This weekend’s races: Aug. 4-5
2007
Superweek may be over, but the local racing is just getting started. This weekend kicks off four consecutive weekends of racing within an hour’s drive of the city. For anyone not burned out (or crashed out) from Superweek, these races will be a nice break from racing against the Midwest’s very best, and a nice pause before doing it all over again at Elk Grove and Downers Grove.
This is the second year for Saturday’s criterium in Grayslake, put on by our friends at North Branch Cycling. The U-shaped course winds through a housing development. I recall it getting positive reviews last year. There are two flights of Cat 5/citizens races, which should keep those fields manageable and make them excellent races for new riders.
A new course on Sunday cuts a figure-8 through downtown Elgin. Again there will be two flights of Cat 5’s, and there are some generous purses available in the other categories, including $2,500 for 3’s and $800 for 4’s. Register online by July 31 to avoid a $5 late fee.
Saturday
Grayslake Cycling Classic
USCF criterium
Grayslake, Ill.
Distance from Chicago: 1 hour
Sunday
Elgin Cycling Classic
USCF criterium
Elgin, Ill.
Distance from Chicago: .5 hour
Aug 2
2007
1:11 pm
ScottV
I checked out the course on Tuesday and there was some road work that needed to be completed in order to make the course raceable. There was/is gravel just before the turn on to Spring. Not the kind that can be swept, but the kind that needs to be paved. I was assured by the downtown association that the road would be fixed by Saturday.