Off to Taiwan for the 2011 World Cup Cycling Competition. Stay turn for pictures from the start of the event.<\/p>\n
Since last year\u2019s Cup was a friendly warm-up competition, this year\u2019s event will kick-off with team competitions representing Australia, China, Colombia, France, Japan, Netherlands, Taiwan, Spain, Ukraine, and United States of America, all vying for the grand trophy, medals and cash prizes.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaiwan Cup plays an important role in promoting the nation\u2019s natural scenic beauty and growing bicycle manufacturing industry.\u201d said Trust Lin, Director of Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Los Angeles Office. \u201cTaiwan\u2019s love affair with cycling goes much deeper than competing at the high-profile annual Cup. The Taiwanese people have embraced this healthy pastime sport in their daily lives for years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hopefully we’ll have a chance to cover some of the same course as the competitors….at a much easier pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Off to Taiwan for the 2011 World Cup Cycling Competition. Stay turn for pictures from the start of the event. Since last year\u2019s Cup was a friendly warm-up competition, this year\u2019s event will kick-off with team competitions representing Australia, China, Colombia, France, Japan, Netherlands, Taiwan, Spain, Ukraine, and United States of America, all vying for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,3],"tags":[610,3660,612],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news-blog","category-travel","tag-competition","tag-cycling","tag-taiwan"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":"","rpg_gallery_thumb":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","gb-block-post-grid-landscape":"","gb-block-post-grid-square":"","et-pb-post-main-image":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":"","et-pb-portfolio-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-module-image":"","et-pb-portfolio-image-single":"","et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":"","et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":"","et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":"","et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":"","et-pb-image--responsive--phone":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"
Off to Taiwan for the 2011 World Cup Cycling Competition. Stay turn for pictures from the start of the event. Since last year\u2019s Cup was a friendly warm-up competition, this year\u2019s event will kick-off with team competitions representing Australia, China, Colombia, France, Japan, Netherlands, Taiwan, Spain, Ukraine, and United States of America, all vying for the grand trophy, medals and cash prizes. \u201cTaiwan Cup plays an important role in promoting the nation\u2019s natural scenic beauty and growing bicycle manufacturing industry.\u201d said Trust Lin, Director of Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Los Angeles Office. \u201cTaiwan\u2019s love affair with cycling goes much deeper than…<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Blog<\/a>, Travel<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Doug","url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","author_meta":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Doug","author_link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/author\/admindoug\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Blog<\/a>","Travel<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Blog<\/span>","Travel<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["competition<\/a>","cycling<\/a>","Taiwan<\/a>"],"unlinked":["competition<\/span>","cycling<\/span>","Taiwan<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 14 years ago","modified":"Updated 14 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 31, 2011","modified":"Updated on January 3, 2012"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 31, 2011 3:08 pm","modified":"Updated on January 3, 2012 10:06 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21Ejy-l","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":861,"url":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/top-places-to-ride-taiwan\/","url_meta":{"origin":21,"position":0},"title":"Best places to bike \u2013 Taiwan","author":"Doug","date":"February 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"If there\u2019s a country that \u201cgets\u201d biking, it\u2019s Taiwan Home to the Giant Bike Company and King Liu, the country\u2019s most ardent biker, Taiwan may be the world\u2019s biking paradise. 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