September 10, 2004 – Organizers say it’s filling up, but spaces are still available on the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope D.C. recreational fundraising ride, scheduled for October 9, 2004. Spaces are available for the first 1500 cyclists to register for the event, a fund-raiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation anti-cancer charity.

Lance Armstrong will be among the riders celebrating the final day of the cross-country ride by the 20-member Tour of Hope team. Armstrong will join the fundraisers at the start and ride with them until he leaves to rendez-vous with the Tour of Hope team.

The 26-mile recreational fundraising ride will start at 8:00a.m. at the
Georgetown Prep School. Riders will restage at the Irish Pub at Glen Echo, for the final eight miles into D.C.

The recreational ride will conclude on the Ellipse, in plenty of time for
fundraising cyclists to join Armstrong, the Tour of Hope Team, and special guests there for the grand finale event, open to the public.

The ride also needs hundreds of volunteers to act as course marshals, registration helpers, bike parking attendants, and to assist at the aid stations.

For more information see www.tourofhope.org.