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This is the information on the FIRST of TWO events scheduled for Memorial 
Day Weekend.  Information on the Clarendon Cup will be posted real soon.

I think we are giving you good reason to be here Memorial Day Weekend!! WOW!

Please contact the e-mail address of the press release if you have questions.

AND, forward this e-mail on to everyone you know who would enjoy this race.


Eric N. Dobson
Arlington, Virginia

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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:59:02 EST

Subject: The Mercury Capital Cup to be added to USA Cycling's NRC

For Immediate Release
Release Date: March 30, 2000
Release contacts:
Laura Laybourn, Arlington Sports, Inc. for the Mercury Capital Cup (703) 
351-7200
Rich Wanninger, USA Cycling for USA Cycling's NRC (719) 578-4581, ext. 3280

The Mercury Capital Cup to be added to USA Cycling's NRC

The Washington Monument will provide a spectacular backdrop for the Mercury 
Capital Cup, which will be held Memorial weekend in Washington, D.C., 
Saturday, May 27.  The event, sponsored by the Washington, DC area Mercury 
dealers will also be included in the 2000 U.S. Cycling Federation (USCF) 
National Racing Calendar (NRC) .  Top U.S. and international professional 
teams will be in attendance, including Lance Armstrong's powerful US Postal 
Service Cycling Team as well as the California-based Mercury Cycling Team, 
which is ranked third in the world in the current UCI (cycling's 
international federation) rankings.

"We are excited to be a part of bringing pro cycling back to the Nation's 
Capital", said Sharon Corrigan, Marketing Manager for Mercury in the 
Washington, D.C. Region.  "Mercury supports cycling on a national level so it 
is a natural for us to sponsor this event here in Washington, DC."

The course is located near the Foggy Bottom metro, providing easy access to 
an exciting day of racing.  Racing will begin at 8 a.m. with a full schedule 
of USCF categories, culminating in the women and men's pro events.

Racing Memorial weekend will be a great tune-up, as the top U.S. squads 
prepare for the First Union USPRO Championships scheduled for the following 
weekend in Philadelphia, PA.

The Mercury Capital Cup is organized and promoted by Arlington Sports, Inc 
(ASI) a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of 
amateur and professional cycling.  ASI also promotes the Third Annual US 
Postal Service Clarendon Cup, Sunday, May 28, in Arlington, VA, and manages 
Team Proteus.com, an elite women's cycling team.

The NRC is the men and women's road series sanctioned by USA Cycling, which 
heads into its fourth campaign in 2000. It is designed to provide a ranking 
system for all elite cyclists and consists of more than 50 events in 2000.
    
All events in the NRC will have points associated with them as in the past; 
however, each race is ranked and classified in a new manner that parallels 
the format adopted by the UCI for all international racing. Each race is 
ranked on its overall quality and benefits to the sport of cycling.

For further race information, please visit www.arlingtonsports.org.
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Arlington Sports, INC
4909 17th Street North 
Arlington, VA  22207-2083  
(703) 351-7200, 
Fax: (703) 351-0935  
rlayb@aol.com

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