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Tour de Marin - A benefit ride to support opening the Alto Tunnel to bicycles!

The Marin County Bicycle Coalition and Whole Foods Market present Tour de Marin on Sunday, July 24, 2011. Join all classes of cyclists on a 40-mile ride through scenic Marin and then watch the final stage of the Tour de France (Champs-Élysées) in the afternoon! There will be great food all along the ride, including fine gourmet cuisine from Marin artisan cheese and bread makers! You'll ride past Big Rock, see redwood groves and horse stables, and take in a feast at the Nicasio energizer station.

The 40-mile benefit ride will start and end at Whole Foods Market’s San Rafael Store. The ride will head north along the new Lincoln Avenue Pathway and veer west at Lucas Valley towards Nicasio, where an energizer station will be waiting at the Nicasio Valley Cheese Company. From Nicasio the ride will head east through scenic redwoods, horse stables and the Ross Valley. The ride will take cyclists through the new Cal Park Tunnel and back to Whole Foods San Rafael. After the ride, cyclists are encouraged to head to Pizza Orgasmica to watch the final stage of the Tour de France on the large screen.

All ride levels welcome, no one is left behind. The ride will be supported with ride leaders, sweepers and course marshals from the Marin Cyclists and a SAG (support and gear) wagon courtesy of Mike's Bikes.

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Tour de Marin registration is $40 with all proceeds going to MCBC's efforts to open the Alto Tunnel to bicycles, which will complete Marin's North/South Bicycle Greenway.

The $40 fee includes an organic cotton ride t-shirt to first 200 riders, pre-race breakfast treats at Whole Foods Market, a well stocked energizer station at Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, a swag bag featuring Whole Foods Market vendors and bike stuff and support and SAG wagon
To register click here.

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