Congratulations to Team Type 1 for completing the 2010 Amgen Tour of California race. The team faced some hardships throughout the race but persevered to the finish line in hopes to inspire anyone with diabetes to dream big and go for their goals.
Here are some noteworthy mentions by Team Type 1 from the Amgen Tour of California race:
Team Type 1 finished 5th overall out of 12 teams.
Thomas Rabou won the King of the Mountain Jersey, with a total of 77 points!
About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care
Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.
Today is the eighth, and LAST DAY of the VSP Vision Care / Transitions Scavenger Hunt for the Amgen Tour of California. In honor of the final stage, we have multiple opportunities for you to be entered into our drawing for the signed jerseys. Enter one or both of the following to win a signed Team Type 1 or Garmin Transitions jersey! For those who have been following the race online, you can always participate in our scavenger hunt by finding the photos online and sending that to us instead. Here are your last clues:
Photo of the “Finish” line from your vantage point – we want to know how close you got!
Photo of the official Amgen Tour of California 2010 winner (TBD)
Take a photo of one or both of the above mentioned and post it to your facebook and/twitter accounts. Dont forget to send us a message or tag VSP Vision Care so we don’t miss your post. The more you enter, the better chance you have of winning.
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Today is the seventh day (ONE day left!) of the VSP Vision Care / Transitions Scavenger Hunt for the Amgen Tour of California. In honor of all the riders who worked so hard to make it this far, we thought the seventh clue should be about wellness. So instead of taking photos of all the hard working riders, take one of you, your friends and/or family enjoying the outdoors on this beautiful Saturday and share them with us on our Facebook and Twitter channels. Be sure to send us a message or tag VSP Vision Care so we don’t miss your posts.
So for your 7th “clue” – post a photo of your outdoor adventures,and you’ll be entered to win a signed Team Type 1 or Garmin Transitions jersey!
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Today we’re featuring one of the most inspirational riders and the 6th clue of the VSP Vision Care / Transitions Amgen Tour of California Scavenger Hunt. Javier Megias Leal is with Team Type 1 and the only rider throughout the Amgen Tour of California afaced with diabetes. “I have diabetes. I can win. I control myself,” said Javier. “I want to show people, if you have diabetes, you can do anything.” Javier is not only riding for his team, but for all the people that have been told they can’t do something because of diabetes. He is proving to the world that anything is possible with hard work and dedication.
Javier Megias Leal, rider with Team Type 1 at 2010 Amgen Tour of California
Take a photo of Team Type 1 rider Javier Megias Leal, and you’ll be entered to win a signed Team Type 1 or Garmin Transitions jersey! If you’d like to participate but aren’t at the race – find a picture of Javier Megias Leal online (feel free to add a note of encouragement), and send that to us instead. When you find him at the race, tweet your picture or post it to Facebook. (Be sure to send us a message so we don’t miss your Facebook post.)
Follow us on Twitter and become friends with us on Facebook to make sure you don’t miss any of the fun giveaways this week!
About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.
Team Type 1 was recently featured in a segment on Versus, a sports focused television network, during their coverage of the Amgen Tour of California. The segment highlights the team talking about their hopes and dreams and what keeps them going. Team Type 1 hopes their actions inspire others living with diabetes to dream big. Check out Team Type 1′s interview with Versus.
VSP Vision Care is proud to be the exclusive eyewear and eyecare sponsor for Team Type 1.
About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.
Here’s the fifth clue for the VSP Vision Care / Transitions Scavenger Hunt at the Amgen Tour of California.
Team Type 1 rider Aldo Ilesic wearing Nike Shades. Can you find a Team Type 1 rider wearing Nike sunglasses at the Amgen Tour, Stage 5?
VSP Vision Care is the exclusive eyewear and eyecare provider for Team Type 1. Take a photo of a Team Type 1 rider wearing Nike sunglasses, and you’ll be entered to win a signed Team Type 1 or Garmin Transitions jersey! If you’d like to participate but aren’t at the race – find a picture of a Team Type 1 rider wearing Nike sunglasses, and send that to us instead. When you find it, tweet a picture of it or post it to Facebook. (Be sure to send us a message so we don’t miss your Facebook post.)
Follow us on Twitter and become friends with us on Facebook to make sure you don’t miss any of the fun giveaways this week!
About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.
Here’s the fourth clue for the VSP Vision Care / Transitions Scavenger Hunt at the Amgen Tour of California:
Can you find Team Type 1's Davide Frattini at Amgen Tour of California, Stage 4?
