Slipstream Continues Mission to Promote Ethical Sporting and Invites Fans To “Get In The Slipstream” with a Contest to Design the Official 2008 Team Jersey

Slipstream Sports LLC and its chief venture, the Slipstream/Chipotle Professional Cycling Team, is poised for a big year. The powerhouse, dedicated to promoting ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today unveiled it’s highly-anticipated 2008 team roster, announced that it has signed Chipotle Mexican Grill as a co-title sponsor, and plans for a world-wide competition to design the 2008 team jersey.

The 2008 Team Slipstream/Chipotle Roster:
David Millar
Christophe Laurent
 Julian Dean
David Zabriskie 
Christian Vande Velde
Magnus Backstedt
Tyler Farrar
Maartijn Maaskant
Tom Danielson
Dan Martin
Chris Sutton 
Trent Lowe
Ryder Hesjedal
Danny Pate
Pat McCarty
Will Frischkorn
Jason Donald
Lucas Euser
 Tom Peterson
Mike Friedman
Huub Duyn
Kilian Patour
Timmy Duggan 
Steven Cozza.
One more member of the team will be selected after the USA National weekend race.

Slipstream Sports, in partnership with the Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), created the most aggressive anti-doping program in the professional sports world in 2007. All athletes on the 2008 Slipstream/Chipotle Team will voluntarily participate in this program and will be tested over 1,200 times during 2008. This is more than 20 times the number of tests that most professional cyclists are subject to annually through the sports’ governing body, Union Cycliste International.

“We are poised for an outstanding year and are excited to have grown our relationship with Chipotle,” said Doug Ellis, Slipstream Sports’ Chairman and majority owner. “This is hands-down the strongest group of riders we have ever had. We are continuing to compete at higher levels and in 2008, you will see us at bigger races – hopefully the biggest. But the goal of our team remains the same: to re-establish cycling's credibility, re-gain the trust of fans around the world, and re-kindle the hope of fair sport.”

Slipstream Sports LLC continues to seek a primary title sponsor for the team.

Chipotle Signs on as Presenting Sponsor, Increases Sponsorship Considerably
Recognizing Slipstream’s commitment to re-establishing integrity into professional cycling, Chipotle considerably increased its two-year-old sponsorship with the team, signing on as presenting sponsor as the team pursues its goal of going to the Tour de France in 2008.

About seven years ago, Chipotle launched a vision it calls “Food With Integrity,” and started an incremental revolution aimed at finding better alternatives for every ingredients it uses. That commitment has lead the national chain of burrito restaurants to serve more naturally raised meat (meat coming from animals that are raised in a humane way, never given antibiotics or added hormones, and fed a pure vegetarian diet) than any other restaurant in the world.”

“Better food comes from farms that emphasize care over the use of chemicals. Unfortunately, producing food this way has become the exception rather than the rule,” said Chipotle Marketing Director Jim Adams. “We’ve taken bold steps to change that, just like Slipstream has taken bold steps to change the world of professional cycling for the better.”

“Get in the Slipstream”
Contest Lets Fans Enter for a Chance to Design the Official 2008 Slipstream/Chipotle Jersey
For the first time in cycling history, a fan will design a professional team jersey. Slipstream’s “Get in the Slipstream” contest will allow fans to submit design ideas for the official 2008 Team Slipstream/Chipotle jersey. The winning design will become the official team jersey, worn by the team in and out of competition for the entire 2008 season. The winner will also receive a full team kit and jersey autographed by the team members. More info below.

Fans can submit design ideas from August 31 – September 15, 2007 on the Slipstream Sports Web site (www.slipstreamsports.com). Contestants will only need to incorporate orange and blue argyle, as well as logos for Chipotle, Felt and Slipstream Sports. These logos and other relevant information can also be found on www.slipstreamsports.com.

A panel of judges, including Doug Ellis and Jonathan Vaughters, will select the top 5 jersey designs on September 21, 2007 and the public will then be invited to vote for the winning jersey.

Team Slipstream/Chipotle will compete in a full slate of international races throughout the spring and summer, including the Amgen Tour of California, Tour of Georgia and are poised to compete in Paris-Nice, Criterium International, Philly Week (Lancaster, Reading and Philadelphia), Dauphine Libere, USPRO Criterium, USPRO Road Race, Tour of Missouri, and, hopefully, the Tour de France.

About Slipstream Sports
Founded in 2005, Slipstream Sports LLC is a highly progressive sports management company dedicated solely to promoting the ethical growth of American cycling.

About Team Slipstream/Chipotle: Owned and managed by Slipstream Sports, a sports marketing and development company, Team Slipstream is dedicated to promoting ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, features some of the country’s top cyclists. In 2007, Team Slipstream partnered with Agency for Cycling Ethics (ACE), to create the most progressive anti-doping system in the professional sports world. Each of the team's 23 riders will be voluntarily tested 1200 times throughout the season; 20 times the number of tests that most professional cyclists are subject to annually.

Team Slipstream will be competing in a full schedule of professional cycling races in the U.S. and Europe throughout 2007. Additional information is available at www.slipstreamsports.com.

About Chipotle: Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG and CMG.B) offers a focused menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla) and salads made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods and served in a distinctive atmosphere. Through our vision of Food With Integrity, Chipotle is seeking better food not only from using fresh ingredients, but ingredients that are sustainably grown and naturally raised with respect for the animals, the land, and the farmers who produce the food. Chipotle opened its first restaurant in 1993 and currently operates more than 640 restaurants. For more information, visit www.chipotle.com.   

"Get in the Slipstream" Contest Lets Fans Enter for a Chance to Design the Official 2008 Slipstream/Chipotle Jersey
For the first time in cycling history, a fan will design a professional team jersey. Slipstream's "Get in the Slipstream" contest will allow fans to submit design ideas for the official 2008 Team Slipstream/Chipotle jersey. The winning design will become the official team jersey, worn by the team in and out of competition for the entire 2008 season. The winner will also receive a full team kit and jersey autographed by the team members. A panel of judges, including Doug Ellis and Jonathan Vaughters, will select the top 5 jersey designs on September 21, 2007, and the public will then be invited to vote for the winning jersey.

It is fun and easy to compete!! Download the fan design toolkit here and then submit the form below, along with a .jpg, .gif, or .png version of your jersey design to be entered into our jersey design contest. Image files should be no larger than 2MB. If your design is chosen as the winner, we will contact you to coordinate getting a high-resolution version of the design. Here are a few more rules to help you get started:

• The design must contain at least one of the following pantone colors: Blue: 279 Orange: 144.
• The design must incorporate the Slipstream argyle pattern as displayed on our website. Argyle is defined as a pattern containing diamonds in a diagonal checkerboard arrangement.
• All designs must feature the Slipstream logo at least 12 X 4 inches with the Chipotle logo and the Felt logo at least 8 X 5 inches on the jersey. Logos are included in the toolkit.
• The design must fill the shape provided on the PDF or AI template; templates are included in the toolkit
• No other shape or size may be used.

All entries are due no later than 3:00pm New York time on September 15, 2007.

Please be sure to read the contest rules.
The winner will be announced at Interbike.