July 8th - Prologue (2 km up South Access) ... starts at 6:30 pm with registration starting at 5:30 pm. Location  for Registration is bottom of South Access at the entrance to the Go-Kart Track.

July 9th - ITT (20 km and 10 km) ... starts on North Klondike at Hot Springs Road at 10 pm. Registration at Gas Station startting at 9 am

July 10th - Road Race starting at Jales Corner - 30 km distance for U13 and Recreational riders ends at Kettley's Canyon, 51 km for U15  and 78 km for Expert ends at South Access. Start time 10 am with registration at 9 am at Jakes Corner

Wednesday June 8th ... a chance to go really really fast!

Goals can be good. Expectations can be bad, and I have too often mistaken one for the other and failed to achieve either. No where is this more apparent to me than in my parenting. I am not intuitively a good father, and it is a miracle of sorts that my oldest son loves me the way he does and forgives me my trespasses. My first attempt at nurturing hasn't always been the best. I yell. I carry on. Then I apologize, which is only right when you've acted like a jerk.

I was a kid in the '70s, when smacking your children was still widely accepted and 'tough love' was just called 'love.' I sometimes joke with the other parents from the boys' soccer and hockey teams that '70s dad would not have put up with most of what we accept from our progeny today, but I do believe that understanding and love are better than punishment.

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BARCELONNETTE, France (CT) - Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) has held off a late charge from Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin) to win stage 17 of the Tour de France with a long-range solo attack.

Geschke attacked from a 28-rider breakaway with just under 50km remaining and was able to build and maintain a lead over two second-category climbs to take victory at Pra Loup.

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As in any micro culture, trends come and go in cycling. Sometimes they bring us fixies and overly tight jeans; sometimes they bring us electronic drivetrains. Here are five bandwagons I am officially jumping on.

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An American group dedicated to promoting freedom for female Muslim athletes has funded a trip for nine women to fly over and ride a seven day cycling event.

The Muslim athletes from around the world will ride with a team of American school friends, now celebrating their 50th birthdays - with the aim of promoting female sports participation as a fundamental right.

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Tinkoff-Saxo team owner launches a tirade against race organiser ASO

Sagan, Tinkov and Contador  (Bettini Photo)

Oleg Tinkov sat quietly alongside Alberto Contador and Peter Sagan during the Tinkoff-Saxo outdoor press conference in Gap on the second rest day, preferring to let his riders face questions about the Tour de France.

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Froome riding a perfect race, but one that has already been soured

After silencing his doubters and coming through the tough opening week of the Tour de France in the race lead, in between the two rest days Chris Froome has put his foot down and tightened his grip on yellow.

His attack and victory on the first summit finish at La Pierre-Saint-Martin was resounding and he has proved unbreakable since. He heads into the Alps claiming he's in a stronger position than he was at this point during his 2013 Tour win. That must be quite demoralising for his rivals to hear.

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As an academic researcher, I have studied drugs in society for the last 20 years. In my current job, I also study cycling history and culture, and the place of drugs and doping in this sport.

I know a lot about this topic. But something new dawned on me the other day. I realised, that in all my years thinking about this issue, I have learned much more about how to get away with doping than how to prevent it.

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There was a bit of something for everyone with a prologue, time trial, flat stages, lumpy stages and two summit finishes. We saw nine different stage winners over ten days and four different riders don the beautiful maglia rosa.

Every day was something different and offered a new reason to fall in love with women's cycling - and the cast of characters that make the professional side of this sport so much fun to follow.

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Head coach Tim Kerrison sat in on the team's press conference with team manager Dave Brailsford, Geraint Thomas and Chis Froome. After a series of questions about the race and the recent polemics, Kerrison revealed data for Froome's performance on the La Pierre-Saint-Martin climb on stage 10, the first mountain stage in the Pyrenees, where Froome distanced his rivals as they struggled in the heat after the first rest day.

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VALENCE, France (CT) - Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has appealed for greater transparency in the sport of cycling, saying that the riders, teams and bodies such as the UCI all have a part to play in helping to win back public trust.

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