Cycling celebration Friday
By: Durango Herald :: Durango and Fort Lewis College will celebrate cycling on Friday - in a big, big way. Fort Lewis College will present Celebrating Cycling Success in Durango at the Community Concert Hall in a special funderaiser Friday night.
The event is a benefit for the Fort Lewis cycling team, Durango Wheel Club junior development and cycling advocacy.
Doors open at 5 p.m.
A social and silent auction will be held from 5:30-6:15 p.m.
The awards program takes place from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
A special dinner will follow the awards program at 7:45 p.m.
Master of ceremonies for the event is Bob Roll, a four-time Tour de France rider, cycling author and commentator for the Outdoor Life Network.
Roll, who lives in Durango, is the first American bicycle racer to compete in both the Tour de France and the Mountain Bike World Cup.
He's the author of the Tour de France Companion and other books.
Discovery Team rider Tom Danielson, a Fort Lewis alumnus who is known to some (including Danielson's Discovery teammate Lance Armstrong) as the "mayor of Durango," will be featured with cyclists like national road race champion Chris Wherry and national cyclo-cross champion Todd Wells (also a Fort Lewis alumnus), both of Durango.
In addition to Danielson, Wherry and Wells, Celebrating Cycling Success in Durango features U.S. Olympic team members Michael and Dede Barry, six-time national mountain biking champion Ned Overend and 2005 U.S. short track national champion Shonny Vanlandingham, among others.
Also, Fort Lewis College's award-winning cyclists will be honored. The Skyhawks have won 11 team national championships in cycling - six in mountain biking, three in cyclo-cross and two in road racing - including the 2005 collegiate Liberty Mutual U.S. National Cyclo-Cross Championship last weekend in Providence, R.I.
The Skyhawks finished second in the nation by a mere 10 points to the University of Colorado at the 2005 National Collegiate Cycling Association Mountain Bike National Championships in Champion, Pa., in late October.
"This cyclo-cross team championship continues Fort Lewis College's dominance of national collegiate cycling," said President Brad Bartel. "We are proud of the team's accomplishments."
Tickets cost $10 for students, $20 for adults in the balcony and orchestra and $25 for adults in the plaza.
A limited quantity of $100 dinner tickets are also available.
Purchase tickets online at www.durangoconcerts.com at the Concert Hall's new downtown ticket office at 707½ Main Ave., or by calling 247-7657.
The downtown ticket office will be open through 6 p.m. on Friday evening.
The campus box office at Fort Lewis will be open for ticket sales at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
"Donate to a great cause, bid on exciting items, meet some great cycling people and have fun," Danielson said on his Web site, www.tomdanielson.com while encouraging the public to attend.
The event is a benefit for the Fort Lewis cycling team, Durango Wheel Club junior development and cycling advocacy.
Doors open at 5 p.m.
A social and silent auction will be held from 5:30-6:15 p.m.
The awards program takes place from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
A special dinner will follow the awards program at 7:45 p.m.
Master of ceremonies for the event is Bob Roll, a four-time Tour de France rider, cycling author and commentator for the Outdoor Life Network.
Roll, who lives in Durango, is the first American bicycle racer to compete in both the Tour de France and the Mountain Bike World Cup.
He's the author of the Tour de France Companion and other books.
Discovery Team rider Tom Danielson, a Fort Lewis alumnus who is known to some (including Danielson's Discovery teammate Lance Armstrong) as the "mayor of Durango," will be featured with cyclists like national road race champion Chris Wherry and national cyclo-cross champion Todd Wells (also a Fort Lewis alumnus), both of Durango.
In addition to Danielson, Wherry and Wells, Celebrating Cycling Success in Durango features U.S. Olympic team members Michael and Dede Barry, six-time national mountain biking champion Ned Overend and 2005 U.S. short track national champion Shonny Vanlandingham, among others.
Also, Fort Lewis College's award-winning cyclists will be honored. The Skyhawks have won 11 team national championships in cycling - six in mountain biking, three in cyclo-cross and two in road racing - including the 2005 collegiate Liberty Mutual U.S. National Cyclo-Cross Championship last weekend in Providence, R.I.
The Skyhawks finished second in the nation by a mere 10 points to the University of Colorado at the 2005 National Collegiate Cycling Association Mountain Bike National Championships in Champion, Pa., in late October.
"This cyclo-cross team championship continues Fort Lewis College's dominance of national collegiate cycling," said President Brad Bartel. "We are proud of the team's accomplishments."
Tickets cost $10 for students, $20 for adults in the balcony and orchestra and $25 for adults in the plaza.
A limited quantity of $100 dinner tickets are also available.
Purchase tickets online at www.durangoconcerts.com at the Concert Hall's new downtown ticket office at 707½ Main Ave., or by calling 247-7657.
The downtown ticket office will be open through 6 p.m. on Friday evening.
The campus box office at Fort Lewis will be open for ticket sales at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
"Donate to a great cause, bid on exciting items, meet some great cycling people and have fun," Danielson said on his Web site, www.tomdanielson.com while encouraging the public to attend.
posted by Ryan Amirault at Thursday, December 15, 2005
