Special Incentive: Sneak Preview #19

Today's donation incentive is courtesy of the Astana Cycling Team, led by Alberto Contador and Kazahstan Alexandre Vinokourov. Vinokourov in his first full season since a comback from a doping ban has won the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and is currently leading the Giro d'Italia after a chaotic, crash strewn Stage 3 yesterday. Contador has had a quiet season thus far but expect to see the two time Tour de France champion going for the win again in July.



Check back tomorrow for an opportunity to own a piece of Olympic history from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. See all the available gifts on the Donation Gifts page.

Special Incentive: Sneak Preview #18

Six weeks to the Journey Home and to kick off this week a donation from UCI Continental Team Type 1. Founded to inspire people with diabetes around the world to take control of their health through diet, exercise and proper health care, Team Type 1 is the world's only professional cycling team with a roster that includes riders who have Type 1 diabetes. The team recently recently met with the Giro d'Italia with hopes of competing in the Giro, maybe as early as 2011.

Check back tomorrow for our next incentive gift and check out all available gifts on the Donation Gifts page.

Special Incentive: Sneak Peek #17

On the eve of the Giro d'Italia, Sean Yates, Director Sportif for Team Sky has donated a Team Sky jersey signed by the Sky Team for the 2010 Giro. The Team, led by Bradley Wiggins and Dario Cioni will include Michael Barry, Steve Cummings, Chris Froome, Mathew Hayman, Greg Henderson, Morris Possoni and Chris Sutton.

We're off for the weekend but check back Monday for our next incentive gift and check out all available gifts on the Donation Gifts page.

Special Incentive: Sneak Peek #16

Thursday's Incentive gift is donated by Fly V Australia rider Phil Zajicek. A professional cyclist on the domestic scene for almost a decade, Phil has demonstrated that he can compete with Pro Tour riders as evidenced by his overall finishes at the last two Tour of the Gila: 2009 - 3rd behind Levi Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong and 2010: fourth behind Levi Leipheimer, Tom Danielson, and David Zabriskie.

Look for Phil in the upcoming Tour of California where he will have another opportunity to prove he a Pro Tour level rider. Fly V, Australia's largest and most successful team aim to ride the Tour de France in 2012. Check back tomorrow for our next incentive gift and check out all available gifts on the Donation Gifts page.

Special Incentive: Sneak Peek #15

Wednesday's donation gift is courtesy of Christian's and Svein's Garmin-Transitions teammate, David Zabriskie. David has donated a signed 2009 Garmin-Slipstream jersey. David is known not just for his race results - he's won stages in all three Grand Tours and in 2005 set a record for the fastest individual time trial in the history of the Tour de France (54.676 km/h) - but also for his off-the-wall personality and his multifaceted ventures (check out dz-nuts.com -protect your junk). Coincidentally, David and Svein are both 5-time and reigning Time Trial Champions in their respective countries.

Check back tomorrow for our next incentive gift and don't forget you can now see all available gifts on the Donation Gifts page.

Special Incentive: Sneak Peek #14

We are awed by the generosity of members of the pro peloton, past and present, who are donating items for our special incentive gifts. Some of these have very special significance to their owners; today's is a perfect example - Gord Fraser's 2004 HealthNet National Champion's jersey.

Here's an excerpt from the note Gord sent along with the jersey: "The jersey has a little BC flavor and very special meaning to me... During my long career, I had never won a National Championship of any kind. When I traveled to Kamloops in '04 to contest the Nationals, it had double meaning and importance as it served for that year's Olympic Trials. The day before while pre-riding the course my hopes and aspirations suffered a severe set back.  Seeing the incredibly difficult nature of the course almost made me pack up and fly home right there; the course could not have been worse suited for me.  Adding to my self doubts while standing at the top of the climb, a team rolled up and started laughing that I had traveled all the way up there for nothing. I laughed with them of course but deep down I was all but defeated...Well, the race came and I rode one of the best races of my career.  Not only did I win and punch my ticket to Athens but I finally got to wear that National Champion Jersey... something I had dreamed of since I was 15 years old..."

Thanks for sharing with us Gord. Check out all available donation incentives the Donation Gifts page.

Special Incentive: Sneak Peek #13

Today, a real vintage jersey from our friend Henk Vogels, his 1997 Gan Team Jersey. Henk rode with GAN/Crédit Agricole between 1997-1999 and during that time became National Road Race Champion of Australia and finished in the top ten of Paris – Roubaix twice! He is now directeur sportif of the Fly V Australia Professional Cycling team.

Check out all available donation incentives the Donation Gifts page.