As some of you know Jimmy Page has been preparing for a trip to Canada to participate in a bike race. The race is the Tour de l'Abitibi a UCI event founded in 1969, this cycling tradition represents the only North American stage of the UCI World Junior. Each year, the best junior cyclists from around the world travel to Abitibi, Québec at the end of July to compete.

As you can imagine, participating in an event like this can be very expensive. So, as a club we've decided to do what we can to help support him. The plan is to have an organized ride (approximately 50 mi) on Saturday, July 12th starting at 8:30am from Suncoast Bicycles in Inverness. The ride will be fully supported with a SAG vehicle and food afterward. The cost will be $25 per rider with the proceeds going to support Jimmy and his team. We'll be updating the club website so you can signup, check for updates and a ride flyer at www.citruscycling.org soon.

More Information:
Jimmy was invited to join a team of cyclists this spring based on his spectacular performance in the Florida Points Series Category 4 standings. He's the number one rider on the number one team by the way! Check out the results at www.floridacycling.com

Also: Dave page supplied the following information about the Tour de l'Abitibi.

Here is some information on the tour. To get their website google 'Tour De L'abitibi' and click on english if you can't read french. The site should give you most of the info you might need and I will throw in a few other things here. There are 25 teams selected consisting of 6 riders each. Our team which has no name as yet has two riders from Preferred Alliance(S. Fl), two from Hincapies school, one from Atlantic Shores Velo, and of course one from Citrus Cycling. Following is the schedule...Fri July25- Prologue Parallel Time-trial 400m. Sat.-Road 95km. Sun.,Road 95km. Mon.- Individual Time-trial15km and Criterium 85km. Tues- Road 115km.
Following is a blurb from Turbo's old coach on the tour....'I can say that L'Abitibi is a big league race for juniors. It is very intimidating typically on the first time there primarily due to the super aggressive racing. The local guys have something to prove, the Euros just race hard, and the US guys try to stake their claim. Even though the race support is more than most juniors have ever seen before( it makes them feel like pros) it is harsh and you can expect no coddling from anyone. Crashing is common, for both the reasons of rough roads and aggresive riders- but it is expected that the rider just picks himself upand gets on with the business of racing.'
The website should give you everything you need but don't hesitate to call me. I Just want to say how much we appreciate what you guys are doing. To me, the money that you are raising means very little compared to the goodwill and wonderful people behind this effort. We do have a good thing going with this little club of ours. Had fun on the ride tonight. Dave

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Regards,

Jim Busk

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