What a beautiful day for a bike ride! Though anyone glancing at the mass of bicycles jockeying for positioning on Pennsylvania Avenue Sunday would recognize that it was no ordinary day for cycling enthusiasts in Washington.
The blur of jerseys and spinning spokes was part of the 2010 Capital Criterium. Serious professionals raced for cash prizes. Children, as young as three-years-old, pedaled as fast as they could simply for the fun and glory of it all.
All those laps through downtown D.C. had a bigger goal: to bring one of the worlds biggest cycling races to the nations capital. Organizers of the CapCrit hope that Washington will be chosen to host the opening stages of the Giro dItalia. The Italian even is second only in popularity to the Tour de France.
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