode into 2nd overall on GC with a strong 12th place finish.

The team continued to race aggressively all week in Missouri, highlighted when Danny Pate gracefully departed from the stage 5 breakway to give the argyle solute in St. Charles, MO.  When all was said and done, Slipstream-Chipotle dominated the 2007 Tour of Missouri with an eye on 2008.

Slipstream Continues Mission to Promote Ethical Sporting and Invites Fans To "Get In The Slipstream" with a Contest to Design the Official 2008 Team Jersey
 
Boulder, CO - August 31, 2006 - Slipstream Sports LLC and its chief venture, the Slipstream/Chipotle Professional Cycling Team, is poised for a big year. The powerhouse, dedicated to promoting ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today unveiled it's highly-anticipated 2008 team roster, announced that it has signed Chipotle Mexican Grill as a co-title sponsor, and plans for a world-wide competition to design the 2008 team jersey.
 
The 2008 Team Slipstream/Chipotle roster is comprised of: David Millar, Christophe Laurent, Julian Dean, David Zabriskie , Christian Vande Velde, Magnus Backstedt, Tyler Farrar, Maartijn Maaskant, Tom Danielson, Dan Martin, Chris Sutton, Trent Lowe, Ryder Hesjedal, Danny Pate, Pat McCarty, Will Frischkorn, Jason Donald, Lucas Euser, Tom Peterson, Mike Friedman, Huub Duyn, Kilian Patour, Timmy Duggan and Steven Cozza.
 
Slipstream Sports, in partnership with the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), created the most aggressive anti-doping program in the professional sports world in 2007. All athletes on the 2008 Slipstream/Chipotle Team will voluntarily participate in this program and will be tested over 1,200 times during 2008. This is more than 20 times the number of tests that most professional cyclists are subject to annually through the sports' governing body, Union Cycliste International.
 
"We are poised for an outstanding year and are excited to have grown our relationship with Chipotle," said Doug Ellis, Slipstream Sports' Chairman and majority owner. "This is hands-down the strongest group of riders we have ever had. We are continuing to compete at higher levels and in 2008, you will see us at bigger races - hopefully the biggest.  But the goal of our team remains the same: to re-establish cycling's credibility, re-gain the trust of fans around the world, and re-kindle the hope of fair sport."
 
Slipstream Sports LLC continues to seek a primary title sponsor for the team.
 
Chipotle Signs on as Presenting Sponsor, Increases Sponsorship Considerably
 
Recognizing Slipstream's commitment to re-establishing integrity into professional cycling, Chipotle considerably increased its two-year-old sponsorship with the team, signing on as presenting sponsor as the team pursues its goal of going to the Tour de France in 2008.
 
About seven years ago, Chipotle launched a vision it calls "Food With Integrity," and started an incremental revolution aimed at finding better alternatives for every ingredients it uses. That commitment has lead the national chain of burrito restaurants to serve more naturally raised meat (meat coming from animals that are raised in a humane way, never given antibiotics or added hormones, and fed a pure vegetarian diet) than any other restaurant in the world."
 
"Better food comes from farms that emphasize care over the use of chemicals. Unfortunately, producing food this way has become the exception rather than the rule," said Chipotle Marketing Director Jim Adams. "We've taken bold steps to change that, just like Slipstream has taken bold steps to change the world of professional cycling for the better."
 
 "Get in the Slipstream" Contest Lets Fans Enter for a Chance to Design the Official 2008 Slipstream/Chipotle Jersey
 
For the first time in cycling history, a fan will design a professional team jersey. Slipstream's "Get in the Slipstream" contest will allow fans to submit design ideas for the official 2008 Team Slipstream/Chipotle jersey. The winning design will become the official team jersey, worn by the team in and out of competition for the entire 2008 season. The winner will also receive a full team kit and jersey autographed by the team members.
 
Fans can submit design ideas from August 31 - September 15, 2007 on the Slipstream Sports Web site (www.slipstreamsports.com). Contestants will only need to incorporate orange and blue argyle, as well as logos for Chipotle, Felt and Slipstream Sports. These logos and other relevant information can also be found on www.slipstreamsports.com.
 
A panel of judges, including Doug Ellis and Jonathan Vaughters, will select the top 5 jersey designs on September 21, 2007 and the public will then be invited to vote for the winning jersey.
 
Team Slipstream/Chipotle will compete in a full slate of international races throughout the spring and summer, including the Amgen Tour of California, Tour of Georgia and are poised to compete in Paris-Nice, Criterium International, Philly Week (Lancaster, Reading and Philadelphia), Dauphine Libere, USPRO Criterium, USPRO Road Race, Tour of Missouri, and, hopefully, the Tour de France.