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Registration for the 2008 Snake Alley Criterium is open. This is one of the most exciting and fun events in the country. Imagine the thrills, intensity and novelty of Hillsboro-Roubaix compressed into 1 mile and 30 minutes. Plus, more cowbell. (Here’s coverage of last year’s edition, after which yours truly suddenly found himself with lots of free time on his hands.)

More than any other race, success at Snake Alley hinges on start position, which here is determined in a civilized manner via registration order rather than the traditional guile and pushiness. This is the race before the race, and if your entry form isn’t in the mail by the end of today, you put your start in peril.

Information is also available for Memorial Day weekend’s other three races around the Quad Cities, although it appears Friday’s road race is tentative pending construction.