A strong team from Spain that included big favorites such as Oscar Friere, Carlos Sastre, Alejandro Valverde, and Alberto Contador came in as a heavy weight team. Missing from that list was Samuel Sanchez, who was overlooked by the world and takes gold!

Provisional Results
1. Samuel Sanchez (Spain)
2.Davide Rebellin (Italy)
3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
4. Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia)
5. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
6. Michael Rogers (Australia)

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Team Type 1’s Moises Aldape and Glen Chadwick may be representing different countries at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but they are taking the same approach when it comes to their preparation.

Both first-time Olympians on the first-year professional squad that has a mission to raise awareness for Type 1 diabetes trained at high altitude: Aldape in his homeland of Mexico and New Zealand’s Chadwick in the mountains of Colorado.

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New Zealand — From hospital bed to Beijing.

That’s the story of the season for Team Type 1’s Glen Chadwick, who will represent New Zealand next month at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The accomplishment is remarkable considering the 31-year-old was hospitalized for several weeks in February after doctors discovered he had the Epstein-Barr virus in his spine. The virus causes mononucleosis and Chadwick apparently had been showing effects of the disease since last December without knowing it.

Chadwick becomes the second bicycle racer from Team Type 1 to earn a trip to the Olympics. Moises Aldape learned last month that he will represent Mexico.

“It sure does feel awesome to become an Olympian,” Chadwick said. “I have represented New Zealand at the world championships before, but this is a sportman’s dream. It comes once every four years, so there are fewer chances to go.”

Joining Chadwick on the Kiwi road team will be Tim Gudsell (Française des Jeux) and Julian Dean (Garmin-Chipotle presented by H30). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Dean finished 15th. New Zealand’s best finish in the Olympic road race is fourth place by Bruce Biddle in Munich in 1972.

Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said Chadwick will work unselfishly for Dean, much like he has this season – and under Beamon’s previous squad, Navigators Insurance.

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Colorado Springs, Colo. — USA Cycling announced today 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, including all 16 men’s athletes across the disciplines of road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and bicycle motocross (BMX). Additionally, USA Cycling formally announced five automatic women’s nominees across the four Olympic disciplines of cycling.

Of the 21 athletes named on Tuesday, 12 earned automatic nominations under USA Cycling’s Olympic selection procedures, while nine additional athletes were nominated to the Olympic Team by a nine-person selection committee according to USA Cycling’s Principles of Discretion.

ROAD CYCLING
In the discipline of road cycling, a total of five men were nominated to the Olympic Team, while one automatic nomination to the women’s squad was announced.

On the men’s side, only one athlete earned an automatic nomination, while USA Cycling made four discretionary picks.

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Moises Aldape of Team Type 1 will represent Mexico
at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Aldape, 26, said the achievement caps an important goal. He will be his country’s sole representative in road cycling.

“The Olympics happen only once every four years, so it is extra special,” he said. “I am also very happy to have this opportunity to reward my new Team Type 1 squad. I think it is a great accomplishment for a first-year team to place a rider in the Olympics.”

Aldape recently finished third on one stage and third overall at the Tour de Beauce stage race in Canada while winning the sprint competition. He was seventh at the Commerce Bank International Cycling Classic in Philadelphia June 8 and his eighth place in April at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T helped Team Type 1 finish third in the team competition.

Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said Aldape’s selection presents a tremendous opportunity to help the squad spread its message to a large audience. Team Type 1 was created in 2004 by two riders with Type 1 diabetes – Phil Southerland and Joe Eldridge – to inspire people living with diabetes to take a proactive approach to managing their health and overcoming the obstacles often associated with the condition.

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