Monday, May 5, 2008

The Schedule of Racing

The proposed Schedule of Racing that was sent to USA Cycling has just been approved. Pending some finalization of paperwork the complete schedule will be announced in about a week.

The park will open at 7am, with racing starting at 9am and running to near 2:30pm. The evening session will start at 5:30pm and go to near 9-9:30pm. On the first day of racing we will begin racing an hour later at 10am.

During the afternoon break people can take advantage of open track training, and the acres of shaded grass with picnic tables and bar-b-que grills that are next to the velodrome and parking area. There are also miles of off-street, paved bike paths that start at the velodrome. Most hotels are within 5-10 minutes easy drive.

All kilos and 500's will be on the first day and evening (Tuesday), and they will be finished by 9:00 pm. No group will be doing two different events on the same day-the only exception being for points race heats, if needed, and those heats would be in the morning with the final in that same evening.

Nearly all groups will be racing on Saturday. The team events and madisons are on Sunday. We'll begin with team sprint (one ride), then team pursuit, and then the madisons-the same as in most years.