Greg LeMond is getting out on the road to participate with thousands of recreational cyclists in the Pan-Mass Challenge bicycle tour this weekend.
As Lance Armstrong joined RAGBRAI last week, and George Hincapie is scheduled to ride in the Oregon Wine Country MS150 ride this weekend, LeMond will join 4,000 other cyclists on the nation's biggest fund-raising bike ride.
How big? Last year, the Pan-Mass Challenge raised $23 million for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund. This weekend's ride is the 27th annual event.
There are four two-day routes and four one-day routes, ranging in length from 192 miles for a two-day ride to 72 miles for the shortest one-day rides. They start from Provincetown, Wellesley and Sturbridge.
There are cyclists 30 states and six countries. Although they're not bicyclists, the band Soul Asylum is expected to perform at the opening ceremonies in Strurbridge. Bassist Karl Mueller died of throat cancer last year.
LeMond is the was the first American to ever win the Tour de France. He's also honorary chairman of the Tour de Cure, a fund-raiser for diabetes held in 80 cities.
Lately, he's been talking about another Tour winner, Floyd Landis, whose 2006 championship is in jeopardy because of a high testosterone-epitestosterone ratio found in his urine. The “B” sample for that testosterone test is expected to be ready on Saturday.
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