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Governor Markell (standing right) and Senator Nicole Poore (seated, 2nd from right) meeting with students from Southern Elementary before the vote to make cycling the Official State Sport of Delaware. – See more HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Markell (standing right) and Senator Nicole Poore (seated, 2nd from right) meeting with students from Southern Elementary before the… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":[78,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nbggrabbag","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-28q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17263,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2023\/08\/18\/velo-sport-founder-peter-rich-rip-8-3-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":8210,"position":0},"title":"Velo Sport founder, Peter Rich RIP 8\/3\/23","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Peter Rich, Berkeley bike shop owner who launched Tour of California, dies at 83 Sam Whiting Aug. 17, 2023 Peter Rich racing in Italy in 1961. 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