We used to have a great Bike Race in Coconut Grove but its all gone Lots of politics and fighting did away with it !! Some big names competed with US postal sending a couple of riders each year, remember seeing Frankie Andreu, George Hincapie and Tyler Hamilton !!
Less than ten minutes away!! They would go around a mlle course for about two and a half hours Lots of action Racing started early morning and lasted all day including a kids race at noon !!!
We had some of the Tour De France riders come through our area in front of our old office building once. I believe it was a qualifying race of some kind. It was a ton of fun to watch them all go flying by!