Cycling enthusiasts shed a tear when the Tour Du Pont bike race hit the brakes more than a decade ago. They'll be pedaling for joy soon, if state officials and the Tour Du Pont's former promoter manages to bring a new weeklong cycling event to Maryland.
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"Fourteen years after the annual mid-Atlantic cycling race Tour Du Pont abruptly ended, state officials and cycling enthusiasts are trying to bring a race to Maryland in 2012 that could generate as much as $40 million in annual spending.
Tour de Maryland would be a seven-day cycling event covering roads in all five regions of the state � Southern, central and Western Maryland; the Eastern Shore and the capital region, according to Terry Hasseltine, the state's director of sports marketing who is trying to position the race as a mid-spring precursor to the Tour de France."
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