Here's a listing of races in and around your area for June 29th to July 1st. For those looking for results from these races, check out Truesport.
06/29/2007Proctor Cycling Classic
Chillicothe, Brimfield & Peoria, IL
NAS-Track #2
Velodrome at Bloomer Park
Rochester Hills, MI
Friday Night Development Series
Ed Rudolph Velodrome
Northbrook, IL
06/30/2007
Leesville Gap Road Race
Williams, CA
Ed Peters Memorial Masters Weekend -Criterium
Bethlehem Township, PA
Brownstown Road Race (TM)
Brownstown, PA
Tour de Grandview
Grandview, OH
Dexter Criterium State Championship
Dexter, MI
Hyde Park Blast
Cincinnati, OH
Fremont Criterium
Fremont, CA
Endeavour Elm Grove
Elm Grove, WI
07/01/2007
Vacaville Gran Prix
Vacaville, CA
Ed Peters Memorial Masters Weekend-Circuit Race
Center Valley, PA
Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
Manhattan Beach, CA
This weekend's featured race is the Tour de Granview in my hometown of Columbus, OH. Recently featured in The Columbus Dispatch, the race has certainly seen its share of ups and downs over its 15 year existence. The race has survived despite local political in-fighting, changes in sponsorship, and being dropped in stature on the USA Cycling racing calendar.Its list of alumni reads like a who's who in professional cycling, as the race has seen the likes of Levi Leipheimer, Floyd Landis, Baden Cooke, Mark McCormack, Gord Fraser, Danny Pate, Nicole Freedman, and Melissa Sanborn.
If you're fortunate enough to be in the area on Friday, June 29th, plan to attend the "Reds, Whites & Bikes" Wine Tasting from 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. at Global Living, 855 Grandview Avenue. The event will serve as kick-off for the 2007 Germain Lexus Tour de Grandview Cycling Classic and a fundraiser. Tickets are $35 per person or $60 per couple in advance; $50 per person at the door. Advance tickets (which will be held at the door and not mailed to patrons) can be purchased at Members First Credit Union, located at 1445 W. Goodale Blvd., ph. (614) 462-6850 ext. 122.
Racing begins at around 1pm on both Saturday and Sunday.
Tour Preview
With the Tour de France only a week away, the hype machine really gets cranked up this weekend with Versus' Tour Preview. The odds on favorite looks to be Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), but without any truly dominant riders in the peloton, it could be anybody's race. As stated previously, our own T-o-03 will be in London, England for the Prologue.
I think something is coming down the pipe soon that will make fans of Alexandre Vinokourov cringe - and have to pick someone else to win this year's Tour.
ReplyDeletealright whattya know?
ReplyDeleteHere's part one:
ReplyDeletehttp://velonews.com/news/fea/12503.0.html
The other (cleated) shoe drops on Monday.
yeah, that would be a monster hit...
ReplyDeletejorg sounds like he's going to name names...
It took a little longer than we thought, but another doper hit the dust - just as I said:
ReplyDelete"Doping charge costs Petacchi his Tour berth"
Again, why even bother following the ProTour? It's full of cheaters and guys who lie through their teeth. Stick to the domestic front, where guys actually earn every penny of their paycheck and they do it without EPO.
intk,
ReplyDeleteI'd certainly like to devote more time to those on the domestic front, but it's tough with so many races and teams...
feel free to throw us any nuggets when you get them...
for now we'll continue with the European circuit, but as you can see from its dominance on our site last year...we've certainly tried to diversify since then.