, The recently concluded Amgen
Tour of California, an eight-day professional cycling road race, drew more
than 1. I think it was a great event," added
overall fourth place finisher and winner of two stages George Hincapie (USA)
of the Discovery Channel Professional Cycling Team and spokesperson for the
Amgen Breakaway from Cancer(TM) initiative. "It's a good indication that all
of the foreign riders were happy with the event. "We are also pleased
with the success of our Breakaway from Cancer initiative, which resulted in a
donation of $1. The spring 2006 series will be capped
by the NXL Nationals, which will crown an amateur champion in each event.

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Professional Cycling Stage Race Gets High Marks From Cities, Athletes,
Sponsors and Fans; 2007 Planning Underway Following Successful First Year

LOS ANGELES, Calif. This year was a giant leap toward achieving that goal.
"We are delighted with the inaugural Amgen Tour of California," said Kevin
Sharer, Amgen's chairman and chief executive officer.

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A breakthrough in Internet race coverage,
http://www. Cities throughout California are
eager to host the second annual race. Youth and
young adult athletes may compete in a number of age divisions progressing
to their State and Regional finals.

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Inaugural Amgen Tour of California Breaks Attendance Records

com provided fans with live text updates, four
channels of live streaming video and continuously updated still photos from
the road. Coca-Cola Zero, Google , Kendall-Jackson, Prodir and
Voler also supported the race as official partners. For more information , visit AEG today at http://www.

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California resident Floyd Landis (USA) of Phonak Hearing Systems walked
away as the overall champion of the Amgen Tour of California with
El Segundo-based CSC taking the overall team top prize. "We will not rest
until we allow the American riders to have the best event in all of cycling in
their home country.

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1 million to The Wellness Community to support cancer patients."

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The inaugural event, which covered 600 miles of
California roadway from San Francisco to Redondo Beach, received praise from
its host cities, teams and sponsors, as well as from the Union Cycliste
International (UCI), the international governing body of cycling.
"We set out to create an event that will one day rival the Tour de
France," said Timothy J."
"We built this race on three objectives: to create a great experience for
riders, the communities and the corporate sponsors," said Bob Colarossi,
managing director of the Amgen Tour of California ."
Speaking about the importance of establishing races like the Amgen Tour of
California for the overall development of American professional cycling,
Bisceglia said, "The hardest thing for USA Cycling is having your children
leave home.

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Leiweke, President and CEO of AEG. "From the moment I heard about the Amgen
Tour of California, I knew it would be of the highest quality," said Santa
Rosa resident and California Travel and Tourism King of the Mountain
competition winner Levi Leipheimer (USA) of Team Gerolsteiner."
In addition to Amgen's partnership with AEG, eight companies joined as
founding partners for the inaugural year: Adobe, ADT Security Services,
California Travel and Tourism, Clif Bar, Health Net, Herbalife, KB Home and
Union Bank of California. Amgen therapeutics have changed
the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the
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Both Pat McQuaid, president of the UCI, and
Gerard Bisceglia, president of USA Cycling, gave high praise to the inaugural
event.com.

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The 10 host cities for the inaugural race included San Francisco,
Sausalito, Santa Rosa, Martinez, San Jose, Monterey , San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, Thousand Oaks and Redondo Beach. "The cities that we
visited this year are very pleased with the positive effect that the race had
on their communities.com.S . The NXL is funded in part by Gray
Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Atlanta, GA
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The site continues to be one of the sport's most viewed with fans
logging on for race recaps, statistics and commemorative memorabilia."
When asked to compare the California race to those about to take place in
Europe, overall second place finisher David Zabriskie (USA) of Team CSC said,
"We're going to take a lot of warm clothes [to Europe] and wish this race was
still happening., we can keep
our children at home.

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The NXL offers amateur action athletes a national league consisting of a
ten-week fall and spring series culminating in the NXL Nationals.

National Extreme Sports (NXL)

The NXL will revolutionize the way industry sponsors; spectators and fans
are able to view amateur participants from across the nation through
real-time photos, video, scores and stats.net.

