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The 2006 team made their debut with all 27 cyclists from 15 countries and
unveiled their 2006 uniform, bicycle and tour schedule."
"Amgen is pleased to sponsor this world class cycling event which will
showcase the state of California and its beautiful scenery," said Jim Daly,
senior vice president, Amgen North America Commercial Operations.

ABOUT AEG
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the
world.

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"I am retired from racing, but my love for the sport and my commitment to
the organization that has afforded me so much success motivates me to take the
next step in my career evolution," said Lance Armstrong.
The 2005 cycling season was another monumental one for Team Discovery, as
the team logged 21 international race victories, an overall Tour of Italy win
by Paolo Savoldelli, a Tour de Georgia win from Tom Danielson, and an
unprecedented, crowning accomplishment for Lance Armstrong's career-a seventh
Tour de France title. is the leading global real-world media
company. At 130
miles, this is the longest stage of the 2006 race and will test the riders on
consistently hilly and technical terrain.

*For complete course maps and elevation profiles for each stage, please
visit http://www.

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The race will next turn south toward two decisive days in San Jose.

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Most recently known as the United States Postal Service Pro Cycling
Team(R) (1996-2004), Tailwind's team is the only American team ever to have
won the sport's premier event, the Tour de France, as well as the prestigious
Tour of Spain . We've designed a beautiful course and we look forward to
bringing a beautiful sporting event to the doorsteps of California
communities.

Stage Three: Wednesday, Feb. The riders will then face the four-mile Category One climb
to San Marcos Pass before descending to a beachfront finish in Santa Barbara.

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teamdiscoverychannel. The Amgen Tour of California is scheduled to take
place from February 19-26, 2006.

Prologue: Sunday, Feb. Coming 22 miles before the finish line in downtown San Jose, the
Sierra Road climb east of the city center will be the first Category One
(highest ranked in order of difficulty) ascent in the King of the Mountains
competition. 24
Starting in Mission Plaza in San Luis Obispo, Stage Five to Santa Barbara
will follow the central coast until the sprint city of Guadalupe, where the
field will leave the flatlands and head east to the Santa Ynez Mountains via
the Solvang area. 26
The race will culminate with a circuit race in Redondo Beach.
To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit
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AEG Announces Route Details of 2006 Amgen Tour of California

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DCI's ownership consists of
four shareholders: Discovery Holding Company (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB), Cox
Communications, Inc . Hendricks,
the Company's Founder and Chairman. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation , owns or
controls a collection of companies including facilities such as STAPLES
Center, The Home Depot Center, Toyota Sports Center, NOKIA Theater Times
Square, NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie and London's Manchester Evening News
Arena; sports franchises including the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), Manchester
Monarchs (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), Chicago Fire, Los Angeles Galaxy,
Metrostars and San Jose Earthquakes (MLS), three hockey franchises operated in
Europe, the Hammarby (Sweden ) Futbol Club and management of shares of the Los
Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA ) owned by Philip Anschutz;
AEG Marketing, a sponsorship, sales, naming rights and consulting company; AEG
Merchandising, a multi-faceted merchandising company; and AEG Creative, a
full-service marketing and advertising agency.

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"The continued partnership between the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
and Discovery Communications allows us to bring our important values of
excellence, perseverance and exploration to our global audience," said Judith
A. Discovery has grown from its core property , the Discovery Channel,
first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global operations in
more than 160 countries and territories with 1. Lance Armstrong's record-setting seven consecutive victories at
the Tour (1999-2005) have taken cycling to new heights and helped revitalize
the sport in America.S.9-mile course will run along the Embarcardero until making
the sharp left onto Bay Street that will bring the riders up the tight and
steep climb through Telegraph Hill to the finish at Coit Tower.

ABOUT AMGEN
Amgen discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics.

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In 2001, Tailwind Sports entered the event management side of the sport,
creating the San Francisco Grand Prix.

Stage Seven: Saturday, Feb.

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Discovery Communications, Inc., Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S.

Tailwind Sports
Tailwind Sports Corporation, headquartered in San Francisco, California,
was founded by Thom Weisel , the founder and chairman of Thomas Weisel Partners
and the former founder and chairman of Montgomery Securities from 1971 until
1998.

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"We also look
forward to more participation by Lance Armstrong and his teammates in
innovative content initiatives across our networks.
The 2006 Discovery Channel Team begins their racing campaign with several
riders who hold promise to lead them to victory in both Grand Tour stage races
as well as single day Spring Classics.
DCI's other properties consist of Discovery Education and Discovery Commerce,
which operates more than 100 Discovery Channel Stores in the U.com.com

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Discovery Communications Announces 2006 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

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A 17-mile Individual Time Trial on the outskirts of San Jose will test the
cyclists on an undulating course along the Chesbro and Calero Reservoirs.

Stage Four: Thursday, Feb.

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Key returning riders include George
Hincapie, American Classics team leader and key Tour de France performer who
won a mountain stage of the 2005 Tour de France; U. Tailwind has owned and managed a men's professional road cycling team
since its inception in 1989. markets and featured Armstrong competing in
his first American road race in over three years.World-Class Cycling Field to Compete Across 600 Miles of California Roadway in
Eight Day Stage Race

LOS ANGELES, AEG, one of the world's leading
sports and entertainment presenters , today announced route details of the
inaugural Amgen Tour of California (UCI 2. 19
At 11 a. Starting by the Ferry Building
at Pier 1, the 1. The stage
will be active as the riders compete on ten laps of a 7. With a broad and deep pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen
remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives.

