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EPO maker to back California Tour

November 2nd, 2005 by Mike

Via: Velonews.com

Rumors surrounding the rather unusual sponsorship of the upcoming Tour of California, appear to be true.

USA Today and other media are reporting that Tuesday’s route announcement of February’s Tour of California will also include the revelation of the race’s title sponsor: AMGEN, the biotech firm that pioneered the manufacture of recombinant Erythropoietin, or EPO.

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2 Responses to “EPO maker to back California Tour”

  1. 1 Fritz 

    HAHAHA that’s GREAT! It turns out also that Amgen manufacturs the stuff in the road cycling capital of the U.S. — Boulder Colorado. Something like 25% of the employees here in Boulder County belong to the company bike club and the EPO factory is on a popular riding road. They probably sell the stuff out of the back door. I wonder if there’s an employee discount?

  2. 2 Tim Grahl 

    yeah that’s great!

    I’m picturing it now. All those movie scenes where gangstas roll up in their pimped out cars to the corner and buy drugs.

    Except now it’s a bunch of skinny guys clad in spandex on their 10lb road bikes.

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