WHAT:        
City officials, race organizers, sponsors and riders will come together on Monday, June 2^nd to kick off Race Week for the 2008 Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling.  

 The Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic is the all-new first leg of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown series, which will see the best pro cyclists from around the world competing for the Triple Crown title in the Lehigh Valley on June 3^rd; in Reading, Pa., on June 5^th; and in Philadelphia on June 8^th.

 
WHO:            

David Chauner, President of Pro Cycling Tour
Stephen Patterson, Regional Vice President, Commerce Bank
Don Cunningham, Lehigh County Executive
Ed Pawlowski, Mayor of Allentown
Mike Stershic, President, Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau
Professional riders from Teams Colavita, Rite Aid and Tecos
Students and principals from Jefferson and McKinley Elementary Schools (these schools are part of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown Adopt-A-Cycling-Team program)

 WHEN:      Monday, June 2, 2008
                  10:00 A.M.

WHERE:       

Butz Corporate Center – 1^st Floor
840 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101
(9^th & Hamilton – enter press conference area from 1^st Floor Lobby)

 QUESTIONS:            610-676-0390 ext. 104  
pr@procyclingtour.com
610-639-2136 cell phone – Christine Reimert, PCT Press Officer