{"id":6216,"date":"2010-10-30T00:24:28","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T05:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2011-03-26T23:04:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T04:04:52","slug":"gran-fondotexas-tmco-hockley-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/gran-fondotexas-tmco-hockley-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Gran Fondo:Texas TMCO &#8211; Hockley, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.granfondotexastmco.com\/GranFondo\/Home.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.granfondotexastmco.com\/GranFondo\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gran Fondo:Texas TMCO<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nStart: Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 7:45 AM<br \/>\nHouston Oaks Country Club &amp; Family Sports Retreat<br \/>\n22602 Hegar Road\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Hockley, TX<br \/>\nThe Texas Medical Center Orchestra will sponsor a bicycle ride on April 3, 2011, for the benefit of the orchestra and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society:\u00c2\u00a0 Lone Star.\u00c2\u00a0 The ride will be a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gran fondo\u00e2\u20ac\u009d type of ride which in Italian means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153big ride\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This type of ride has become immensely popular in Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Phil Pauz\u00c3\u00a9, Event General Director and organizer.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153These rides are for all riders regardless of expertise and skill and include skilled cyclists Categories 1 through 5 as well as amateur cyclists in the recreational category.<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.active.com\/cycling\/hockley-tx\/gran-fondotexas-tmco-2011\" href=\"http:\/\/www.active.com\/cycling\/hockley-tx\/gran-fondotexas-tmco-2011\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/a> will open in January 3, 2011.\u00c2\u00a0 Registrations will be limited to 3000 riders.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the best road surfaces in the greater Houston area are found in Waller County along the northwest corridor of Highway 290 West. The Gran Fondo: Texas TMCO has maximized these roads to create routes that are unique, safe and challenging. Scheduled just 2 weeks prior to the BP MS150 and 2 weeks following the last Texas Cup race, the timed component of the two longer routes (100K and 100 mile) will allow riders of every skill and competitive level to compare themselves to their fellow riders. From the flat and rolling roads at the start at Houston Oaks Country Club &amp; Family Sports Resort to the 6-7% grades of the hills around White Hall, expect the perfect final test for those riding the BP MS150, an ideal benchmark ride for those triathletes participating in the Memorial Hermann Ironman or a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcno excuse\/ no regret\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 incentive to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cat up\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as the ride will meet USAC Gran Fondo requirements.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.granfondotexastmco.com\/images\/headergraphic.jpg?resize=500%2C158\" alt=\"Gran Fondo\" width=\"500\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gran Fondo:Texas TMCO Start: Sunday, April 03, 2011 @ 7:45 AM Houston Oaks Country Club &amp; Family Sports Retreat 22602 Hegar Road\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Hockley, TX The Texas Medical Center Orchestra will sponsor a bicycle ride on April 3, 2011, for the <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/gran-fondotexas-tmco-hockley-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":[135,2215,1206],"class_list":["post-6216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-event-calendar-2","tag-bike-ride","tag-gran-fondotexas-tmco","tag-hockley-texas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Cg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216","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=6216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}