Cross Season News

 

Sunday, Nov. 1– FLC NightCross – FLC Stadium 

Sunday, Nov. 8 – Dolores – Joe Rowell Park 

Sunday, Nov. 15 – Cortez

Saturday, Nov. 21 – Aztec

Sunday, Nov. 22 – Durango – Santa Rita Park 

Saturday, Dec. 5 – Russell the Musclecross – Buckley Park 

Sunday, Dec. 6 – Series Finals – FLC Stadium 

 

 

There will be three different start times:

Men A/40+

Kid’s/MTB

Men B/Open Women

 

We have some great sponsors this year that are helping us bring it up a notch: Animas Orthopedics/Rivergate Sports Medicine and Durango Coca-Cola are the presenting sponsors with many more helping to make it possible (flyer out soon).

 

PRACTICES: Wednesdays at 12noon

 

That for the first few weeks as later in the day conflicts with Football. Once you know the course you may practice at any time, just be aware in high traffic/paved sections. If the football team is using its whole practice area then avoid that part of the course (you can figure out a way do the barriers without conflicting). There is also baseball/softball/soccer and club sports using the area later in the day – it’ll be tough until November.

 

ALWAYS  KEEP  YOUR HEAD UP FOR PEDS AND OTHER TRAFFIC.

 

I have marked a ~ 6min. course starting at the softball complex toward Dirks Field (Soccer-East) then heading left (north). Orange flags mark the apex of turns 95% of the time – the other 5% they are there to give a long straightaway reference. When there are 2 and 3 flags it is a hairpin and/or in an area without a tree to mark the turn.

The Dirt Lovers Rally

The local mountain bike race scene is back this sunday with Park’s and Rec’s Dirt Lovers Rally. The race starts at 9am in Horse Gulch. Registration is at the parking lot and the race whistle blows somewhere near the sweet booter. This is a race not to be missed. The Rally will also serve as the DEVO teams final team race of the 5 month summer race season. For all the info check this city website.

Hermosa Offroad Classic

Saturday the August of 1st will take place the 3rd annual Hermosa Offroad Classic here in the high country surrounding Durango, Colorado. It has been coined a test event for SSWC09, for the reason that it is the best race around and the singletrack can get sweetly epic, which is how we envision this septembers event to be. Check it out and test it out next weekend. 09 Hermosa Off Road Classic Flyer[1]

DWC Criterium on Sunday

There will be a Criterium in Durango this sunday at Mercy Medial Center. Hosted by the Durango Wheel Club, the free to DWC members race, will begin at 9am. It will cost $5 for all other participants.

The schedule for 7/19:

8:00 set-up

8:15 registration opens

8:30 practice

9:00 C race 30 min + 3 laps, 2 primes

9:40 B race 40 min + 5 laps, 3 primes

10:30 A race 50 min + 5 laps, 4 primes

11:30 clean-up

Colorado Trail Classic

The CT Classic returns to Durango in conjunction with the CT Jamboree on July 26th. The Classic is a race from Molas Pass to Durango and the Jamboree is a group ride, with both raising awareness and funds for multiple sclerosis. The events have been super sweet in the past and by the way the trails are looking, it is on track for another amazing year. Check out their site for the entire lowdown.

Hermosa Creek Offroad Classic

Fort Lewis College Cycling and Passion Productions has whipped up the 3^rd annual Hermosa Creek Off-Road Classic mountain bike race on Saturday August 1st! Come one, come all, to race on the high country trail that made Durango famous. Starting at the Lower Hermosa Trailhead there is a 38 mile course for Pro/Semi Men and Women and Singlespeed A, a choice of either the 38 or 20 mile courses for the Expert Men and Women (3-5 hours), 20 miles for other classes and Singlespeed B. Race sponsors have kicked in some great prizes – cash for the top 3 Pro Men/ Women and top 3 Singlespeed A Men/Women and great products for the other classes! The icing on the cake will be the post-race BBQ/Campout hosted by the Durango Cyclery (Food and entertainment) held at the Upper Hermosa Trailhead. Proceeds go to the Fort Lewis College Cycling Team and Bicycle Lemonade.

