9/11/2015

After nearly 3 decades, world championships return to US (The Associated Press) #Cycling

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 1986, file photo, American Connie Paraskevin qualifies in the women's 200-meter match sprint competition at the World Cycling Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. After 29 years, the world championships are returning to U.S., with a week of racing that begins Sept. 20 in Richmond, Va., and will crown the world's best leading into next year's Rio Olympics. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins, File)

Long before he rolled off the start line in the Tour de France, or founded his own successful cycling team, Jonathan Vaughters was a 13-year-old trying to catch a glimpse of the action. ''I was able to see over the crowd that way,'' he recalled, ''and I remember Ron Kiefel getting in the breakaway, Greg LeMond following all the key moves. Hundreds of riders from more than 75 nations will converge on Richmond, Virginia, next week for nine days of racing.




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