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Article: Hundreds of Local Residents Participate in Breakaway from Cancer Charity Ride to Benefit The Wellness Community; Bruce Jenner Kicks-off Twenty-Five Mile Ride That Coincides with Stage Six of Amgen Tour of California.
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- February 25, 2006
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- More than 500 local residents and Amgen staff and their families took part in the Breakaway from Cancer(TM) charity ride on Saturday, February 25 -- the same day that stage six of the inaugural Amgen Tour of California rolled into Thousand Oaks from Santa Barbara. And Bruce Jenner, 1976 decathlon Olympic gold medalist, kicked-off the charity ride.
The charity ride began at 8:30 a.m. and encompassed a moderate 25-mile route suitable to all levels of experienced riders. Participants received a commemorative Amgen Breakaway from Cancer race jersey, and all proceeds from the charity ride benefited The Wellness Community(R), an international ...