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July 22, 2009

SRAM RED dominating Tour

2009 Tour de France overall — after stage 17
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana — SRAM RED 72:27:09
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank- SRAM RED — Zipp wheels 0:02:26
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank- SRAM RED — Zipp wheels 0:03:25
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana — SRAM RED 0:03:55
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana — SRAM RED 0:04:44

SRAM’s Top Ten at the Tour:
One — SRAM RED holds first place overall (Contador)
Two — SRAM RED holds second place overall (A. Schleck)
Three — Top three on today’s stage won on SRAM RED!
Four — There are four SRAM RED-equipped teams in the Tour this year (Astana, Saxo Bank, Agritubel, Milram)
Five — Top five riders in the Tour are riding SRAM RED!
Six — Six stage wins for SRAM RED (so far), stages 1, 4, 7, 12, 15 and 17
Seven — The average gradient of Contador’s solo stage win (stage 15) Sunday with the world’s lightest componentry, SRAM RED, was 7.7 percent.
Eight — Eight is the number of Grand Tours SRAM componentry has raced (including 2009 Tour - two wins so far).
Nine — The 2009 Tour is one of the greatest ever!
Ten — In case you forgot, half of the riders in the top 10 are riding SRAM RED


Michael Zellmann
mzellmann at sram.com
US Road PR & Media Manager
312 664 8800
Chicago, IL
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