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White
Mountain Road Club - Valley of the Sun Stage Race
The Valley of the Sun bike race
is a three-day event in which professional and amateur road
racing cyclists of different categories compete for cash and
prizes.
 There will also be these
special events:
Kids Bike Rodeo
The Phoenix Police
Department along with the SAFE KIDS Coalition of
Maricopa County and the Landis/Trek amateur team will
conduct a Bike Rodeo and Helmet Fitting clinic.
Kids Race
Children 3 and up with a helmet
and a bike can race.
Click here for flyer
Otis Francis Trio
Enjoy
Classic Rock with one of the best known Guitarists in the
valley.
Lance Armstrong Olympic Race Series
 Entering
its 16th year in 2008, the Lance Armstrong Junior Olympic Race Series is a
program designed by USA Cycling and endorsed by seven-time Tour de France
winner and Olympic medalist Lance Armstrong and provides racing
opportunities for junior and U23-aged athletes. Over the course of the last
15 years, the series has evolved into a nationally-recognized junior
development program.
The Lance Armstrong Junior Olympic Race Series is part of
USA Cycling’s athlete development pipeline and gives developing riders aged
15-22 a chance to earn an invitation to USA Cycling Regional Development
Camps via a top-five placing in a series race.
Lance Armstrong Junior Olympic Race Series events will
provide racing opportunities for boys and girls as young as 10 years old to
22-year-old men and women.
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Severson / The Arizona Republic
Beginning a
22-kilometer time trial, Joe Statt of Scottsdale
takes off from the starting gate at the 16th
annual Valley of the Sun John Earley Memorial
Stage Race at Sun Valley Parkway and McDowell
Road near Buckeye Friday. |
A stage is held each day
consisting of a time trial, a road race and a criterium.
There are over 900 participants in 15 categories of
amateur and professional riders, both men and women, ages 10
to over 60. The cyclists that have the lowest cumulative
time from the three stages will win in their respective
categories.
The three stages are:
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Trek Time Trial
in Buckeye, AZ
Friday, February 15
12
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Transcend
Broadband Road
Race
in Casa Grande,
AZ
Saturday, February 16
50
- 100 miles |
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Landis
Cyclery Criterium
at Arizona
State Capital
Sunday, February 17
30 - 70 minutes |
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This information was last
updated:
05/12/2008
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The White Mountain Road Club
presents:
16th Annual
John Earley Memorial Valley of the
Sun Stage Race
USA Cycling Permit: 2008-10
February 15-17, 2008
$15,000 CASH
PURSE
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