Despite the mountainous surrounds, South America's fourth-largest city is predominantly flat and the cycling infrastructure is excellent.
The cycling commissioner himself, Andrew Gilligan, has written and blogged about cycling for some time.
Instead, Sarai completed the cycling leg of the competition by borrowing a mountain bike from her husband.
Oxfordshire County Council spokeswoman Samantha Tharme praised the cycling group for their role in bringing about the scheme.
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Four of the events, the marathon, the walk, cycling road race and the cycling time trial, are free.
Sir Graham made the cycling campaign one of his first priorities after taking up the post as PCC.
"The last thing that's going to enter your mind is news from the cycling world, " McClain said Wednesday.
The cycling events continue Wednesday with time trial events for men and women.
He ran the marathon in aid of The Breast Cancer Campaign, the charity to benefit from the cycling challenge.
The UK still compares negatively with the cycling "dream" of Berlin or Amsterdam, but is better than "disastrous" Paris.
Also, it'll be interesting to see how the cycling strategy is received as cycling campaigners now feel empowered and are well organised.
Armstrong also resigned as chairman of the Livestrong foundation - the cancer charity he created - after the cycling body's decision.
More than a third of people cycle to work, university or school, making it arguably the cycling capital of the world.
Numerous commenters pretended to be Lance Armstrong and thanked Te'o for distracting the media from the cycling champion's doping scandal.
But the cycling union has already compromised itself by declaring in advance that the United States Anti-Doping Agency process was unsatisfactory.
Meanwhile, the cycling world is eagerly -- and in some cases, perhaps, anxiously -- awaiting to hear what Armstrong has to say.
The Conservative peer called for a "change of culture" amongst the cycling community and suggested cyclists "learn the rules of the road".
And, with the deepest of breaths, we have tried to squeeze back into the cycling top we last donned a lifetime ago.
Walsh's book prominently featured O'Reilly's accounts of doping in the cycling world.
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Paul Willerton, who raced with Armstrong in the early 1990s, said any confession would be "just a starting point" for the cycling star.
The cycling facility was taken over in 2002 and the club has steadily grown since then, achieving Sport England Clubmark status in 2011.
The world governing body for cycling, the International Cycling Union, stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles following the report.
First, he agreed to testify against prominent officials in the cycling world who knew about and might have supported his use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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"I know it's a big risk to do this, but I still want to try to spread the cycling culture to the Hong Kong people, " Fu said.
Then the cycling lobby - usually a split and disconnected group - managed to get all the candidates to commit to improvements to cycling safety.
Certainly, those who argue that mayors do not work and do not listen to the people who elected them should look at the cycling debate.
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Olympic chiefs spoke after examining the cycling stadium in Stratford, east London, which is now 90% complete and expected to be the first venue ready.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has a further three weeks to intervene, should the cycling union act in a manner which it believes to be incorrect.
So could Pat McQuaid, the current head of the cycling union.
When her friend, Romania's Novak, was racing in the cycling World Championships in 2009, Storey texted the TV announcers so they would mention his prosthetic foot.
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