Hampsten will be riding in the Tour de Steamboat which is a long 100 mile ride that includes three mountain passes! Watch out riders your thighs will be on fire! In it’s sixth year, the Tour de Steamboat
is a great event which benefits the Sunshine Kids foundation. For those of us who are familiar with the Steamboat’s newest biking fundraiser the Ride 4 Yellow, we know that Lance Armstrong is coming to town for that ride. And admittedly some of us aren’t as familiar with Hampsten. But as the Steamboat Pilot wrote, “The Tour de Steamboat, scheduled for July 17, will feature Andy Hampsten, America’s Lance Armstrong before Lance was Lance.”
Hampsten is still the only non-European to have won the Giro d’Italia, taking that crown in 1988. He helped usher Greg LeMond to a Tour de France title and finished fourth himself in 1986 and 1992. He’s also a repeat winner of the Tour de Suisse. So really is the Lance-
The Tour de Steamboat benefits the Sunshine Kids with is a non-profit dedicated to providing fun activities for children battling cancer. It allows them to be kids for a day and forget about their health related worries.
“Hey, we have Andy Hampsten and Kent Eriksen,” Tour de Steamboat co-director Katie Lindquist said with a laugh, lining up her event’s star-power against the recently announced news that Armstrong will ride in the Aug. 8 Ride 4 Yellow event in Steamboat Springs. Either way both events are phenomenal local fundraisers that greatly benefit the Steamboat community.
Are you getting involved? If so make sure your lodging is with ResortQuest Steamboat where your lodging money will be well spent on luxurious condos to rest in after the long haul and soak the bike pains away in our hot tubs and receive on site massages… seriously we have it all! See our resorts and book your stay now!
See the full article in the Steamboat Pilot.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment