Wednesday notebook
Apr 21
2010
2010
- » Vernon Hills Grand Prix registration is open. The 5’s field looks like it will fill.
» Fliers are available for Wisconsin races through May 22. Many offer pre-registration, either through Bikereg or SportsBaseOnline. The road races don’t usually fill, but I recommend 4’s and 5’s pre-register for the crits.
» Some tweaks in Champaign-Urbana: The May 22 Tour of Champaign criterium is moving from downtown Champaign to the iHotel course used for the Sunday race 2009. The race for Sunday, May 23, will be in Urbana and be named the Illinois Cup Urbana Grand Prix. The schedule will remain the same.
» M&M Cyclery in Mundelein will start a women’s ride May 6. The no-drop ride will leave at 10 a.m. from the shop at 734 S. Butterfield Rd. Road and hybrid bikes only.
» Northbrook Velodrome race directors Val Brostrom (Bouledogue Tout Noir) and Josh Ryan (Bouledogue Tout Noir) are hosting a Madison clinic May 9. Brostrom also reports that Monday and Tuesday clinics will start April 26 at 6:30 p.m.
» Last year he rode for ISCorps and won climber’s races like La Rue-Denzer-La Rue and Blue Mounds. Now Matt Busche rides for RadioShack and Sunday will compete in his biggest race so far, Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The question is: Will he finish in the top 100?
» Lemont’s Christian VandeVelde (Garmin-Transitions) is expected to race Sunday, too.