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With preliminary
details of the 2007 route expected in the next 30 to 60 days, race presenter
AEG has reiterated its commitment to building the race into one of the premier
sporting events in the world. A partnership between Amgen, The Wellness Community
and George Hincapie, Breakaway from Cancer is a complementary component of the
race that includes a series of free workshops designed to help people who are
affected by cancer learn about new treatments, side effects, support networks
and educational resources.amgen .

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"It looks to be a good race."
To help ensure the success of the Amgen Tour of California , race presenter
AEG partnered with like-minded companies who have an interest in growing the
sport of cycling while communicating the importance of health and wellness to
California communities.
To learn more about our pioneering science and our vital medicines, visit
http://www.

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

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"I have no doubt that the potential is here to grow and develop this
race into a big, big spectacle in both the state of California and the United
States.

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In addition to the thousands of fans lining every stage of the race, the
official Web site had 367,000 visitors who registered more than fifteen
million "page views" over the eight days of racing, with the vast majority
enjoying live race coverage provided by Adobe and enhanced by Google
technology. 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, The Manchester Evening News Arena and NOKIA
Theatre Times Square; sports franchises including the Los Angeles Kings (NHL),
five Major League Soccer franchises , two hockey franchises operated in Europe,
management of privately held shares of the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Los
Angeles Sparks (WNBA), the Amgen Tour of California cycling road race, and the
upcoming ING Bay to Breakers footrace taking place in San Francisco May 21st;
AEG LIVE, the organization 's live-entertainment division, is a collection of
companies dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance,
touring and a variety of programming and multi-media production. The league targets a
growing section of action sports enthusiasts worldwide, in response to
events such as the ESPN X Games, the Mountain Dew Tour and interest of the
International Olympic Committee.

For more information, contact the National Extreme Sports League at (770)
576-1919 or visit us online at www .com.

That's the NXL.

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"It's very high up on the list. But if we can bring this kind of cycling to the U.

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Amgen looks forward to our continuing sponsorship of this world class cycling
event .
The National Extreme Sports League ("NXL"), a
league designed to provide organized skateboarding , BMX (bicycle
moto-cross) and inline skating competitions, announced today that it will
begin its inaugural season in the fall of 2005.nxlgames. The NXL headquarters is
located at One Corporate Center, 13010 Morris Road, 6th Floor, Atlanta, GA
30004.

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It couldn't have gone any
better. With a broad and deep pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen
remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives.com

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3 million spectators from February 19-26, 2006, setting records in
attendance for any single sporting event in California, as well as for any
cycling event in the U. "Their belief in this race, support of our
vision and commitment to ensuring that this event was a great experience for
everyone involved made this one of the greatest first-year events that I have
ever been a part of. based on participants,
spectators and television viewers.

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amgentourofcalifornia. "We are extremely satisfied with
this first year, and the best is yet to come. 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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Not just good teams here, but the teams have
brought good riders as well, and they 're all motivated to do very well. From
the UCI's point of view, it's good to see this in its first year," said
McQuaid.

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"We're coming back in 2007 and already are thinking about ways to make
this event even better," said Shawn Hunter, president of AEG Sports,
presenters of the Amgen Tour of California.
"Our partners are as vital to the success of this event as the athletes
and host cities," said Hunter. Action sports represent the
fastest growing sector of sports in the U .graycapital.

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S. "I can say now
that it was even better than expected," continued Leipheimer who won the
race's Prologue held in San Francisco."
The highest ranking officials from UCI and USA Cycling -- the
international and national governing bodies of the sport -- were on hand in
California to witness the race. To let our riders grow up, we have to let them leave home and go
to Europe .
In December 2005, the race's title sponsor Amgen launched the Breakaway
from Cancer initiative .

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The world's best riders echoed the sentiment, expressing an overwhelmingly
positive experience in California.

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Not only have our 2006 host cities asked us back, but
new cities have also inundated us with requests to come to their areas next
year.S.