COX COMMUNICATIONS® JOINS THE BREAKAWAY FROM CANCER DANA POINT GRAND PRIX OF CYCLING AS WOMEN’S RACE SPONSOR FOR 2011

	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: COX COMMUNICATIONS® JOINS THE BREAKAWAY FROM CANCER DANA POINT GRAND PRIX OF CYCLING AS WOMEN’S RACE SPONSOR FOR 2011 THE AMGEN BREAKAWAY FROM CANCER 5TH ANNUAL DANA POINT GRAND PRIX OF CYCLING IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COX COMMUNICATIONS AS THE OFFICIAL SPONSOR FOR THIS YEAR’S WOMEN’S RACE EVENT ON SUNDAY MAY 1ST, WITH PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE PACIFIC MESO CENTER AND CANCER CHARITIES. DANA POINT, Calif. and RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif, - Apr 20, 2011 The 2011 Breakaway from Cancer Dana Point Grand Prix and the Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation is proud to announce the partnership of COX Communications for this year’s 2011 women’s race, part of our nationally recognized 5th annual event. COX Communications will support the Breakaway from Cancer Dana Point Grand Prix as the ‘COX Communications Women’s Criterium’ with a prize purse totaling $2000 cash plus primes. The Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation fosters support for women’s cycling in the Southern California region through events such as the COX Communications Women’s Criterium. The 2011 COX Communications Women’s Criterium hopes to further fuel interest into women’s cycling through the Breakaway from Cancer Dana Point Grand Prix by establishing a dedicated event for female cyclists to build upon for the future and generating additional interest into women’s racing throughout Southern California. The hope and future for women’s competitive cycling at the Breakaway from Cancer Dana Point Grand Prix is to once again bring the women’s event to the national stage via NRC participation. Steven Weinberg, Dana Point City Councilman and a Director of the Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation is thrilled to grow the Women’s event. “We’re planning to bring back NRC status to the DPGP Women’s event. Having COX Communications jump start us this year will definitely help with planning for 2012. We’re diligently working to secure sponsorship for women’s racing here at the Breakaway from Cancer Dana Point Grand Prix.” The voice of American bicycle racing, David Towle, will be in the announcer’s booth with DPCCF President, Roger Worthington, giving play by play action of the COX Communications Women’s Criterium. "The DPGP is by far one of the most exciting and spectator friendly races I announce every year and this year’s edition is going to take things to another level with Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer joining in to add a bigger sense of purpose to the day!" said the always motivating Dave Towle. This year, in addition to the 2011 Breakaway from Cancer Dana Point Grand Prix, the Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation is hosting a charity reception to raise money for cancer research and advocacy. Breakaway from Cancer Night will be held at the Dana Point Yacht Club from 6 pm to 8 pm on Saturday, April 30th with food & drink, a silent auction and door prizes. Click here for more info. Also, immediately after the COX Communications Women’s Criterium and immediately prior to the Men’s NRC race, we will take a break in the action with the Breakaway Walk, dedicated towards the fight against cancer. We’ve all been touched by cancer, come and celebrate those who battle cancer as they in turn, celebrate your racing endeavors, participation for family and friends is encouraged, help spread the word, click here for details. New for this year, SRAM will be providing full technical support and assistance for this year’s BfC DPGP, we’re excited to have SRAM on-board for our 2011 event for the first time. For more details on the Dana Point Grand Prix of Cycling, visit www.danapointgrandprix.com. About Dana Point Grand Prix of Cycling USA Cycling, www.usacycling.org, the governing body of professional and amateur competitive cycling in the U.S., created the National Racing Calendar (NRC) in 1997 as a series of the top 30 races throughout North America in prestigious cities as Washington DC, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Dana Point to recognize top pro-level talent in America. The Dana Point Grand Prix of Cycling is organized by the Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) Non-profit corporation with a mission of community cycling advocacy and growth. All proceeds will be donated to charity, in prior years, a portion of the proceeds from the race have been donated to the Dana Point Boys & Girls Club and the 5th Marine Regiment Support Group. Contact us at www.danapointgrandprix.com, or visit us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/DanaPointGrandPrix, also, Tweet us @ www.twitter.com/DPGP. CONTACT Russ Ames Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation, Inc. PO Box 460 Dana Point, CA 92629 619-504-9977 russ@danapointgrandprix.com

Joy's Experience At Redlands Classic 2011!

Joy's Blog on her experience racing with us at Redlands!!! What a pleasure to have her on the team!

Women Racing bikes

Who knew starting up your own elite team in Southern California would have been as easy as it was in the winter of 2009.  Well, our roster certainly helped things with super star riders like Pam Schuster and Dotsie Bausch! 

Thanks to the support of Incycle, Cannondale, Champion Systems and Smith...we looked great! Sponsorship from a handful of individuals and our title sponsor for 2010, Time To Track ensured a full season of racing for us! 

Our Buddy Jason, with Barlow Design, got our website up super fast so we could get the word out!

Now to see how to improve things for 2011!! Many of our 2010 sponsors have already committed to next season! Awesome! With tough economic times still out there, hopefully we pull enough resources together to keep us racing the so cal calendar and some key NRC races too!