T. Kenji Sugahara

Team Type 1 rolled onto the Annapolis, Md., City Dock early Friday
morning as champions of the eight-person team division of the Race
Across America (RAAM).

The athletes on Team Type 1 – all of whom have Type 1 diabetes – won
the non-stop, transcontinental race in record time. They completed the
3,021-mile (4,861 km) distance in five days, nine hours and five
minutes after starting Saturday afternoon in Oceanside, Calif.

Their average speed of 23.41 mph bettered the 23.24 mph of last year's
winner, the Norwegian Byggkjøp presented by BMC Cycling Team, which
completed nearly the same distance in five days, nine hours and 43
minutes.

At 2:38 a.m. EDT, Team Type 1 riders Jeff Bannink, Simon Bennett, Alex
Bowden, Matt Brooks, Tom Kingery, Lonny Knabe, Bob Schrank and Mark
Suprenant were recognized on the victory podium to the cheers of a
large crowd of supporters that included the team’s founder, Phil
Southerland.

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