Find him, and you’ll be entered to win a signed Team Type 1 or Garmin Transitions jersey! If you’d like to participate but aren’t at the race – find a picture of Davide Frattini online, and send that to us instead. When you find him, tweet a picture of him or post it to Facebook. (Be sure to send us a message so we don’t miss your Facebook post.) Follow us on Twitter and become friends with us on Facebook to make sure you don’t miss any of the fun giveaways this week!
Congratulations to Frattini on a great race yesterday. Frattini picked up the maximum number of points at all but one of stage three’s King of the Mountain sites. This allowed Thomas Rabou to keep the King of the Mountain jersey for Team Type 1.
About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.
Today is the third day of the VSP Vision Care / Transitions Scavenger Hunt for the Amgen Tour of California. Here’s the third clue:
Can you find Team Type 1's Thomas Rabou wearing the King of the Mountain jersey at Amgen Tour of California, Stage 3?
Find this, and you’ll be entered to win a signed Team Type 1 or Garmin Transitions jersey! If you’d like to participate but aren’t at the race – find a picture of Thomas Rabou online, and send that to us instead.
When you find this, tweet a picture of it or post it to Facebook. (Be sure to send us a message so we don’t miss your Facebook post.) Be sure to follow us on Twitter and become friends with us on Facebook to make sure you don’t miss any of the fun giveaways this week!
About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.
Guest post by Kori Seehafer on behalf of Team Type 1′s Professional Women’s Team.
Team Type 1 Professional Women’s team headed to Sacramento on Friday, May 14 to kick-off the opening stage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. This was a unique experience since it’s one of the few races in the U.S. where men and women’s Pro Tour teams meet in one place during the racing season. It’s also a great venue for the men to fine tune their squads before their 2010 Tour de France debut.
Kori Seehafer, Morgan Patton and Jackie Crowell, Team Type 1
We arrived Friday evening and stayed at the historic Citizen Hotel located just a few blocks from Stage 1′s finish line. On Saturday, we trained on the American River Bike Trail. Most of the Pro Tour teams were training in the same area, so we were able to ride with Tom Boonen’s Quick Step Team for the first hour of training. Jackie Crowell managed to have the unique opportunity of shaking Tom Boonen’s hand and was ecstatic about it. We saw a multitude of other teams such as: Lance Armstrong and his Radio Shack team, Mark Cavendish and the HTC squad, Garmin-Transitions, Bissell, and even Team Type 1′s very own Aldo Ilesic. It was the first time we’ve been on a one-to-one basis with so many Pro Tour teams, and it was a memorable experience for us.
On Sunday, we helped kick off the inaugural Amgen Tour of California by racing a 1 hour criterion event around the State Capitol. The race was a fast, 2k rectangular course and proved difficult for individuals to escape the bunch. With 2 laps to go, the field was all together and we were making our way to the front, when an incident occurred at the final corner that put Morgan Patton and Crowell at the back of the field. Seehafer managed to squeak by and finished 12th of the day.
Morgan Patton, Team Type 1
VSP Vision Care sponsors and provides eyecare for all Team Type 1 and Team Type 2’s racing/personal needs. Following Stage 1 of the Amgen race, we cooled down and headed over to VSP’s tent where we took photos, shook hands and even managed to do some funny videos in the mobile clinic.
Morgan Patton and Jackie Crowell show what their squinty face looks like when they forget their sunglasses…
The Professional Women’s Team Manager, Jack Seehafer, joins the fun and shows his squinty face…
After our visit with VSP, we collected our prize money and briefly stopped by the men’s Team Type 1 bus that was anxiously awaiting the arrival of their team. We then headed back to the hotel to clean up and watch the finish of Stage 1 on Versus. After seeing the finish, we walked down to the finish line only to witness Boonen crawl out of his team bus battered and bruised. The finish proved to be a battlefield of crashes, yet the Team Type 1 men left the venue unscathed.
We’re now headed home and will continue our preparations for our next venue – The Tour of Sommerville. Hopefully we’ll see more friends there! Until then, bon voyage.
About Team Type 1 and VSP Vision Care Team Type 1 is a group of athletes living with diabetes. The team includes professional race teams, a triathlon team and a development team. Team Type 1 strives to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes. VSP® Vision Care is proud to be their exclusive eyecare and eyewear provider.
Today is the second day of the VSP Vision Care / Transitions Scavenger Hunt for the Amgen Tour of California. Here’s the second clue:
Can you find this picture of David Zabriskie at Amgen Tour of California, Stage 2?
Find it, and you’ll be entered to win a signed Team Type 1 or Garmin Transitions jersey! When you find it, tweet a picture of it or post it to Facebook. (Be sure to send us a message so we don’t miss your Facebook post.) If you’d like to participate but aren’t at the race – find a picture of David Zabriskie online, and send that to us instead.
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