Los Angeles – Rock Racing, the most-talked about team in professional cycling, has named Kyle Kuykendall as the grand-prize winner of the team’s first online photo contest.

Launched in early June this year, the contest received more than 400 entries and gave fans the opportunity to share their favorite Rock Racing photos for a chance to win a full team kit and other popular Rock Racing gear.

The winning photo is an image of Rock Racing’s Kayle Leogrande, taken during the Tour de Georgia’s final stage in Atlanta. Kuykendall will receive a full team kit including a jersey, bib shorts, arm warmers, knee warmers, gloves, socks and shoe covers in the team’s signature “venom” design.

“The photo contest was designed to give the fans a chance to show us what Rock Racing means to them,” said Team Owner Michael Ball. “We were overwhelmed with the quality of the images and the positive support we received on the website as a result of this contest and look forward to doing another.”

To enter, fans were required to join the group “Rock Racing Photo Contest 2008” via Flickr.com, upload their photos and include a brief description of where the photo was taken and why it was selected. All entries were reviewed by a final judging panel, a group that included Ball.

For more details and official rules, visit http://www.rockracing.com/photocontest/index.html.

— RRC—