On Your Mark-RAAM and RAW Start in Oceanside, CA June 17, 2009

On you mark, get set, go! Race Across America and Race Across the West are set to start in Oceanside CA between the Oceanside Harbor and Pier on June 17, 2009. Come to Oceanside as a spectator, cyclist, or support team and see what all the buzz is about.

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For the complete press release see:The Ultimate American Bicycle Racing Event - The Race Across America (RAAM) Here is an excerpt: "Unlike the Tour de France, RAAM cyclists are not allowed to draft or ride in a peloton. Also, RAAM is not broken down into stages. The official race clock starts on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and runs until the racers reach Chesapeake Bay, MD. These are some of the reasons why the Race Across America is considered the World's Toughest Bicycle Race and one of the toughest challenges on Earth. In the 2006 Mt. Everest spring climbing season, 470 people summited the fabled peak, but in 27 years of RAAM less than 200 soloists have finished the race. Austrian adventurer, Wolfgang Fasching, who summited Mt. Everest and won solo RAAM three times is often quoted as saying that he found RAAM much harder."