Cyclists participating in the Texas 4,000 charity ride pass through La Crescent and approach La Crosse on Saturday, June 29, 2013. The Texas 4,000, which stretches 4,500 miles from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, raises money to fight cancer, and has been dubbed the longest charity in the world. (Rory O’Driscoll/La Crosse Tribune)