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14 year old Longmont cyclist is World Champion

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Collin Hudson wins UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark over the weekend

From the Times Call

For Longmont's Collin Hudson, climbing to the top step of the winner's podium never gets old.

Race after race, year after year, on one side of the world and the other, the 14-year-old BMX champion continues to rise above his competition. Hudson's latest conquest came over the weekend at the UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he won his competitive age division.

He entered as the reigning title holder in the 13-year-old division and proved that he is only getting better with age.

"As I get older it gets a lot harder," Hudson said Wednesday. "Last year, there were only two or three fast European riders, but this year there were at least 12 kids that I think could have won. So it gets more exciting, more meaningful, as I get older."Hudson, who rides for Crupi, started winning state championships right when he first began competing at age 7. He won a regional title before moving into the expert class a few years later and won his first national title in 2008. The national victories continued to pile up, culminating in his first world title last year in South Africa.

That was no fluke.

Volunteers needed for annual Boulder Bike Count

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Every year Boulder Transportation holds a downtown bike count. This data is used to help find out if there is adequate bike parking where the bikes are located along with other statistics number crunching. Right outside my office the last 2 months I have had to resort to locking my bike to a random post because the dedicated bike racks across the street are constantly full.

Coverage of this bike count in the Daily Camera

Coverage of past bike counts. This one helped to shape the bike corrals that are downtown.

From Community Cycles

Senior Women 4 Mentoring Clinic at Bannock this Sunday

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From the ACA website

The Women’s Mentoring Program is an initiative by the American Cycling Association to aid development women riders in that transition from rider to racer. Entering those first few races can be intimidating and nerve wracking for most anyone when they start racing. For this reason, the ACA has decided to designate several races each year to ease that transition for women new to racing in several Category 4 criterium events.

In each mentoring race one or two experienced Category 1 and 2 women riders are available prior to the race, during the race, and after the race to answer questions, guide in tactics and skills, and provide an encouraging environment for new riders to learn the skills of racing. During these races the experienced mentors ride along with the Category 4 racers as “mentors” and guide the riders during the races on skills, such as, pack riding, taking turns at speed, and drafting. These mentors are also available after the race to answer questions and provide positive feedback for the new racers.

Tom Danielson tells of his tour tale.

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From the Daily Camera

Tom Danielson wasn't necessarily expecting a top-10 placement in the Tour de France.
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"I said to my wife, 'This is kind of a crazy experience for me,'" Danielson said. "I really would like to have taken my first Tour de France as sort of a learning experience, and just work for the team, just be there, not have any pressure and just do the best I could. Really just learn to race, because I knew it was going to be different than any other race."

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