You don’t have to be training for the Tour de France to ride with some of the best amateur cyclists on the Front Range. This intermediate 30-mile trek will take cyclists up Lefthand Canyon, through Jamestown and back, with spectacular mountain views the whole way. Though the club is serious about their conditioning, building camaraderie is also a priority.

This was going to be his year. At last, Christian Vande Velde, the leader of Boulder's Garmin-Slipstream Pro Cycling Team, would break away at this month's Tour de France. And then it happened—again.