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South Carolina has a celebrity in its ranks, and he speaks with an accent as intriguing as his unparalleled enthusiasm

Anyone who saw George Hincapie sweep across the finish line of Stage 15 in the Tour de France last year could have guessed that it would be one of the most memorable moments of Hincapie’s career.

Sun strains through the trees as their limbs whip past me. Through a muddy puddle from a recent rain and then up the other side of the hill I climb. Fifteen minutes in, I’ve completely left the workday behind; feel as though I’ve left the civilized world as well, pedaling through this forest whose history dates back thousands of years.