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The Grand Prix brought European-style
racing to one of the premier U.
Sanctioned by the UCI (Union Cycliste International) and USA Cycling , the
Amgen Tour of California is one of the most anticipated events on the
international cycling calendar. After
neutral parade laps in the start city of Martinez, the stage is a hilly ride
through the East Bay that will bring the race over its first significant
climb. 23
The "Queen Stage " of this year's race begins in Monterey and follows
scenic Highway 1 where the mountains run into the Pacific Ocean.com mehenson@golinharris.

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hopeful Tom Danielson,
winner of the Tour de Georgia and eighth-place overall at the Tour of Spain;
Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia, a 14-time Tour de France finisher and Athens
Olympic medalist; Italian Paolo Savoldelli, the 2005 Tour of Italy winner; and
Yaroslav Popovych of the Ukraine who had an outstanding 2005 season
highlighted by his Best Young Rider designation at the 2005 Tour de France. Since then the event has
continued to grow in stature and popularity, regularly attracting crowds in
the several hundreds of thousands and a reputation as America's top
professional cycling event.

Stage One: Monday, Feb.

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- Lance Armstrong and Sports Director Johan Bruyneel
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Other highlights on
the schedule include the brutal and legendary Tour of Flanders and Paris --
Roubaix as well as all three Grand Tours-the Tour de France, the Tour of Spain
and the Tour of Italy. A
biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to
realize the new science's promise by bringing safe and effective medicines
from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient.

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On its way up Highway 1,
the course will run through the Marin Headlands, flanked on both sides by
national parkland, before leaving the Point Reyes National Seashore for the
race's first sprint competition line in Point Reyes.amgentourofcalifornia .

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McHale, president and CEO, Discovery Communications, Inc.

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The Discovery Channel Team has won seven Tour
de France titles over the course of its history -- an accomplishment no other
team can claim . Sports director Johan Bruyneel and organization leadership
are aiming for top contention in all three of the 2006 Grand Tour races -- the
Tour of Italy, Tour de France and Tour of Spain. DCI's over 100 networks of distinctive programming represent 27
network entertainment brands including TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel,
Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Times Channel , The Science
Channel, Military Channel, Discovery Home Channel, Discovery en Espanol,
Discovery Kids En Espanol, Discovery HD Theater, FitTV, Discovery Travel +
Living (Viajar y Vivir), Discovery Home + Health and Discovery Real Time.1) which will make its way from San
Francisco to Redondo Beach , CA along a demanding 600-mile course. Also
announced today, 16 international and domestic teams will traverse the state
from north to south in this eight-day professional cycling stage race modeled
after the Tour de France. AEG LIVE, one of the world's
leading promoters of live concerts and other special events is also owned by
AEG which is headquartered in Los Angeles.

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, Discovery Communications
announced today the 2006 roster that will lead cycling's greatest team into
the post-Lance Armstrong era.

Discovery Communications, Inc.m. The six-hour day will see the
athletes go through the community of Big Sur and by Hearst Castle before
shifting inland toward the finish in San Luis Obispo. Thousands
of spectators will be able to watch the race develop as the cyclists vie for
the honor of winning the final stage of the first Amgen Tour of California. Amgen therapeutics have changed
the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the
fight against cancer , kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious
illnesses.

This category covers bicycle racing in its many forms: road races, criteriums, stage races, track, mountain biking, cyclocross.

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"There is rarely a
day I don't talk to [Sports Director] Johan Bruyneel about the team, the
sport, and what it takes to win.amgen.

If it's on a bike and competitive, it's here.

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DCI also
distributes BBC America in the United States.
Host cities for the eight daily stages include: San Francisco, Sausalito,
Santa Rosa, Martinez, San Jose, Monterey, San Louis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
Thousand Oaks and Redondo Beach .

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Between the opening Prologue in San Francisco
and the finale in Redondo Beach, the race will visit ten host cities for
official stage starts and finishes while the many communities along the route
will have the opportunity to witness the excitement of elite bicycle racing. "It offers
the world 's best cyclists some of the most challenging terrain that California
has to offer.

Stage Six: Saturday, Feb. 25
This shorter stage with a hilly profile from Santa Barbara to Thousand
Oaks features four KOM climbs in the 80 miles that precede three laps of a
three-mile circuit in Thousand Oaks that will cover the stage's final ten
miles before finishing at title sponsor Amgen 's corporate campus.

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The 2006 season will
begin in February at the Vuelta Andalucia in Spain, followed by the inaugural
Tour of California -- a rare showcase on American soil.
"We designed the inaugural course with both racers and spectators in
mind," said Bob Colarossi, managing director of AEG Cycling, LLC., riders will open the competition with a short, intense
Prologue through the streets of San Francisco. 20
With the start on the Marin side of the San Francisco Bay, Stage One will
cover roughly 84 miles from Sausalito to Santa Rosa. After crossing into
Sonoma, spectators can watch the race for the stage win unfold as the field
completes three laps of a technical finishing circuit in downtown Santa Rosa.

Stage Five: Friday, Feb.
"Amgen staff are excited about welcoming the race to our corporate
headquarters in Thousand Oaks and highlighting our Breakaway from Cancer
initiative, a partnership with The Wellness Community to support cancer
patients and their caregivers," said Daly.

Media Contacts:

AEG GolinHarris
Michael Roth Michael Henson
(213)742-7155 (212)373-6038
mroth@aeg-la.

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Tailwind Sports currently has a consulting
relationship with both USA Cycling and the USA Cycling Development Foundation
to help identify and nurture future American cycling professionals .

Stage Two: Tuesday, Feb.65 mile circuit along
the Redondo Beach Esplanade and through an intermediate sprint line in Riviera
Village before returning to the start/finish line on Harbor Street.

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