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Colombian mountain cyclists try to pedal out of poverty toward glory in Europe

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DUITAMA, Colombia — In the Andean mountains of central Colombia, where life's options range from potato farming to herding goats, boys like Johan Cardenas dream of cycling to glory in the French Alps and Pyrenees.

They ride at dawn's first light for 30 or 40 miles, or often 70, much of it up narrow mountain passes. Then they go again the next day, and the day after, with one goal in mind: to someday be good enough to compete in the great bicycle races of Europe.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 19 Sep, 2011


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