By Luke Seemann

• » The region's 2012 road season officially starts Sunday with the first 33rd Annual Spring Criterium Training Series in Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
• » Speaking of kicking off the road season, Pat McNally (Van Wagner Racing) and Lou Kuhn (Pony Shop) invite you to a gathering to celebrate the new season on April 2 at EJ's in Skokie.
• » Mail-in registration is open for Memorial Day Weekend's Snake Alley Criterium. It might not be too late to get a good starting position.
• » For its third edition, the Gravel Metric is raising funds to produce a promotional video even more epic than the first two.
• » Higher Gear is hosting a clinic for women on April 22 and a women's track clinic on May 5.