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Beat the Heat Challenge at Brasstown Bald fights childhood obesity
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is presenting competitive cyclists with a seemingly irresistible challenge: race 4,784 feet to the top of Brasstown Bald Mountain in Ellijay, Ga., to help raise awareness about childhood obesity and create excitement for the return of Tour de Georgia, which in on hiatus this year.
Cyclists at Wisconsin’s Kenosha Velodrome honor Don Vanderbrook, who died after a crash there last week
Cyclists at Wisconsin's Kenosha Velodrome will ride a lap of honor before a memorial race Tuesday evening in remembrance of Donald Vanderbrook, who died after a crash at the track last week. Vanderbrook, who was 50, died of head injuries when four riders went down just before the bell lap of a Senior Category 4-5 points race last Tuesday evening. "Four riders got tangled up and went down. It must have been the way he landed; it wasn't very high speed," race director Len Cabaltera told VeloNews.