| Peddling Richmond
Virginia Business
May 2004
Richmond
will soon get some free coast-to-coast publicity
courtesy of the CapTech Classic. The cycling event on
May 8, will be broadcast on Fox Sports Net to 75 million
homes nationwide in early June.
Organizers say that besides covering the race the network’s
coverage will include some “vignettes” of
the host city. The course itself begins and ends on
Canal and 8th Street and will take riders through the
heart of downtown Richmond, traversing much of the city’s
central business district.
This is the event’s second year. Its lead sponsor
is Richmond-based software consulting firm CapTech Ventures.
It is also the first event of the fledgling World Cycling
Series, which includes several more races this year,
including events in San Francisco and San Rafael, Calif.
“As the first race in the series, we know that
everybody will be watching to see how it goes,”
says Tim Miller, the event’s executive director.
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