Rollapaluza attracts sports stars

[veloriders]

The team at Rollapaluza continue their busy winter and this week were lucky to have some major sports stars at their events. On Thursday Rollapaluza were at the fund-raiser and launch party for the Dallaglio Cycle Slam (http://www.dallagliocycleslam.com/) which is a marathon 2800km bike ride linking all the Stadia of the 6 nations rugby tournament together that Lawrence Dallaglio will be undertaking for charity.

Lawrence challenged former premiership and England football star Les Ferdinand to a 500m Rollapaluza race to the delight of the cheering crowds. Lawrence looked powerful on the bike but was no match for the soccer star Les who set a very fast time of 22.35 seconds or 50.3 mph to Lawrence's 25.62s or 44mph.

However the big news for cycling fans was that the night before in the back room of a pub in South London the Rollapaluza winter league was in full swing with 200 people packing the venue for some intense Rollapaluza action when none other than Mark Cavendish, the fastest sprinter in the world, casually walked in to take his place in the audience.

Mark, who was in London for a photo shoot, managed to secure himself a ring-side seat and soaked up the atmosphere of the knockout rounds intently watching the London sprint talent for more than two hours before slipping away, shaking hands, having his picture taken and chatting to stunned competitors and spectators as he left.

Rollapaluza have a packed program of in 2010 with their next event in Cambridge on Friday 12th February. The UK courier championships on the 19th February in London and rounds of their National series in Southampton and Manchester to be announced soon.

More info on Rollapaluza: www.rollapaluza.com
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