Angel Fire Resort Announces Official Partnerships for 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup; New Mexico Mountain Resort Teams with Outdoor Life Network for National Broadcast Coverage of International Bike Competition.ANGEL FIRE, N.M. -- Angel Fire Resort Angel Fire Resort is an alpine ski resort in Angel Fire, New Mexico, USA. The resort opened in 1966[1] and offers both winter and summer activities. Activities In the winter season there is terrain for
World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and road cycling race and will now produce and air the 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup television special which will air in August. Competitors from over 30 countries will compete at the July race -- expected to include: Brian Lopes (USA), Steve Peat (UK), Cedric Gracia (FRA Fra: see Angelico, Fra; Bartolommeo di Pagholo del Fattorino, Fra; Fra Filippo Lippi under Lippi. ), Michael Prokop (CZR), Greg Minnaar (NZ), Nathan Rennie (AUS), Sam Hill (AUS), Guido Tschugg (GER), Jill Kindner (USA), and Aneke Beerten (NDR). "We are gearing up for one of the most prestigious mountain biking races in the world and one of the biggest events Angel Fire Resort has ever hosted," explains Jon Mahanna, general manager, Angel Fire Resort. "We're thrilled to partner with Outdoor Life Network to showcase the race nationally, and we're excited to be working with top notch companies to make this the best event it can be." Official sponsors for the international biking event include Tissot, Santini, Schenker, Yeti yeti: see abominable snowman. (Young, Entrepreneurial technocraTI) Coined around the turn of the century during the dot-com bubble, there is also a "yetti" variation, which means "young, entrepreneurial, tech-based twenty-something." Cycles, Iron Horse Mountain Bikes, Wells Fargo, USA Cycling the New Mexico Tourism Department, Village of Angel Fire and 94 Rock. On July 9th and 10th the picturesque slopes of the region's Sangre de Cristo Sangre de Cristo (Spanish: "blood of Christ") can refer to either:
--Downhill: extreme, high speed action will lead racers through tight technical drops in the trees, across a malpais (lava rock) field, and down a wide-open, high-speed ski slope before screaming into the ski base area. --Cross Country: Ultra-fit racers will compete along a single- track 8-mile loop that climbs over 1,500 vertical feet to the mountain's summit. --4-Cross: head-to-head racing with four riders competing on a course with huge jumps and berms, on a state-of-the-art mountain cross course. For more information on the 2005 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup or other events at Angel Fire Resort check out the website at www.angelfireresort.com. Press interested in attending the UCI World Cup can RSVP online to guarantee media credentials. About Angel Fire Resort If you can do it on a mountain, you can do it here. Angel Fire Resort is the Southwest's premier year-round alpine recreation destination. Tucked high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains Sangre de Cristo Mountains (săng`grē də krĭs`tō), part of the S Rocky Mts., extending c.220 mi (350 km) from S central Colo. into N central N.Mex. of northern New Mexico Northern New Mexico may simply mean the northern part of New Mexico, but in cultural terms it usually means the area of heavy Spanish settlement in the north-central part. , Angel Fire is the rare resort where you can ski, snowboard, tube, snow bike and cross country ski all on the same mountain. It offers a 121-room slope side hotel as well as rental condos and homes, with a wide variety of activities for the summer outdoor enthusiast including golf, mountain biking, fishing and hiking. For more information on Angel Fire Resort, please call 1-800-633-7463 or visit the web site at www.angelfireresort.com. |
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