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by NickScull Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:29 pm
From: "Bike Dreams, Wilbert" <wilbert>
Date: Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:27:41 AM Etc/GMT
To: <info>
Subject: New tours : The Andes Trail & La Bella Italia

Dear Cyclist,

After the success of "Paris-Dakar by Bike", Bike-Dreams organises two new
bike tours in 2008 : “The Andes Trail” and "La Bella Italia".

The facts of "The Andes Trail" in a nutshell :
- 11.000 fascinating kilometers along, through and over the longest
mountain range in the world
- 5 countries : Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile
- 4 months, 106 stages, 22 rest days
- Start : August 9th, 2008
- Finish : December 14th, 2008
- Location of the start : Equator, close to Quito in Ecuador (
Mitad-del-Mundo )
- Location of the Finish : Ushuaia in Argentina, nicknamed the
"End-of-the-World"
( Fin-del-Mundo )
- Slogan : From the Middle to the End-of the-World.
- Expedition / Race

The facts of "La Bella Italia" in a nutshell :
- 3.000 kilometers through one of the most beautiful countries in the world
- 33 days, 6 rest days in Etna, Pompei, Rome (2), Florence and Venice
- Start : May 11th, 2008
- Finish : June 12th, 2008
- Location of the start : Palermo, Sicily ( in the same weekend as the Giro
d'Italia )
- Location of the finish : Madonna del Ghissalo; the pelgrims site for
every cyclist
- 4 mountain time trials for competitive riders
- The route includes the Dolomites, Passo di Stelvio, Etna, Vesuvius

Visit our website www.bike-dreams.com to get an impression of both the
tours.

To reach a great audience, we ask you to make an announcement at your
website.

We have compiled two short textfiles which you can use as text for your
announcement ( see attached files ). You are of course free to modify the
text to your own discretion.
Next to that we have attached a zipfiles with some photos which where made
during our exploration and can be used at your website.

Feel free to contact us if you have questions or want to receive other (
hi-resolution ) photos.

Many thanks in advance for publication
and
best regards,


Wilbert Bonné

Bike Dreams
Markstraat 11
6041 EN Roermond
THE NETHERLANDS
wilbert@bike-dreams.com
www.bike-dreams.com

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