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Article: Be like Lance and try out the Tour de Siuslaw.(Columns)(The ride out Wolf Creek into the Coast Range is challenging, but it isn't likely to wipe you out)(Column)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2004
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Byline: Best of ... by The Register-Guard
It's July, and that means it's time for all-American pastimes such as Independence Day, fireworks and the Tour de Freedom, er, France.
Nothing really compares to watching the Tour's superstars such as Lance Armstrong, Tyler Hamilton and Jan Ullrich fly up the Alps like angels of the mountains. In fact, it gets us folks here at Best Of ... so motivated we (briefly, very briefly) put down our doughnuts and mochas and head out on a bike ride ourselves.
And when Team Best Of ... goes riding, we go to Wolf Creek, a glorious 60-mile jaunt through southwestern Lane County that has inspired a bike name and been ...