Here's this weekend's rundown of races in select areas. Not listed is NAS-TRACK #1 for the Madison Racing League at the Mike Walden Velodrome in Rochester Hills, MI. For those who have never witnessed the Madison upclose, click on the image below (Flash video - requires a high speed connection; may open up in a new window). The NAS-TRACK series begins tonight, Friday June 22nd; races begin at 7pm EST.
Speaking of Rochester, the downtown streets of Rochester, New York will host the next round of the USA Cycling Professional Tour in the form of the 4th Annual Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium, on Saturday, June 23.
06/22/2007
Fastest Man on Wheels
Trexlertown, PA
Superior Bike Fest
Marquette, MI
06/23/2007
Shreve Chiropractic Cycling Challenge
Shreve, OH
San Pedro Grand Prix
San Pedro, CA
Dan Spencer Memorial Road Race; PA state masters c
Bloomsburg, PA
Pacific State Bank GP
Stockton, CA
MOTOR TABS Festival of Speed
Encino, CA
Cobb Park Criterium
Kankakee, IL
2nd Annual Downtown Lenoir Criterium
Lenoir, NC
06/24/2007
Wolverine State Time Trial Championship
Dearborn Heights, MI
Grand Prix of Groveport
Groveport, OH
Bloomsburg Town Park Criterium
Bloomsburg, PA
Burlingame Criterium
Burlingame, CA
State Games of North Carolina
Greensboro, NC
Reston Town Center Grand Prix
Reston, VA
Downtown Crit/State Champ-Darek Leyde Memorial
Salt Lake City, UT
State Masters Criterium Championship
Carson, CA
Fox River Grove Cycling Challenge
Fox River Grove, IL
For those looking for results and/or images from any of above listed events, check out Truesport.com - Your Cycling Resource
Armchair Cyclists
On Versus' (check your local listings) Cyclysm Sunday, watch the conclusion of the 71st Tour de Suisse. Like the Criterium du Dauphine Libere last week, this race is usually billed as a Tour de France preview for spectators and a Tour build-up for most of the riders. The main protagonist to date has been CSC's Frank Schleck, who looks to be on similar form when he was last year's Tour revelation.
Follow it LIVE online on Cyclingnews or Velonews, or watch it on Cycling.tv. As noted by T-o-03, Cycling.tv has now been optimized for Mac users. Can your Oude Granny get an AMEN!
Tri, Tri, and Tri Again
Our IronGal, Katie, is on route to Idaho for the 5th Annual Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene, which kicks off this Sunday June 24th. If you'd like to follow Katie's progress, you can do so online at IronManLive (thanks for the tip Barb, the very proud mother of IronMan Jen Baer); her bib is # 1986. GO Katie!
I hate to dog on Versus, but why even bother with such half-a@# coverage? Plus, do I really want to watch a bunch of dopers?
ReplyDeleteFace it, European cycling is going to have to hit bottom before it comes back clean. It's a joke.
In the meantime, I'll follow the domestic circuit. At least I know those guys are clean (because they're not as fast).
anon 6:23
ReplyDeletei can't say i totally disagree with your Versus assessment, but its all that we have at the moment.
Not too long ago, there wasn't any coverage of cycling, maybe a weekend special that encapsulated the entire 3 week Tour.
Now look at all the products available to us either online or on television.
doping has certainly made cycling less attractive, but let's face it...the European circuit is still the cream of the crop, doping or not.