(UPDATE: See write-up of ride at “Another bike ride, another $1.3 million for cancer fight”)
(UPDATE: See “Lance Armstrong comes to Beaverton” posted Sept. 22 for locations to watch the ride.)
(NOTE: This ride is booked. Updated version posted July 31, 2005. See “Lance Armstrong riding at 3 events this fall”)This year marks Lance Armstrong's last Tour de France, but that doesn't mean he'll stop riding the bike, especially at fund-raisers for cancer research and awareness.
Armstrong is coming to the Pacific Northwest for the LiveStrong Ride Portland 2005 at Nike's world headquarters in Beaverton, Sept. 23 – 25.
For a minimum registration of $150, bicyclists can ride for 10 to 100 miles along a route leaving the Nike Campus on Sunday, Sept. 25. Cyclists raising more money for the LiveStrong fund-raiser will get into other weekend events and get preferred placement at the starting line.
The LiveStrong Village is open Friday and Saturday for cancer screening, gear and apparel, and demonstrations of new products.
Here's the LiveStrong press release. Go to the LiveStrong Ride Portland website for more information, such as deadlines for registering and filing donations.
AUSTIN, Texas, June 29 /PRNewswire/ — The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) invites cyclists, people living with cancer and those who care about them to join six-time Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong at the first LIVESTRONG(TM) Ride at Nike's world headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., on September 25, 2005.
About 3,500 participants from Oregon, Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada and Washington will take part in the LIVESTRONG Ride to raise awareness and funds for the LAF and the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Cancer Institute to help people with cancer live strong.
“In the past eight years, the LAF has funded more than $2.5 million in research, community programs and other awards in the Pacific Northwest,” said Mitch Stoller, LAF president and chief executive officer. “We look forward to partnering with these communities through the LIVESTRONG Ride to provide physical, emotional and practical tools and information for people living with cancer.”
Funds raised through the LIVESTRONG Ride will support the LAF's advocacy, education, public health and research programs. In addition, a portion of the funds raised through the LIVESTRONG Ride will support cancer survivorship activities at the OHSU Cancer Institute.
With a $150 registration fee and incentives to raise additional funds, participants will receive awards based on the amount of money that they raise, such as invitations to the pre-Ride pasta dinner and a preferred starting line position at the Ride.
LIVESTRONG Ride participants may choose to ride the 10-mile, 40-mile, 70-mile or 100-mile course. They will also be invited to the LIVESTRONGVillage expo area and the post-Ride party at the close of the cycling event.
“Through the LIVESTRONG Ride, we are thrilled to offer the excitement of the Ride for the Roses, our annual cycling event in Austin, Texas, and the opportunity to support the LAF to communities across the country, beginning in the Pacific Northwest. We look forward to announcing future LIVESTRONG Ride sites next year,” Stoller said.
Honorary chairs of the LIVESTRONG Ride are Craig Nichols, M.D., LAF board member, associate director for clinical research in the OHSU Cancer Institute and head of the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology in the OHSU School of Medicine; and Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman of Nike.
The LIVESTRONG Ride will begin and end at Nike headquarters. Nike is the presenting sponsor of the LIVESTRONG Ride and a longtime friend of the LAF. As a tribute to Lance Armstrong's inspirational fight against cancer and his historic attempt at a sixth Tour de France win last year, the LAF and Nike launched the Wear Yellow Live Strong campaign in 2004. To date, more than 50 million wristbands have been sold at $1 apiece, and all proceeds support the LAF's advocacy, education, public health and research programs.
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