Chicago Bike Racing

Reminder: Superweek fees to go up

Jul 3

Has everyone plotted out their sick days yet? Superweek race fees go up $5 per race after Monday, so it may behoove you to register now. Consult this page for complete schedule information (here for P/1/2 men).

Simon is national champ

Jul 3

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Lake Barrington’s Wayne Simon (Verdigris) followed up his time trial silver by winning Tuesday’s road race in the men’s 50-54 national championshp.

Aurora’s Tom Doughty (Amgen/Giant) also had a good day, getting 5th in the men’s 55-59, with teammates placing 1st and 3rd.

Road races conclude today with criteriums starting tomorrow.

Elm Grove wrap-up

Jul 2

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Pip me once, shame on you. Pip me twice, shame on me?

That’s what Ricardo Otero (Team Mack) may be thinking this week. At Saturday’s Elm Grove Criterium he lost the masters 3/4 sprint to David Greenblatt (Brazen Dropouts) -- for the second week in a row. And once again we have photographic evidence of how slim the margin was.

Full results.

This weekend’s races: July 5-6

Jul 2

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ABR holds its state championships Sunday with the Wood Dale Criterium. The course is in the industrial park that hosted the masters and juniors criteriums over Memorial Day weekend. Note that a previous flier listed only a P/1/2/3 race, but there will indeed be a separate race for 3’s.

In Wisconsin we get one of our last road races of the year with the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater road race. It’s a new course this year so I can’t comment much, but the area is thick with rolling hills, and it appears there is at least one challenging climb on each of the 5.5-mile laps.

Saturday
UWW Road Race
USCF road race
Palmyra, Wis.
Distance from Chicago: 2 hours

Sunday
Wood Dale Criterium
ABR criterium
Wood Dale, Ill.
Distance from Chicago: .5 hours

TT medals at masters nats

Jul 1

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Masters national championships kicked off yesterday in Louisville, Ky., with three Chicago earning silver medals in the time trial. Wayne Simon (Verdigris) placed 2nd in the men’s 50-54, Tom Doughty (Amgen/Giant Masters) in the men’s 55-59 and Debbie Dust (Kenda Tire) in the women’s 35-39.

The racing continues with road races through Thursday and criteriums over the weekend.