New races, new rides

I've added a few races to the race calendar, including the Wheaton Criterium on June 10 and the races of Superweek.

You'll be hearing a lot about Superweek over the next two months. It's a fantastic, two-week series that draws racers from across the country. The races are very competitive with very generous primes and prize purses. Many will take time off work for the weekday races, myself included, and some strong riders will put off upgrading to have one last crack at some good money and prestige.

I'm sad that construction prevents a return to Milwaukee's lakefront courses, two of my favorites in the series, but Chicago racers can celebrate two new local criteriums, in Blue Island and Evanston. This is in addition to Bensenville and Beverly, the later of which is a twilight P/1/2-only race that is a blast to watch. I don't know much about them, but Chris Dimmick of Turin, which is helping put on the Evanston race, tells me it's "a figure-eight through downtown Evanston and will be fun!"

Not all the races will have women's fields and none will have 5-only fields, but most will have 4/5 fields and some will have masters 4/5 field.

I've also added a few group rides, including the Harper Rides and the Lake and Harlem rides in Oak Park. A few people have asked about Hyde Park or south-suburban training rides, but I don't know of any. Please e-mail me if you do.

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