Race fliers for 2008 are starting to trickle in, and I’ve made updates to the calendar.

Let’s start with the Wisconsin Schedule, where we have fliers for the April 5 Evergreen Park Criterium in Sheboygan and for Madison’s Great Dane Series on April 13 and 20. We also have a flier for the Whitnall Park Criterium, a favorite of mine, which adds a masters 3/ 4 field in addition to masters 1/2/3 and 4/5 fields. As a 32-year-old Cat 3 rider, I salute this innovation.

April 19 was previously down for the Brown Deer Criterium in Milwaukee, but now it’s listed as the Menomonee Park Criterium in nearby Menomonee Falls. (“Do doo be-do-do, Menomonee!”)

Closer to home, fliers have been filed for the Vernon Hills Grand Prix on May 4 and the Fox River Grove Cycling Challenge on June 15 June 22.

We already knew there would be no road race at Proctor this year, but my understanding had been there would still be the Friday evening time trial and a race on Sunday, either a criterium or a circuit race. Now, however, only Sunday’s state championship criterium is listed at the Proctor Cycling Classic site and on the ICA calendar. Stay tuned for more information.

Organizers tell me the Grayslake Cycling Classic race is confirmed for Aug. 9 and that its Web site will be updated soon.

The Elgin Cycling Classic is down for Aug. 3, the Sunday of the Tour of Elk Grove, and it moves to the ABR calendar. Speaking of Elk Grove, its schedule is posted, confirming many of the changes you heard about first in December’s interview with Mayor Craig Johnson. One change to note is that instead of an open women’s field, there will be concurrent 1/2 and 3/4 races. The 1/2’s race 50 minutes for $3,000, and the 3/4’s race 30 minutes for $1,000. That’s a major reduction from last previous editions of this event, but I’ll be curious if the women 3/4’s ever see a purse that big around these parts.

In other news, a new team has come to my attention: PACT-Dish Network. PACT stands for “Polish American Cycling Team” and on its roster I spot several strong riders drawn from Redline, WDT and The Bike Shop.