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News Alert: Lance Armstrong will be riding in the "Ride the Divide" course of the Ride 4 Yellow! Blog: Ride with Lance!
The Lance Armstrong Foundation has teamed up with Steamboat Springs to bring a nationally known fundraiser for cancer research and awareness to Steamboat Springs: Steamboat Ride 4 Yellow. TheRide 4 Yellow event is one out of only 4 partnered events with the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
The Steamboat Wine Festival takes place the same weekend as Ride 4 Yellow. The event
is fast becoming one of Colorado’s most popular summer events, attracting nearly 3,000 attendees, over 100 wineries from all over the world, and top-notch chefs.
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is a 26 mile single track ride that is open to the first 200 bike riders who have raised more than $500 dollars to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. This ride has been called one of the most epic mountain bike rides in the Rockies. It begins at the 10,000 ft Dumont Lake on Rabbit Ears pass just outside of Steamboat and winds along the continental divide with over 26 miles of single-track toward the Steamboat ski area. The ride finished at the top of the gondola.
is a ride for those who did not make the Ride the Divide.
It will take place on the Zig Zag Trail of the Steamboat Ski area and will be fully supported. Riders will be able to complete downhill laps and relax on the gondola ride back to the top. A $75 entry fee will allow you all day gondola access with your mountain bike and a ticket to the celebration lunch with the guest of honor, Linda Armstrong Kelly. The top of the gondola will be the center of all the festivities. Riders registering for the Mt. Werner Ride will need to raise $100 in donations.
Linda Armstrong Kelly (SuperMom to the 7 time Tour de France champion- Lance Armstrong) will be the Keynote Speaker, expressing her fight to educate the world about her personal experiences and knowledge concerning the fight and challenge to find a cure for the deadly disease. All riders will receive free access to the celebration and will enjoy a healthy, organic lunch. If you are not a rider, but would like to attend the celebration, lunch tickets can also be purchased.
Half of the proceeds raised during the weekend event will go directly to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research on a GLOBAL scale.
The remaining half of the proceeds raised during the weekend will directly benefit the LOCAL community of Steamboat Springs for cancer related services. An endowment and donor-advised fund has been established through the Yampa Valley Community Foundation for the purpose of making an impact in cancer related services at the LOCAL level and a goal to reach out and support those community citizens affected, in any form or manner, by cancer.
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