2005 Dodge Tour De Georgia Taps Wicked-West PR As Agency of Record; Media Credentialing Underway; Host Cities and Race Route Announcement Expected In Coming Weeks.ATLANTA -- North America's premier, professional cycling event and rolling festival of community events, the Dodge Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. Tour de Georgia is ranked as a Hors Classe (2.HC) event by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body, making it North America's highest rated professional cycling stage race , has retained Atlanta-based Wicked-West PR to handle all public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and media operations for its 2005 event, scheduled for April 19-24. "The Dodge Tour de Georgia is quickly becoming the most exciting new stage race on the international circuit, and it fits perfectly with our large-scale event publicity expertise," said Brian Cooley, co-founder and managing partner of Wicked-West PR. "Wicked-West is very pleased to have the newest member of our team, Jennifer Vincenzo, lead the account. Jen was an integral part of the 2004 Tour's press team, and she's an experienced cyclist and race enthusiast who brings a high level of passion and knowledge to the account." The much anticipated Host Cities and Race Route Announcement is expected in the next few weeks. In 2004, more than 700,000 spectators watched along the roadways as 15 international teams competed across 653 miles of the state of Georgia, having an estimated economic impact of $35-70 million. Won by the U.S. Postal Service's Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. , the 2004 race featured world-class cyclists and Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and veterans such as American Bobby Julich Robert Julich,[1] most commonly referred to as Bobby Julich, (born on November 18, 1971, in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team CSC in the UCI ProTour racing series. (a 2004 Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. medalist), Italian Mario Cipollini and German Jens Voigt. The media credential application will be available online by Jan. 15, 2005. In the interim, any media with questions regarding features, stage previews or covering the event should contact Vincenzo via phone at 404.589.9888 or email at jennifer@wickedwestpr.com. Additional information will be available at the race's official website, www.dodgetourdegeorgia.com. ABOUT WICKED-WEST PR Wicked-West PR is an award winning, full-service public relations and marketing communications firm specializing in innovative, highly personalized campaigns and services for forward-thinking clients. WWPR and its principals, Brian Cooley, Colin Cooley and Caren West, have executed marketing and public relations campaigns in international, national, regional and local markets for a wide range of clients -- from top international companies to emerging businesses to A-list entertainment events. About Dodge Tour de Georgia The Dodge Tour de Georgia is America's premier, professional cycling event and a rolling festival of community activities. The 2005 world-class event is scheduled for April 19-24. The Tour is sanctioned by the UCI UCI University of California, Irvine UCI Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) UCI Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos UCI United Cinemas International (UK) (2.1 America Tour-Continental Calendar), the international governing body of cycling, and USA Cycling (2.1) as a premier event for elite athletes around the world. The Tour's official beneficiary is the Georgia Cancer Coalition The Georgia Cancer Coalition is an American independent, non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the number of cancer deaths in the U.S. state of Georgia. Organized in 2001,[1] (GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). ), and the race proactively promotes a healthy lifestyle at its Healthy Georgia Expo. The Dodge Tour de Georgia, which started in 2003, is owned and operated by the Georgia Partnership for Economic Development. For more information, visit www.dodgetourdegeorgia.com. |
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