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Robin Yount
Vice President of Tourism, Rockingham County TDA
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Chip Hofler
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Sharon Decker Announces the Cycle North Carolina 16th Annual “Mountains to Coast” Route
-Featuring an overnight stop in Reidsville, making this the fourth time a Rockingham County location has been included on the ride.-
RALEIGH, North Carolina– North Carolina Secretary of Commerce, Sharon Decker, announced the 2014 Cycle North Carolina “Mountains to Coast” Route with the help of town representatives at the North Carolina Division of Tourism offices in Raleigh, NC.
To view the video of the “Mountains to Coast” Tour announcement, visit:
The sixteenth-annual ride is scheduled for a Sparta to Hatteras Village route, from September 27 to October 4, 2014. With beautiful tourist stops along scenic back roads, the “Mountains to Coast” trek is the highlight of the year for many cyclists from across the nation.
Cycle North Carolina will begin its full-service, cross-state ride on September 27th at Alleghany High School in Sparta, and will arrive at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras Village on October 4th, with 1,100 bicyclists expected to participate. Over the course of the week, riders will bike an average of 60 miles per day. Additional overnight stays are planned for the towns of Mt. Airy, Reidsville, Oxford, Roanoke Rapids, Edenton and Manteo.
The Cycle North Carolina “Mountains to Coast” Tour is the state’s only fully-supported ride created in 1999 with the N.C. Division of Tourism, Capital Broadcasting Company, the N.C. Department of Transportation and North Carolina Amateur Sports as founding partners. Cycle North Carolina was developed to promote North Carolina’s scenic beauty, heritage tourism, visitor attractions, historic sites, state parks, fitness, healthy lifestyles and the benefits of bicycling to individuals and our state. During the past 16 years, Cycle North Carolina has stopped overnight in more than 100 North Carolina towns and visited more than 650 North Carolina communities.
Registration brochures will be available soon and online registration is already open at Cycle North Carolina will be capping registration at 1,100 riders, so interested riders are encouraged to register early, to avoid missing out on the highlight of the year for bicycling in North Carolina.
According to Reidsville Mayor Jay Donecker, “We are thrilled to host an overnight stay to more than 1,000 cyclists, families and friends in our beautiful city on Monday, September 29. We have great plans to welcome them to our area and showcase what Reidsville has to offer, including an evening concert at Market Square. It’s a great opportunity for our businesses and community to shine and highlight why we ‘Live Simply. Think Big’. “
“We are excited that the Cycle NorthCarolina ‘Mountains to Coast’ route will once again feature a stop in Rockingham County. This time, cyclists will spend the night in Reidsville at the Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center. We can’t wait to welcome these visitors to our community and are honored to be part of this wonderful event for a fourth time,” said RobinYount, vice president of Tourism for the Rockingham County Tourism Development Authority.
The City of Reidsville and the Rockingham County Tourism Development Authority worked together for the last several months on the proposal to host Cycle North Carolina. Officials with each organization, as well as many others, will be partnering in planning the activities and hospitality for the overnight stop on September 29th.
For more information on Cycle North Carolina, contact NCAS at (919) 361-1133, or visit the Cycle North Carolina Web site at,
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