{"id":376,"date":"2007-04-10T21:53:28","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T03:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2007-04-10T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2007-04-11T03:53:28","slug":"state-championship-bike-race-copperas-cove-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2007\/04\/10\/state-championship-bike-race-copperas-cove-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"State Championship Bike Race &#8211; Copperas Cove, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kdhnews.com\/news\/story.aspx?id=15266\" target=\"_blank\">Killeen Daily Herald\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Copperas Cove will be hosting the State Championship Bike Race in conjunction with The Racing Post, a magazine based in the Dallas\/Fort Worth area for bicycle enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>The event will attract an estimated 500 cyclists, including many professionals at varying levels, Davis said. Still in the planning stages, the race will be held from June 9-10.<\/p>\n<p>The bicycle course begins at the Copperas Cove Civic Center and makes a 33-mile loop to Topsey, but riders can choose from three routes measuring 30 miles, 50 miles or 118 miles, Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>A similar statewide bicycle race was held in Copperas Cove in October, and the chamber is hoping the event will expand into a renowned attraction for the city.<\/p>\n<p>Bike enthusiasts are encouraged to volunteer to help drive lead and trail vehicles and set up the course. Copperas Cove&#8217;s courses are known for being clean and well-marked, Davis said, but volunteers are needed to maintain the city&#8217;s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>For information about chamber races or on how to volunteer, contact Ben Davis at (254) 289-6330.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Joshua Winata at <a href=\"mailto:jpwinata@kdhnews.com\" class=\"link3\"><strong>jpwinata@kdhnews.com<\/strong><\/a> or (254) 547-6481<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Killeen Daily Herald\u00c2\u00a0 Copperas Cove will be hosting the State Championship Bike Race in conjunction with The Racing Post, a magazine based in the Dallas\/Fort Worth area for bicycle enthusiasts. The event will attract an estimated 500 cyclists, including <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2007\/04\/10\/state-championship-bike-race-copperas-cove-tx\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-event-calendar-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-64","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}