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unusual facts about The Riders


Shinrone

Arlo Guthrie's visit to Shinrone is mentioned in Tim Winton's novel The Riders - shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1995.


Geoff Cartwright

In 1996 Cartwright won a TDK Australian Audio Book Award for his narration of Tim Winton's The Riders.


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1987 Giro d'Italia

The primarily flat eighteenth stage stretched from Riva del Garda to Trescore Balneario, as the riders prepared to race through the Alps in the next few stages.

77th Grey Cup

But by the mid-way point of the second quarter, the Riders offence began to show signs of life, when QB, Kent Austin had completed touchdown passes to Ray Elgaard, Jeff Fairholm and Donald Narcisse.

AIDS/LifeCycle

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence* who sometimes ride, sometimes crew, and who join the riders on the Ventura Beach candlelight vigil (see below)

Bob Stephen

He joined the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1981 CFL season as a centre and played all five years of his professional career for the Riders.

Brean Leisure Park

XFactory – A KMG X-Factory which is similar to most traditional miami rides found at fun fair, with the extra added bonus of water jets that shoot water up at the riders when they are in mid-air.

Detroit People Mover

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy also charges that the system does not benefit locals, pointing out that fewer than 30% of the riders are Detroit residents and that Saturday ridership (likely out-of-towners) dwarfs that of weekday usage.

Dúnhere

He also appears in the posthumously published Unfinished Tales, as the captain of the riders that allowed their companions to escape of the siege of the uruk-hai during the Battles of the Fords of Isen.

Equality Ride

Later in March 2007, a Baylor University official e-mailed faculty and students the day before the Riders' arrival, stating that the university would not allow a dialogue to take place on campus.

Gerhard Schönbacher

In the final stage, the riders traditionally keep a slow pace, because the winner is already known, but in 1979 this was not the case, and Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk were still battling for the overall victory.

Hackney Hawks

The riders and track staff marched onto the track to the sound of the theme tune of the film The Magnificent Seven and that tune inspires more memories for Hackney Hawks fans than anything else.

Ian Steel

Many of the riders were from a rival domestic team sponsored by Hercules.

James Zwerg

Three days later, the riders regrouped and headed to Montgomery.

Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

During this review, the music to "Praise to the Man" (a song commemorating Joseph Smith, Jr. written after his death) is played in the background while the people the riders pass seem to show on their faces that this is the last time they'll see Joseph alive.

London Bikeathon

Former England Rugby Captain Will Carling set the riders on their way, returning at the end of the race to present the medals to the participants.

MS Mega Smeralda

To accommodate the tour entourage, the organisers chartered the Mega Smeralda to house members of the organisation, media and others who work on the Tour and to host press conferences, although the riders will stay in hotels in Porto-Vecchio.

Paul Woldu

Upon his release from the Riders, Woldu played CIS football for the Saskatchewan Huskies for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, assisting them to the 2006 Hardy Cup and Mitchell Bowl championships and where he was named to the 2007 All-Canadian first-team.

Ricky Ashworth

He had top scored during the heats to gain automatic qualification to the Grand Final Heat where he was up against the riders Ty Proctor, Darcy Ward and David Howe.

San Antonio Riders

The CFL accepted, and admitted the Riders and the Sacramento Surge/Gold Miners to the CFL.

Sea Lion Park

The park also included the infamous Flip Flap Railway, which was a roller coaster ride, designed by Lina Beecher, that inverted the riders in a loop after fall from a height of 20m.

Terje Håkonsen

Håkonsen, together with Daniel Franck, started The Arctic Challenge as a snowboard event where the riders would be in focus.

The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular

The Brumbies are too quick for the riders and, when it becomes too steep and dangerous with Wombat holes (burrows, where a horse could break a leg), all riders stop short of the dangerous descent — apart from Jim, who continues to chase the Brumby herd - finally bringing the herd (including the colt) back to John Conroy's property.