HERBALIFE BECOMES OFFICIAL PROVIDER OF NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS TO MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM
25/02/2010

KOTA BHARU - Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF), a global nutrition and direct-selling company, with its local base in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today announced that it has completed an agreement with the Marco Polo Cycling Team to become an official sponsor of the team for the Tour de Langkawi. After signing up Museeuw Bikes and FFWD wheels as equipment sponsors before the season, Herbalife now becomes the official provider of nutritional products of the team.

The start of this program will be on March 1st, at the first stage of Tour de Langkawi, in Malaysia. Herbalife Malaysia will support the team in Tour de Langkawi. The cooperation includes several programs for Herbalife distributors to even get more inspired by the Marco Polo riders; big gatherings of thousands of distributors before the race and individual ‘meet & greets’ at stage starts and finishes. The riders will have the healthy Herbalife products available for their best possible recovery and use the H3O sports drink of Herbalife in the races.

The Herbalife Marco Polo Team will race in fully Herbalife branded uniforms – in green – a first for the team that uniquely raced in the sky-blue uniforms for almost ten years!

Herbalife follows in the footsteps of Trek Bikes, Discovery Channel and GE Energy as main sponsor of the Marco Polo Cycling Team.

Team manager Gudo Kramer: “This is a fantastic chance for our team!! We see it as a great sign of recognition for our team and for cycling in Asia , that an outstanding company like Herbalife wants to cooperate with us. The team will be using the great Herbalife products for a good and especially healthy recovery from their hard efforts, which will be a great practical help. We hope to extend the cooperation for a long time to come, but will first focus on doing everything right in the Tour de Langkawi, which will be a great chance to score results, gain experience and develop for our young team!”

Dato' Dr Ronie Tan, Vice President & Managing Director, Herbalife Malaysia said: "We're excited about the sponsorship of the Marco Polo Team. Herbalife sponsors athletes and sporting teams around the world to promote active and healthy lifestyle. As the official provider of nutritional products of the team, we're confident that the team will be well equipped with the best nutrition to achieve an excellent result in the Tour."

Herbalife-Marco Polo Team for Tour de Langkawi:
Loh Sea Keong (MAS), Haidar Anuawar (MAS), Liu Yilin(China), Wang Meiyin(China), Fu Xing (China) and Brad Hall ( Australia ).
The team will be led by Rob Conijn and Henk Schipper.

The 15th edition of the LTdL this year is organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports with assistance from the Malaysian National Cycling Federation and has been granted hors category status by the International Cycling Union (UCI). The race comprises seven stages which are Kota Bharu - Kuala Berang which covers 174.5km, followed by Kuala Terengganu - Chukai (182.3km); Pekan - Mersing (145.6km); Mersing-Parit Sulong (163.5km); Muar - Port Dickson (111.5km) Putrajaya - Genting Highlands (102.8km) dan Kuala Kubu Baru - Dataran Merdeka (133.7km), with a total distance of 1013.9km.

As many as 120 cyclists from 20 teams, including two local teams will contest in the race.

About Herbalife Ltd.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is a global network marketing company that sells weight-management, nutrition, and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in 72 countries through a network of 1.9 million independent distributors. The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good nutrition to children. Herbalife's Web site contains a significant amount of information about Herbalife, including financial and other information for investors at http://ir.herbalife.com. The company encourages investors to visit its Web site from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted.

Marco Polo Cycling information:
The Marco Polo Cycling Team is the first professional cycling team from China .

The team brings together the best Chinese/Asian riders with experienced riders from the West. The sporting target of the team is to top the Asian UCI ranking. But more importantly, its aim is the development of Asian cycling talent.

The Marco Polo Cycling Team is an unconventional, international team in a traditional, European-oriented cycling scene.

The team is supported by several great companies, such as Herbalife, Museeuw Bikes and FFWD wheels. In previous years the team was sponsored by reputed companies like Trek bicycles, Discovery Channel, AMD and GE Energy.

The Marco Polo Team did have a great 2009 season, with an extremely young team, races were won in Europe, Thailand and Korea, whilst Jaco Venter became South African time trial champion and Li Fuyu won the Chinese title, plus gold and bronze medals at the China Games – the biggest sports event in China.

Li Fuyu signed a contract with Lance Armstrong’s Radio Shack team for 2010, taking him to the very top level of world cycling.

The team has raced all over the World and won many championships, stage races, stages and classifications in international tours on every continent, over the last decade.

For more information: www.marcopolocyclingteam.com

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