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Crowds at the top of Lookout Mountain near Golden, CO during the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge As the 2011 road-cycling season wraps up, the pro cyclists are already making travel plans for preseason training camps and team presentations. Fans and less serious riders are also making plans, but for things like fun rides or [...] It was a nice day in Provence today — finally! It’s March with the first trees in flower, though hardly visible since snowy alpine weather brought a foot of snow last week. If you’ve been following the “race to the sun,” you know this same cold front resulted in the shortening of stage 3 [...] Climbing out from down under: join the Aussies! A few months ago I heard from a nice Oz fellow Jeff who rode with VeloSport Vacations in Provence a few years back. It’s a long voyage from down there to France, so this time he wants to come with his cycling-crazed wife for a couple of [...] Mont Ventoux attracts thousands of cyclists for any given summer season. But 2009 was quite the year for VeloSport’s little corner of Provence. One July week saw both the “Etape” cyclosportif with 8000+ riders followed a few days later by the finish of Stage 20 of the Tour de France. Between all the publicity [...] On July 28, 2009, long-time VéloSport guest Steve Maxwell became the 2705th person to officially climb Mont Ventoux by all three sides in one day (right). Steve said the 85 mile ride with 14,000 feet in elevation gain was a “…a tough, but unforgettable experience!” Steve: ”I’ve been on three different VéloSport trips and I [...] |
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