Daily News Roundup February 12th – Texas Bicycling
Alkek Velodrome will be opening on FEB 15th
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2011 Race Schedule now posted
Texas Cup Series (Saturdays) (USAC) (6 Dates)
April 9th
May 14th
June 25-26 (Jr/Master Regionals)
July 23-24 (Elite Qualifier)
Sept 10th
Oct 8th
Alkek Championship Series (Cool new name for Friday Night Racing) (ATRA) (16 Dates)
April 1,8,22,29
May 6,13.20
June 3,10,17
Aug 26
Sept 2,9,30
Oct 7,14
Saturday Sprint Series (ATRA) (3 Dates)
April 2nd – 200m Qualifying
April 30th
June 18th
Oct 1st
Texas Cup Series and Alkek Championship Series will feed into the Alkek Cup (Rider/Team of the Year).
Saturday Sprint Series are not part of the Alkek Cup, but are a fun match sprint event. April 2nd is 200m time trials for seeding purposes. Those who don’t attend the time trials will get the lowest seeds on race night. No time trials on the three Saturday nights. Just seed the racers and straight to the match sprints.
Traditional Potluck on last event night of the season (Oct 14th) and Awards Party scheduled for end of October or early November.
Saturday Racer Certification Classes (including Cat4 license upgrades): March 26, April 30, June 4, August 3
Special Schedule Notice: Based on feedback that we received from several riders, we are finalizing the dates for the Spring and Fall Voices at the Velodrome Track Crit Series.
Tour of New Braunfels Cat 3/4 Omloop
from Texas Racing Life by Ken
WELL. Some races you win and some races you lose. Actually the phrase should be some races you win, and a lot of races you lose.
I was feeling great the day of the race, and got to the race area about an hour before the 10:40am start. The course was a very clean 2 mile loop that undulated up and down by about 100 ft per loop. The 45 minute race would be raced as a circuit race, so if you flatted you were done. Eric and I decided that because of…