(left to right Volodymyr STARCHYK , Philipp MAMOS ,

Andrew TALANSKY , Richard ENGLAND ,

Yuri METLUSHENKO , Chad GERLACH)     

-ALLENTOWN, PA

Team Amore e Vita (presented by Life Time Fitness & Velo Vie) blazed their way to a 7.7 mile team time trial victory on day one of the Univest Grand Prix in Pennsylvania.  With a sizzling 16:21 time, they easily held off the field.  Second place Team Garmin was twelve seconds back, Swedish Team Cikle City was thirteen back for third and Lance Armstrong's Team Trek/LiveStrong fell to fourth, sixteen seconds behind.

The day was all Amore e Vita.  Philipp Mamos (Germany) sailed accross the finish first, with teammates Volodymyr Starchyk (National champion of Ukraine) and Russian Vladislav Borisov (not pictured) wrapping up the one-two-three.  The trio will don the leaders jerseys tomorrow.  Yellow leader jersey for Mamos, King of the Mountain jersey for Starchyk and the points jersey for Borisov.

After the race, a pleased, but unsurprised Team ManagerCristian Fanini beamed, "All the guys did an unbelievably great job, our goal was to win tomorrow, however I knew we were going to be the best team, so this victory isn't something unexpected. Now we look further, we want to take the win tomorrow and I am confident we can deliver results. I would like thank our sponsor Life Time Fitness and Velo Vie for their incredible support. Without their help this wouldn't be possible. This amazing victory is for them!"

Tomorrow the road race in Souderton PA, and the team is ready and focused like never before.

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