The Grays

Bob Roll!

Levi in yellow

The USA Pro Cycling Challenge finished it’s road race in Boulder and we had an incredible time welcoming the cyclists and celebrating with the rest of the town. We first watched the racers come by our nieghborhood off of Broadway around noon with Lilly, Boppa, and Aunt Martha, then Bill and I biked towards the race finish while the girls stayed home with Nana (Aunt Martha and Boppa, too). Bill has biked to the top of the Flagstaff summit a dozen or so times but I’ve never considered taking the challenge. We were planning to walk the 4.1 miles to the top but at the last minute Bill ‘suggested’ we ride to the first bike corral up the hill, then the next, then the next until we had biked all the way up to the finish. In the end it felt great and I plan to head back up next weekend (it didn’t hurt that people were already lined up along the way cheering us on).

We had a great spot at 50m to the finish line and nothing can describe how excited everyone was to see the finish. 22 of the pros reside in Boulder and we certainly had a great turnout to support them. 30,000 people walked or biked up to the summit (not to mention the thousands who lined the streets of Boulder and surrounding towns) to watch the race and many are calling this day of the tour the biggest in USA cycling history. Bill and I have logged in many hours watching the tours on tv, seeing this in person (and meeting Bob Roll) was one of the biggest highlights of our summer!

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