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National News: TransRockies Challenge - Stage 3
Published: Aug 15, 2007 - 04:10 AM
Team Midnight Sun now sits in 14th place in the Open Men's GC after three stages. They are 1 hr 34 minutes back of race leader United Cycles. Klondike Cog Cursers have slipped to 24th and are now 2 hr. and 25 minutes back.
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United Cycles in Control
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://www.pedalmag.com/images/pedal/46c27e136428atr%20day%203%20what%20would%20the%20tr2.jpg> ... and we get to ride our bikes, when?
August 14, 2007 (Nipika, BC) - Riders and crew alike woke up in a great frame of mind as Day 3 of the TransRockies Challenge dawned clear and crisp. For the first time in the six years of the event’s history, riders could head to the start line without packing bags for the move and the staff was able to look ahead to the same.
But riders did have the small business of Stage 3 to deal with - Nipika-Nipika, 93kms and 1,500m climbing. Covering as many kms as the first two days combined and including the most climbing yet, with two passes in and out of the spectacular Kootenay River Valley, Stage 3 was going to turn the ‘sufferator metre’ up a couple of notches.
... go to Pedal Magazine to read the rest
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United Cycles in Control
<img border="0" align="right" src=http://www.pedalmag.com/images/pedal/46c27e136428atr%20day%203%20what%20would%20the%20tr2.jpg> ... and we get to ride our bikes, when?
August 14, 2007 (Nipika, BC) - Riders and crew alike woke up in a great frame of mind as Day 3 of the TransRockies Challenge dawned clear and crisp. For the first time in the six years of the event’s history, riders could head to the start line without packing bags for the move and the staff was able to look ahead to the same.
But riders did have the small business of Stage 3 to deal with - Nipika-Nipika, 93kms and 1,500m climbing. Covering as many kms as the first two days combined and including the most climbing yet, with two passes in and out of the spectacular Kootenay River Valley, Stage 3 was going to turn the ‘sufferator metre’ up a couple of notches.
... go to Pedal Magazine to read the rest
