I have been slow getting these pictures up. The first gallery is a combination of walking up to the MPEC building and then entering. As you enter the hallway to go to the registration area there are booths for many organizations and rides. Once you register and pickup your number packet the next stop is the consumer expo hall where the rest of the registration bag is picked up. In this hall is where most of the vendors have booths but some are outside as well. This year the number of vendors in the hall seemed to be less because there was actually enough room to walk the aisles and not feel like a sardine. There were some vendors that did not have a specific bicycling connection but they are probably attracted by the number of people who could walk by their area.

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The second picture gallery is a few shots of the Friday evening racers riding around the criterium course but not racing. I got there after a race or maybe before the race was to start but I could wait too long because my wife was waiting in the Jeep. She was not feeling well and we needed to check in at our hotel.

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