>You want a cycling event? Try LOTOJA http://lotojaclassic.com/main/index.html. It starts in my home town. No, I haven't done it. I'm not that hard core, but I know people who have done it...and finished.
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>There is also Tour of Utah, America's toughest stage race. http://tourofutah.com/
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>Yeah, we like our cycling here in Utah.

That 'Tour of Utah' looks too hilly, but mainly too hot ! And probably not many local bars with a bottle of local plonk and a good salad ?

We did actually discuss the possiblility of two or three weeks in the U.S. some year - either down the west coast or going east from Oregon thru the more northern states.

>>BTW I must have cycled pretty close to your location last week - from Valras-Plage up the Orb to Olarques. I know we went thru Maraussan....