Out of the leather and into the spandex, Saanich Police Const. has made the jump from motor bike to road bike this summer.
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As the Tour enters its third decade, there is a new trend the organizers couldnB次元官网网址檛 have dreamed about 20 years ago. That trend is riders such as De Boer, who comes from a generation that remembers the Tour de Rock riders coming through his town.
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Collectively, de Boer, and , are riders number 58, 59 and 60 from the since it started in 1998.
Meeting up for Tour de RockB次元官网网址檚 group training rides three times a week is a rewind for the trio. It reunites the former A Patrol officers of de Boer and Hendren, with Cofield, who remains in A Patrol. De Boer has graduated to the Traffic Safety Unit and Hendren made the move to the Family Protection Unit a few years ago.
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The Tour de Rock is a two-week, 1,000-kilometre bike ride by a team of police officers and first responders who raise money to fight childhood cancer. The tour unifies every community from Victoria to Port Alice to support children who are battling cancer.
