2013 Durango Wheel Club Championships: September 8, 14, 17 & 19
CLICK HERE FOR OMNIUM STANDINGS
Sunday 9/8, 9:30 AM: Criterium at MRMC — CRIT RESULTS
Saturday 9/14, 9:30 AM: Road Race — RR RESULTS
Tuesday 9/17, 5:30 PM: Road TT on La Posta — MapMyRide MAP, STRAVA MAP
Thursday 9/19, 5:15 AM: MTB TT in Horse Gulch — GOOGLE MAP, STRAVA MAP
Sign up ASAP if you want to ride the Road TT on Tuesday 9/17 or the MTB TT on Thursday 9/19!
Both TT’s will have pre-assigned start times. There will be NO same day Registration!
IMPORTANT: Our top priority is having a safe event. Please keep this in mind at all times. The races will be held on open roads and all traffic rules and regulations will be in effect. All riders must obey all traffic signs and yield to traffic. All riders must ride in a neutral manner through intersections. Anyone taking unnecessary risks will be immediately disqualified! These races are not sanctioned by anyone and are being run by volunteers!
FINAL JERSEY CATEGORIES
Women – all ages
Men – Under 40
Men – 40 – 49
Men – 50+
CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF REGISTERED RIDERS
TO REGISTER: Send Spencer an email with your name, age and the events you think you might do. Final categories will be determined by how many people sign up in each age group and gender.
COST: $10 for each event. $25 for all four races. Please pay at/before the start of your first event. You must be a member in good standing to participate! Not a member? No problem! You can join the DWC for the remainder of the 2013 season for just $20 if you register for the DWC Champs. (click here to send Spencer an email and he will take care of this for you.)
NUMBERS: You will receive your number before the start of the first event you are registered. Pin your number to the right side of your jersey so that it can be easily read when you are riding. This will be your only number for all four events; do not lose this number!
VOLUNTEERS: We will need help at all four events! If you are not racing and would like to help out please send Spencer an email!
SCORING: We will be using an omnium points system to determine the overall winners in each category. Omnium points will be determined by finish order for all events using a 30 point sliding scale for the road race and 25 point scales for all other events. 3 out of 4 events will be counted. A 4 point bonus will be awarded to every rider who participates in all 4 events! There will also be bonus/handicap points for criterium primes, a mid-road race sprint, riding a “Merckx” TT, or singlespeed MTB TT, Details to follow.
PRIZES: All Jersey Category winners will win a DWC Champs Jersey! Additional prizes will be announced on the Registered Riders, Volunteers and Prizes post.If you or your business has something you would like to add to the prize pool please contact us!
PARTY! Yes, we will have a party with food and beer (and gluten free options too!) BUT, at this point it is still undecided… It will be fun though, all our parties are good because the manager guy likes to throw a good party. Want to help? Send us an email!
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COURSE NOTES:
This year’s Criterium and Road TT are identical to last year. The MTB TT is a little longer with the addition of Mikes. Mikes added about 6 min to our test riders time (last years course was 29 min, this year was 35, for the test rider). The Road Race will be the same as 2011, with 3 laps of the upper valley and the finish halfway up Shalona on US 500.
MTB TT:
*ACTUAL 2013 DWC Championships MTB TT (click for a Google map) , STRAVA MAP
Start/Finish @ Meadow Entrance – Horse Gulch (3/4 mi. from parking area on Third St. by bike or foot)
Meadow, Stacy’s, Cuchillo, Mikes, Stacy’s, 5.4 miles
This “Infinity Loop” is a Figure 8 modification and is almost 1/2 mile longer than last years MTB TT. It is same up to the high point on Cuchillo (sign #48). From there it climbs Mikes’ from the NORTH side (clockwise), then descends to Stacy’s again (sign #46 – presently missing), repeating the sweeping gentle descent on Stacy’s, and then continues to the finish, paralleling the past route, then merging to the same finish.
The connect-the-dots route using the numbered Telegraph Trail System signs with turn direction is 31-L, 39-L, 36-R, 46-L (no sign), 42-S, 48-R, 46-R (no sign), 42-L, 43-S, 34-S. (S= straight)
The course will be marked for the event and we hope to have course marshals at any potentially confusing intersections, namely 46 (sign is missing) at top of Stacy’s and 42, bottom of Stacy’s.
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IMPORTANT: Our top priority is having a safe event. Please keep this in mind at all times. The races will be held on open roads and all traffic rules and regulations will be in effect. All riders must obey all traffic signs and yield to traffic. All riders must ride in a neutral manner through intersections. Anyone taking unnecessary risks will be immediately disqualified! These races are not sanctioned by anyone and are being run by volunteers!
QUESTIONS??? Please send Spencer an email!
