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Rain and record crowds kick off Crusade series

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The Alpenrose course was full of surprises,
like this dual-option stairway run-up.
Slideshow below
(Photos J. Maus)

The opening race of the Cross Crusade series set a record for attendance yesterday. Kenji Sugahara, the director of the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association says that, despite the wet weather, 1,267 racers participated.

That number is up from 1,078 participants in 2007 and is nearly twice the number that took part in 2006 when 760 racers showed up.

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