Dale Stetina
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Dale Stetina was a United States Olympic
Olympic Games
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 and national team cyclist in the late 1970s through the 1980s. He competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He is a former U.S. National Road Champion and two-time winner of one of America's greatest bicycle races, the Coors Classic
Coors Classic
The Coors International Bicycle Classic was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor, the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in 1975...

 of Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
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. He also won the Mt. Washington Bicycle Grand Prix. Dale Stetina hails from an Indianapolis, Indiana-based cycling family which includes two brothers Wayne and Joel (Wayne Stetina was also 1976-77 U.S. National Road champion). Stetina has a son that also became a cyclist (Peter Stetina
Peter Stetina
Peter Stetina in Boulder, Colorado is an American racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam .-Palmarès:2009* Best Young Rider Vuelta Mexico Telmex2011* 22nd, Overall, Giro d'Italia-References:...

, current professional on the Garmin-Slipstream cycling team). Dale's father Roy was also a state cycling champion of Indiana
Indiana
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. In 2007, Dale Stetina was inducted into the U.S. Cycling Hall of Fame.
Dale Stetina won the Tour of Costa Rica, in December 1980. He won 3 stages, during the event, showing during the final stage ( Perez Zeledón - San José, 188 km) a great sport level; winning with a big time difference of 30 minutes with respect to the second place of the stage.
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