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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
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1347.0. "TOUR DE TRUMP/FITCHBURG?" by WMOIS::C_GIROUARD () Fri Oct 20 1989 13:25

     I heard this... The TOUR DE TRUMP will have, as part of it's route, a
    section that passes through Fitchburg (some part). 
    
     Anyone else hear this??????
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1347.1TDT in MA? Here's my "1st leg"IAMOK::WESTERFri Oct 20 1989 14:0817
    TDT in Fitchburg?  No, I haven't heard about this.  Tell us more!  It
    would be great to see the race come through Massachusetts.  
    
    Lets see, If I were choosing a route and assuming they start in Boston,
    I'd send them west and make sure they hit Belmont Hill and then the
    frontage road west on route 2.  next I'd send them up Trapelo road out
    of Waltham into Lexington and also up Bedford road leading back to
    route 2A.  Now they can rest with rolling roads headed southwest through
    Concord, Sudbury into Marlboro and onto rt. 20 all the way to Northboro
    center.Then I surprise them with a trip out Howard st. and up Green st. 
    in Northboro and follow that with Church st. (?) out to the road that 
    circles the reservoir.  Then they can stop :-).  That's as far as I go,
    I'm sure there are some better, more torturous roads further west.  My
    spot to view on the trip I described would be 2/3 of the way up Belmont
    hill or Green street.  How's that route sound?
    
    Dave
1347.2YEAH....WMOIS::C_GIROUARDFri Oct 20 1989 15:054
     I know some of whence you speak. What I was told was that it would 
    run through a small section of Fitchburg. It doesn't matter to me
    how much of Fitchburg it goes through. Anything close will make 
    it very attendable and I'd love it!!!!!!!
1347.3Harvard Hills!!SKETCH::PAULHUSChris @ MLO6B-2/T13 dtn 223-6871Fri Oct 20 1989 15:102
    	How about a few hills in Harvard?  Hope my snotty neighbors don't
    turn thumbs down like they did to the race we used to have. - Chris
1347.4MCIS2::DELORIEACommon sense isn'tFri Oct 20 1989 17:384
I don't care were you'd start but, how about a finish on the top of 
Mt Wachusett???

Tom
1347.5THOM::LANGLOISDT Data NetworksMon Oct 23 1989 13:397
    Start in Fitchburg. Take RT 31 out to 140. Take a right on 140, then a
    left up the hill in front of the Mt Wachusett ski lodge. Then go up the
    mountain itself and back down. Continue to downtown Princeton and take
    RT 62 to Barre. That should take care of any hill requirements! 
    Chip, I don't want to see you pulling any Rosie Ruiz out there!  :^)
    
    							Thom...
1347.6TdT Stages, 1990 VersionEGYPT::CRITZGreg LeMond - Sportsman of the YearTue Jan 30 1990 11:0329





     Here are the stages for the 1990 Tour de Trump (from VeloNews, 19,1):





     May 03   Prologue   Individual TT  Wilmington, DE          5K

     May 04   Stage 01   Wilmington-Baltimore, MD             137K

              Stage 02   Twilight Crit., Baltimore, MD         48K

     May 05   Stage 03   Wash, DC area-Richmond, VA           177K

              Stage 04   TTT, Richmond, VA                     48K

     May 06   Stage 05   Richmond-Charlotte, VA               145K

     May 07   Stage 06   Charlottesville-Winchester, VA       200K

     May 08   Stage 07   Winchester-Harrisburg, PA            200K

     May 09   Stage 08   Lehigh Valley circuit race           135K

              Stage 09   Individual TT, Bethelehem-Eaton, PA   40K

     May 10   Stage 10   Poconos area-New Paltz, NY           200K

     May 11   Stage 11   Central Park circuit, New York City   80K

     May 12   Stage 12   Catskill-Albany, NY                  192K

     May 13   Stage 13   Central Mass. area-Boston, MA        137K





     Stages 6 and 7 seem to be the start of some of the real hard riding.

     I used to travel through Winchester and Harrisburg on my "swoops" home

     from Camp Lejeune back in the late 1960s.  I vaguely remember lots of

     hills and a few small mountains.





     Scott

1347.7TURKEY::J_HALPINWed Jan 31 1990 09:3410


	Today's USA Today has a map of the 1990 Tour de Trump (pg 12C, back
page of the sports section).

	The Massachusetts' stage is from Northhampton to Boston. From the look
of the map, I would guess they are going to use Rt 9 all the way....

JimH
1347.8UPDATES & DETAILS???WMOIS::C_GIROUARDTue Feb 13 1990 07:385
     Will someone be putting (are willing to) some details in here about
    the last stage, e.g. ETA in Boston, exactly where the finish line will
    be, best vantage points, etc... I definitely don't want  to miss this!
    
      Chip
1347.9EDIT::CRITZGreg LeMond - Sportsman of the YearTue Feb 13 1990 09:039
    	It would just be my luck to get a place near the finish
    	line and the have then move it at the last minute.
    
    	Once the course is set, I want to drive it and find the
    	steepest hill on the course. Then, I can take my camera
    	to that spot and [hopefully] get some great shots of
    	the leaders.
    
    	Scott
1347.10MAYBE THEY'LL SLOW DOWN TO 15 MILES AN HOURAKOV11::FULLERTue Feb 13 1990 11:174
    If it's Route 9 as rumoured, I think Belmont Hill in Worcester will
    be a fun spot.
    
    steve