Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 12, 1993                   TAG: 9305120342
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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TOUR DUPONT

The stage will begin at Virginia Tech's Mall and run down Main Street, to Washington Street where the bikers will turn right. At West Campus Drive, the course turns right onto Drill Field Road and heads back to the Mall and out Main Street to Christiansburg.

Any location along the route will offer a view of the cyclers, but a few stand out from the rest. Henderson Lawn, on Tech's campus will be a great site because riders will pass that area twice. The stretch of Main Street to Washington Street also will be good since the bikers will travel it twice as well.

The race will head out U.S. 460 through Christiansburg and then veer right onto Virginia 8 before turning right onto Virginia 693.