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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 31 > A road race on a handcycle may not be ideal, but for Tara Llanes, a top downhill cyclist who broke her neck and back in 2007, the important part is being back in the race

A road race on a handcycle may not be ideal, but for Tara Llanes, a top downhill cyclist who broke her neck and back in 2007, the important part is being back in the race

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
July 31, 2009

When Tara Llanes races up and down Skyliners Road in Bend today on her handcycle, she will try to regain at least some of the feelings that used to come from racing her mountain bike downhill.

It won't be the same, of course. But in her first competition since a mountain biking accident took the....

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