Hump day links
Jul 1
2009
2009
- » Road race or corn maze? Check out the Tour of Elk Grove’s pro road race. I count 26 turns in the 9.5-mile course. Also note that the criterium course is slightly different this year, with less of an L-shape, an improvement, but still a U-turn at the end of Elk Grove Boulevard.
» Area riders Bob Schrank and Alex Bowden were on Team Type 1’s record-setting Ride Across America squad.
» Be sure to pick up this month’s Chicago Athlete magazine, which is devoted to local racing, including interviews with Rebecca Much (Webcor), Mark Swartzendruber (Verizon Wireless) and Al Urbanski (Chicago Cuttin’ Crew).
» Speaking of the Druber, he promises to goose the women’s purse at next weekend’s Tour de Champaign if it can attract 40 riders to the women’s P/1/2/3 race. Free online registration closes Monday for the July 11 and July 12 races.
» The Associated Press covers the proposed Olympic course in Blue Mounds, Wis.
» Some North Branch riders got ticketed for riding two abreast in Barrington.
Jul 1
2009
4:08 pm
Tamara (xXx Racing - AthletiCo)
Dang, I WISH I could race the Tour de Champaign—a field of 40 women would be awesome. That AND a women’s 3/4 race is on the schedule too so the cat 3 women [the most overlooked and under-served category in bike racing] have a chance to shine [and double up]. What a great opportunity.