EVENT RECAP MAY 24-26, 2014 1

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2014 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 30,000 weekend spectators, 10,500 new attendees

• Chattanooga economic impact of $5.9 million

• 133% increase in live, mobile viewership of Tour Tracker coverage

• Media circulation to potential 20 million unique viewers

• Strong field of male and female competitors

• Successful course change to include GTI Launch Hill Climb

• Addition of North Shore and Lookout Mountain activations

• Addition of Volkswagen test track at production facility

• Strengthened relationship built with Mayor’s office

• Boosted prize package to include 1 year Volkswagen GTI lease

• Offered Team USA Cycling apparel sales in conjunction with Cuore of Switzerland

• Enhanced relationship and participation from U.S. Paralympics

• Further developed “Twitter Ride” to 3 categories of ride in conjunction with Litespeed and Volkswagen

• Generated interest for greater local partner involvement in 2015

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TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONS

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Women’s National

Champion

Alison Powers

Pinecliffe, CO

UnitedHealthcare

Men’s National

Champion

Taylor Phinney

Boulder, CO

BMC Racing Team

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ROAD RACE CHAMPIONS

Men’s National

Champion

Eric Marcotte

Scottsdale, AZ

Team SmartStop

Women’s National

Champion

Alison Powers

Pinecliffe, CO

UnitedHealthcare

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EVENT REACH

• Weekend Spectators: 30,000

• Time Trial: 5,000

• Road Race: 25,000

• 35% New Attendees (10,500)

• 60% Residents of Tennessee

• 59% Male; 41% Female

• 73% College Graduate

• 46% Annual Household Income over $100k

• Attendees rated 5 out of 7 for engaging in organizing cycling, regularly cycle to stay fit

• Total Average Daily Spend $180.30

• $53.58 Avg. Food/Bev Spend

• $61.20 Avg. Lodging

• $24.41 Avg. Transportation

• $27.87 Avg. Retail

• $13.05 Avg. Sightseeing

• The event had an economic impact of $5.9 million within the local community of Chattanooga

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MEDIA REACH- MELTWATER REPORT

• 448 Professional Road and Time Trial related hits

• 207 unique publications

• Including USA Today, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The Washington Post,

SI.com

• 16 countries

• Including Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA

• Media circulation to potential 20 million unique viewers

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LOCAL MEDIA- RADIO

• 106 FM (classic rock) – 146,100 listeners

• 107.9 BIG FM (classic hits) – 60,000 listeners

• 102.3 FM (talk radio) - 40,900 listeners

• 1150 AM (news/talk) – 16,000 listeners

• $67,000 in ad/promotional value

• WGOW-FM (talk radio) produced four live interviews for race

promotion

• Event information and banner ads included on all station websites,

social media and e-blasts

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LOCAL MEDIA- TELEVISION

• News Channel 9, an ABC affiliate, is the number one local news

station in the region

• Broadcast spans Southeast Tennessee, North Georgia, Northwest

Alabama and Eastern North Carolina

• 27 promotional spots aired between April 27-May 26

• 17 reports in May, including a live broadcast from the Volkswagen

Chattanooga Plant during Good Morning Chattanooga Weekend

• Weekly race promotion on social media and email database.

• Facebook (95,000+ friends),Twitter (19,000 followers)

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MEDIA- PRINT

Chattanooga Times Free Press

• Daily circulation 71,993

• Eight quarter-page ads and two half-page ads

• Spectator guide

• Produced 29 stories in May

Road Bike Action

National circulation

Ran full page race ads in April

and May issues

Get Out Chattanooga

• Monthly circulation 15,000

• Distributed at 60 locations

• Ran full page race ads in April and May issues

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ADVERTISING

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LOCAL MEDIA- ONLINE

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• 98,000 unique visitors each month

• Placement of banner ads on sports page with 40,000 impressions

• Produced 11 stories in May

SoutheasternCycling.com

• 35,000 visitors each month

• Over 65,000 page impressions

• Website banner ad placement in April and May

DIGITAL ASSETS

• Website: 23,647 Visits (14,192 unique visitors)

• Web Sessions: 23,686

• Highlight videos now available on YouTube

• Mobile: 14,000 iOS and Android downloads

• 133% increase from 2013

• Mobile Sessions: 87,713

• Total Page Views for all mobile devices: 509,845

• Total Hours Watched: 28,845

• Average session length of 15.54 minutes across web and mobile

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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ANCILLARY EVENTS

US PARACYCLING

• Paracycling Time Trial National Championships

• Handcycling Criterium National Championships

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KICK-OFF PRESS CONFERENCE

• Mayor Andy Berke welcomes

the 2014 race back to Chattanooga.

• Taylor Phinney

and Carmen

Small show they

are ready to fight

for the stars and

stripes jersey.

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TWITTER RIDE

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EXPO

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• Impact of expo for 2014 was spread across 3 activation areas at the North Shore,

Lookout Mountain and start/finish area.

• Time Trial Vendors - 9

• Road Race Vendors- 26