 By mtb w on 5/29/2007 I just saw the following in an article in the Denver Post about the Teva Games in Vail this weekend. This Saturday, June 2, "The Nature Valley Mountain Bike Championship starts at 1 p.m. at Gold Peak. Pros will bag three laps of the winding 7-mile course, which finishes at Gold Peak. Watch the three-way battle between singletrack sultan and last year's champion Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, mountain biking legend Ned Overend and Tour de France champion Floyd Landis for what likely will be the most illustrious battle of Teva." On Sunday, "The infamous Trek Hill Climb up Vail Pass, formerly the Coors Classic, starts at 11:30 a.m. with Landis likely to set a Teva and Coors Classic record." Plus, there will be freeride mountain biking and lots more. Lots of good stuff all weekend long. Of course, I think the race with Horgan-Kobelski, Ned and Landis will great. Landis is also entered in the Leadville 100 this summer. Lance Armstrong was also entered (that would have been too much to have 2 TDF in one race!) but backed off due to a scheduling conflict. |
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Pumpkin Pants says:
 That sounds like a great way to spend the weekend! AND great idea to get the word out for events! I won't be able to make the Teva Games, but in case you're looking for something to do in July, check out the Colorado Trail Jamboree (http://www.ctjamboree.com/). Registration deadline is July 9th! The ride is July 14 and 15th (yes, two days). Here's what our local Durango Telegraph had to say about the upcoming event: Beneficial suffering Two days. Eighty miles of alpine singletrack. Twelve-thousand feet in total elevation gain. Suddenly the ride to Silverton isn’t sounding so rough. If this sounds like your idea of the perfect, two-wheeled weekend, the Colorado Trail Jamboree may be the thing for you. The jamboree – a benefit for the Jimmy Heuga Center, which supports people and families with multiple sclerosis – will take cyclists along an epic 79 miles of Colorado Trail singletrack. Riders will meet at Molas Pass at the crack of dawn on July 14, where they will embark on the first leg of the ride, which takes them to Hotel Draw. There, support vehicles will meet them with camping gear, and food and refreshments for a night of celebrating and recovery. The following day, the ride continues south into the La Plata Mountains, over the infamous Kennebec Pass and to the proverbial finish line at the Junction Creek Trailhead. Then it’s straight off to Carvers for a 5 p.m. post-ride party to celebrate the experience of riding perhaps the finest stretch of alpine singletrack on the planet. Each participant must raise a minimum of $250 in pledges and/or direct donations, which will be used to fund scholarships to Four Corners residents to attend the Heuga Center’s “Can Do” program. As an added bonus this year, “Bicycle Bob” Gregorio, recent Mountain Bike Hall of Famer, will be riding and on hand to help with wrenching. For more information or to register, visit www.ctjamboree.com. |
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