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Sep 18, 2006 8:16 am US/Central

Mpls. Cancer Survivor Is Texas-Bound By Bike

St. Paul (AP) ― A Minneapolis cancer survivor plans to leave on the bike ride of her life this morning.

Annemiek Sistermans will leave the state Capitol steps around 8:30 a.m. to start an 1,100-mile bike trip to Austin, Texas.

She plans to cover 60 to 70 miles a day and arrive in Austin on Oct. 7 -- in time to ride in two of Lance Armstrong's 100-mile charity rides.

Sistermans said she thought it was a cool way to celebrate five years of surviving cancer. She grew up riding her bike in the Netherlands and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001.

The 38-year-old physical therapist will have a support crew of family following her.

She had to raise $15,000 to participate in Armstrong's "Ride for the Roses" charity event.

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