Sacramento, Calif. — Fans who turn out to show their support for Team Type 1 at Saturday’s prologue time trial of the Amgen Tour of California can win free souvenirs as part of the team’s “Signs for Sacramento” contest.

 

Representatives of Team Type 1 will be judging posters, banners and signs along the 2.4-mile (3.8 km) route that showcases the State Capitol, the Capitol Mall area and the well-known local Tower Bridge. The creators of the most original signs cheering on Team Type 1 will be awarded hats, T-shirts, socks and other official team memorabilia.

 

To be eligible to win, the sign, banner or poster must feature the words “Team Type 1.” Judging will begin a half-hour before the first rider heads down the start ramp (1:30 p.m.) through the conclusion of the prologue (approximately 4 p.m.).

 

Team Type 1 is the only one of 17 teams in the race with riders who have Type 1 diabetes. Phil Southerland (diagnosed in 1982 at the age of seven months) and Fabio Calabria (diagnosed in 2000 at the age of 13) will be joined in the nine-day race by Moises Aldape, Chris Jones, Valeriy Kobzarenko, Darren Lill, Ian MacGregor and Matt Wilson.

 

Fans are invited to meet-and-greet Team Type 1 at every start and finish venue along the more than 750-mile route. Riders and staff of Team Type 1 will be on hand one hour before each stage and immediately following each race. Here are the approximate locations for team parking areas each day:

 

Staging Area: 6th, 7th and 9th Streets, between L and M Streets.

 

Start in Davis: B Street, From 3rd to 4th Streets.

Finish in Santa Rosa: Southwest corner of 3rd and E Streets.

 

Start in Sausalito: Parking lots near the Spinnaker restaurant, north of Bridgeway.

Finish in Santa Cruz: Parking lots southwest of the intersection of Ocean and Water Streets.

 

Start in San Jose: West and South of the intersection of Alamanden Blvd and Park Ave.

Finish in Modesto: 15th and 16th Streets, between I and H Streets.

 

Start in Merced: 19th and 20th Streets, between M and O Streets.

Finish in Clovis: Parking lot southeast of the intersection of 5th and Clovis.

 

Start in Visalia: Parking lots northwest of the intersection of Mineral King Avenue and Bridge Streets.

Finish in Paso Robles: Pine Street, between 10th and 13th Streets.

 

Staging Area: Mission Drive, north of Atterdag Road.

 

Start in Santa Clarita: Parking lot southwest of Magic Mountain Parkway and Carousel Lane.

Finish in Pasadena: Parking lot southwest of the Rose Bowl (adjacent to West Drive).

 

Start in Rancho Bernardo: Parking lots northwest of Bernardo Center Drive and Lomica Drive.

Finish in Escondido: Parking lots southeast of Escondido Boulevard and Woodward Ave.