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WAITSBURG – The 20th annual Tour of Walla Walla cycling stage race will begin early Friday in Waitsburg. More than 100 professional and amateur cyclists from throughout the northwest are expected to take part.

The time trial stage will begin Friday morning. In that event, participants start one at a time and race against the clock. The 6.8-mile time trial course begins on Cemetery Road in Waitsburg and follows Wilson Hollow Road for 3.4 miles out and back. The time trial is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. until about noon. And then lower category riders will race between 4 and 5 p.m.

Friday...