Prologue & Team Road Race - July 3.

A prologue has been added to the team road race, the tour didn't have one this year so we will. It is a 1.6 km hillclimb from 22X up to the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation area parking lot. Half the points up for grabs on Wednesday night will be available for the hillclimb and the rest for the road race. Please show up as usual at the PMS parking area for sign up. Then you will all ride about 4 k east to the start of the hillclimb shown on the map, use that as a warm up. After the quick hillclimb we will all go to the NEW start of the road race, at the corner of 192 Street W and 22X.
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Then it's time for some tactical racing.  Sign up is at the Priddis Meeting Spot - Highway 22 and 22X. The format will be teams of 5 or 6 with a mix of riders from A and B on each team. There will be a separate race for the C group, made up of a few teams depending on how many show up. Teamwork is what counts here, the winning team will be the one with all but one or possibly two riders crossing the finish line first. We'll try to start the prologue right at 6:30 PM, the team race is about 34 k for 2 laps for A and B. You will need to go neutral on the corners as there is gravel and a few potholes. I did a recon of the route, there is about 200 metres of gravel close to the start.

Will need a few volunteers. Also anyone have surveyors tape in different colours? Where can I buy that stuff?




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WNS June 26 - Mini Giro

We're on for the 26th - the course is good.

Back by popular demand, the mini Giro. The mini Giro around Leighton Centre features mini Mortirolo and mini Stelvio. Each loop has about 1000 ft of climbing and the A and B group will do 2 loops, C's will do one. For parking - Highway 22X and 37th Street is ok, also there is a little parking near the start/finish. Or ride from town if you can. The start/finish is 500m east of what's shown on the map below. Go south on 37th Street till you hit Township Road 221, take a right and go past Highway 773 (Road to Nepal) about 500 m. I'll need 4 or 5 volunteers as well. This year there will be about 1 km of gravel on each loop (242 ave) for the A and B race. The C group will be gravel free.

Because traffic is hell and the days are long, we will start the race at 6:45 PM sharp.

 
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Series 2 Week 1 Details June 12 - Woodland ITT

We're back to the Woodland TT course for the start of Series 2. This time we will focus on a Merckx style race however, in light of the upcoming Banff Race, feel free to arrive in all your aero gear if you want to test yourself for the weekend Banff ITT. A nominal penalty of one minute will be assessed to anyone in full or partial aero equipment. A little less of a penalty if you are racing just with an aero road frame. There will be no appeal! I'll assess penalties as I sign you up for the TT.

There is some parking near the start of the race located on the gravel sideroad parallel to highway 1A. However, we encourage those who can to park in town, or near Bearspaw Road and ride to the start. Spreading out the cars helps with community relations. We will endeavor to try and start at 6:30pm ish so please try and get there early enough to get signed up and assigned a start number. Distance is 16km so ride hard and ride consistent, there are a few hills in the closing kilometres. After you finish, it's an easy neutral ride back to the starting area down Lochend and along the 1A. Be careful with the 1A, it's a busy piece of road at times. The course starts along the 1A heading West. You turn off the 1A near the top of the Cochrane Hill at Retreat road, following the road as it twists back and turns north. The next and last turn is right onto 262 which takes you to the finish along 262 a kilometre before you reach Lochend Road.

Volunteers are needed to make it a safe race. Let me know if you can volunteer.




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Series 2 Preview

Here is the plan for Series 2:

June 12 - Woodland 16 k Merckx style TT - penalties for aero equipment
June 19 - Mini Giro around Leighton centre, thinking about adding 1 k of gravel to each loop
June 26 - Team Road Race at Priddis meeting spot
July 3 - 40 k TT Springbank area
July 10 - TBD

Details will be posted soon, I also need to recon the routes first to see if there is construction etc. Suggestions welcome.