The promoter for Hillsboro-Roubaix, perhaps the Midwest’s most eagerly anticipated amateur road race, has confirmed that the 2008 edition will be Saturday, March 29.
This is an exciting, grueling course, famous for a long stretch of uneven brick -- an approximation of Europe’s pavĂ© -- that will reduce the hardest cyclists to Jell-O, assuming the crosswinds and climbs don’t claim them first. Finishing this race is a victory in itself, and winning it bestows bragging rights for life. Indeed, it is the thought of Hillsboro in March that motivates many of us to mount our trainers in December.
Dec 4
2007
1:28 pm
Julian
Ahh Hillsboro. May I suggest