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The annual Criterium
de Castillon Pro Bike Race.
This is an annual professional
bike race, and the first following the Tour de
France. It takes place in the opening week of
August at the town of Castillon la Bataille, which
is about 4 miles from the Chateau de Pitray.
The race course is a 1.5 to 2 mile loop that climbs
and descends a hillside that the riders
attack for 2 hours. Many of the
riders will have ridden in the Tour de France.
The race is a must see. Unlike the Tour de France,
where you see the riders once as they zoom past, in
this race you will see them as many times as they go
around the loop, which is a lot. It is a lot
of fun and very exciting. The race starts late
in the afternoon so we will have time to ride
earlier in the day, eat lunch and then see the race. I will let the
pictures do the talking as they can describe the
atmosphere better than I. Maybe some of you
will recognize the French riders Laurent Jalabert
wearing the climbers jersey from the Tour de France,
and Virenque or Christophe Moreau, and Jackie
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