Feb. 12, 2008
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Hillsboro registration is open
Registration for Hillsboro Roubaix is open. I don't see a flier yet, but men's 3/4's are capped at 100, 4/5's at 75 and 5's at 50. I expect all three of those will fill up, starting with the 5's, as this is one of the most popular road races in the Midwest, and deservedly so.
Congratulations to Vitaminwater-Trek for apparently winning the race before the race and being first to register.
1 P.M. UPDATE: Four hours later, the 5's field is almost 50 percent full, the 4/5's field is 33 percent full and the 3/4's field is almost 25 percent full. Happily, most of these registrations are from the Chicago area.
2 P.M. UPDATE: Promoter Rich Pierce posts the following over at STLBiking:
"In the interest of safety (#1!) we have made changes:
"The men's 5 race will be one lap. That's right, 22 miles of heck-for-leather racing and then you're done to recover and watch the pros duke it out.
"The women's 4 race will be one lap only, 22 miles instead of 44 miles.
"The women's 1,2,3 race will be 2 laps (44 miles) instead of 66 miles.
"This will allow us to have these fields fields finish quicker and then we'll have fewer fields on the road to manage. We had to do it! If we could we'd have 13 fields, 3 of them being men's 5's! But it's not possible to do it and score racers and keep them safe."
4 P.M. UPDATE: Good-bye, Roubaix Tuesday! The 5's race is now full. Your options are either to register for the 4/5 race or to ask
By the way, how awesome are these pre-registration lists? Surely I won't be the only one who will be spending the next 45 days sizing up my competition by seeing how they did last year and looking up their results at USA Cycling. (Tip: Googling a person's name along with "compid" will usually return a list of their USCF results.)
7:30 P.M. UPDATE: Theres no time to lose, I heard her say;
Catch your dreams before they slip away. And now the 4/5's race has filled. Now a Cat 5's best shot of participating is to work the feed zone. Cat 4's, there's still room the 66-mile 3/4's race.
Comments
Isn't the race before the race for the position on the start line? Mabe v-T won the race before the race before the race....
Posted by: Seth Meyer at Feb. 12, 2008 09:41 AM
Hey, we've been running behind organizationally (trying to keep my real job). We will have the flyer asap- appreciate your patience and support.
Posted by: richpierce at Feb. 12, 2008 02:35 PM
No worries, Rich. Keep up the great work!
Posted by: Luke at Feb. 12, 2008 02:46 PM
$*#%!!!!
I'm so bummed that the women's 4s race has been halved. A short race like this makes everyone really antsy, and that's never good with inexperienced riders in the pack. One of the things I've loved about Hillsboro-Roubaix is that it was a comparatively long course, something the women 4s rarely get. Arg.
Posted by: Tamara Fraser at Feb. 12, 2008 03:39 PM
Where do you go to see who all is registered?
Posted by: Ryan at Feb. 12, 2008 05:04 PM
Here.
Posted by: Luke at Feb. 12, 2008 05:18 PM
You can search for someone's USA Cycling results more efficiently with: "chris horner" site:usacycling.org
Posted by: Greg at Feb. 12, 2008 06:37 PM
Thanks Luke. Time to start sizing up the competition, you know, me and my cro-bar.
Posted by: RYAN at Feb. 12, 2008 08:18 PM
Like Tamara, I'm pretty bummed that they cut all the women's races short. I was looking forward to a nice 66 mile spring ass kicking. Oh well ... However, I'm really excited that track season is just over three months away. Yay! Someday there will be a chicagotrackracing.com.
Posted by: Val-eo at Feb. 12, 2008 09:33 PM
Wow, now the 3/4's are full. There seems to be a lot more interest this year than last.
Posted by: Jeff at Feb. 13, 2008 08:10 AM
Sleeping on this has made me even more upset. I really hope the slashing of women's race distances doesn't become a regional trend. 44 miles for a Cat 1/2(/3) road race is really laughable.
Posted by: Val at Feb. 13, 2008 10:16 AM
