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The North Star Bicycle Festival, is a ten-day series of cycling events that take place at sites around central Minnesota and now Wisconsin. The festival has gone by multiple names since its creation in 1999 as Tour de Wings. It was known as the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival for 2000–2008, the Minnesota Bicycle Festival in 2009, and the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival for 2010–2013. The festival takes place in mid-June. In 2010, the Festival took place on June 11–20, beginning with the Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic, June 11–13. The event consisted of velodrome racing at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minnesota. The marquee event of the Festival is the Nature Valley Grand Prix, a professional bicycle stage race. In 2010, races took place from June 16–20 in the downtowns of Saint Paul, Cannon Falls, Minneapolis, Menomonie and Stillwater. The Nature Valley Grand Prix is ranked at 2.1 the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, the highest ranking for stage races. The Nature Valley Grand Prix is also part of the Women's Prestige Cycling Series, a national, four-race, women-only series The primary sponsor is Nature Valley granola bars ==Charitable mission== The Nature Valley Bicycle Festival is a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) charity whose missions are bicycle education and to support Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. All proceeds from the Festival are donated to the pediatric hospice at Children's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Star Bicycle Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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