MILES WATSON

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Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell Enjoys Successful Tune-Up at Kirkwood Road Race

4 April 2008
Wayne, Pennsylvania - Rite Aid Pro Cycling presented by Shebell & Shebell marked the end of their 2008 training camp with an impressive performance at the Kirkwood Road Race, a 57 mile circuit race just outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The rolling 7 mile circuit of was made tougher by strong winds and a substantial wind chill, which added extra challenge for the 90 rider field. The pace was high from the starting gun and a break of 5 riders immediately opened a gap of 30 seconds on the field,led by three Rite Aid riders, Jake Rytlewski, Clayton Barrows and the newest addition to the squad, Miles Watson from New Zealand. Strong riding by Stephan Kincaid, Jonathan Erdelyi, Robbie King and another new rider for the squad, Richard Geng from Germany, controlled the field allowing the gap to reach nearly 3 minutes. Rite Aid covered any attempts to bridge ensuring that the break would stay clear to the finish.

With two laps to go, Miles Watson attacked the lead group quickly opening a gap of nearly a minute. Rytlewski and Barrows marked the two riders with them and Watson time trialed the last 10 miles solo into a stiff head wind to take the victory, his first on US soil. Rytlewski eased in for third with Barrows 5th and Jonathan Erdelyi taking 6th.

"It was great to see the boys perform so well today," said Jamie Davis, Managing Director. "It's been a long week of training and they were ready to test their form and team chemistry under racing conditions. They executed our race plan perfectly today and it's nice to start the year with some good results."

The team will be traveling to Maryland, New York, New Jersey, then back to Pennsylvania in the next three weeks for some hard racing before heading south to South Carolina for Speed Week.

Thanks for reading, this was an a piece from the Rite Aid Team Website http://www.riteaidprocycling.com/

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