North American Powerhouse Team TIBCO to Host "Voices of the Tour" Event

PESCADERO, Calif., April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Team TIBCO, one of the top women's cycling teams in North America, announced today that tickets are available for "An evening with the Voices of the Tour de France: Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwin, Bob Roll," professional cycling's most recognizable announcers. The event will benefit the Silicon Valley Cycling Foundation, a non-profit foundation established to foster competitive amateur sports for women.

The event coincides with the completion of Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California, the largest cycling event in America, which will reach San Jose, California on May 18, 2011.

In addition to the opportunity to meet the voices of the Tour de France, the event will feature an auction of cycling gifts and collectibles, as well as a raffle, with a grand prize trip to Italy, in fall 2011 for the epic la classica delle foglie morte, better known as the Giro di Lombardia.

SVB Financial Group, Testarossa Winery, and Kurt Kinetic will sponsor the event.

The Silicon Valley Cycling Foundation

The Silicon Valley Cycling Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit foundation established to foster national and international amateur sports competition for women, with the objective of developing potential contenders for the Olympic Games and other international events. More information is available at (www.siliconvalleycyclingfoundation.org).

Team TIBCO

Team TIBCO traces its origins back to the Palo Alto Bicycle shop in 2002. Olympian Linda Jackson became involved with the team in 2005, with the goal of helping aspiring female athletes make it to the top. In just four years, Team TIBCO rose from being a local cycling team to # 1 in North America. The team won the 2009 USA Cycling NRC team competition, the Women's Prestige Cycling Series team title, and was named top team in North America by VeloNews. More information is available at http://www.teamtibco.com/

SOURCE Team TIBCO