Here’s the flyer with all the start times n stuff, 09 Hermosa Off Road Classic Flyer[1]

Durango 100 Century Tour

Durango 100 Century Tour

Sunday July 26th, 2009

100, 85, and 50 mile options

www.durango100.com

Purgatory Challenge MTB Race Results

Looked like a sweetly classic high country race, here are the results.

Mountain bike racing makes it back to the hills of Durango Mountain Resort this saturday with the Purgatory Challenge. The mtb race is part of an endurance triathlon, running, kayaking and mtbiking, that can be done individually, as a team or each event separately. The mountain bike race is a 50 mile route using Hermosa, Jones and DMR trails. Registration is $85 and more info can be seen here.

Alien Run on Sunday

This weekend, Sunday the 26th, in Aztec, New Mexico, a race will take place. The 9th annual Alien Run mountain bike race will start at 10am, registration begins at 8am. The course is over oil rig roads, and with the alien run singletrack it is a super fast power track. The event is the second DEVO team race of the season. Its only $20 to race!

Sol Vista Nationals Info

Info This race is in July and takes place on the very date that the entire DEVO team has planned the perfect peak. On another note, here is a new bike review/test site to check out from time to time. It will be over on the right from now on. Its called sicklines.com.

Durango DEVO Race Schedule

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Here is a list of all the sweet racing opportunities around us for 2009. DEVO team races are in bold. We attend these races as a team. We camp/condo, eat, pre ride the course and have fun together, all in the name of development and schmevelopment.

Ride Like A Kid

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A DEVO Superstar Spectacular

Tuesday March 3rd at the Fort Lewis Community Concert Hall, Bob Roll takes on Chris Wherry, Tad Elliot, Ned Overend, Elke Brutsaert, Greg Herbold and many more legendary cyclists in an all out question and answer-fest. Kids on bikes will be the main topic and we’d like to invite you to attend this tingly feeling event. The professional cyclists on stage will talk about their passion for the bike and the childhood memory that started it all. Bring your favorite poster or jersey to have autographed after the event.  All proceeds will go into a 2009 DEVO Scholarship Fund. 

Where?  The Community Concert Hall at FLC

When?  Tuesday March 3, 2009    

What time?  Doors open @ 5:30pm, show is from 6-7:30pm followed by an autograph session

How much?  Adults $20  Students $15  Kids $10

Thank you to event sponsors Chris Latshaw, Zukes and other top secret friends.

* There will be a kids only section up front!

Squawker Cup Finale is Sunday

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“We have just met with the facilities director, grounds director and head grounds keeper and they have gotten a ton of complaints from campus goers about what was left behind from last weeks race. Rather than bicker back and forth we are taking responsibility and have agreed to do some mitigation work. This will show them that we have respect for what they work hard to maintain and what we like to play on. What they are concerned about is the mud tracks on the sidewalks (unsightly and risk management issue), some of the grass to cement transitions and some of the corners/ruts/cupping we created. FLC Grounds is marking up a map with the spots they have concerns about. So — After the race on Sunday please be prepared with regular clothes (unless you like gardening in your chamois), and one of the following: stiff brissle push broom, flat head shovel, garden rake or spade. We will walk the course and fix. Another crew will walk the course and pick up all the flagging, yet another will get the rebar/pvc. It really won’t be that much work if we get good numbers. We are getting some grass seed also and will do that where needed. In the future we will have a better pre and post muddy race contingency plan. Thanks for being a part of the CX season, see you Sunday.”  Dave Hagen

Muscle Cross is Tomorrow, Yes!

The third annual Muscle Cross is this Saturday, 10am at Buckley Park, the heart of downtown. Durango Cyclery is hosting the event, with the name rooting from owner Russell’s nickname, Russell the Muscle. The event is not you typical cross race as it includes many barriers and obstacles, as compared to the modern standard of one or two. Registration begins at 9am with the fees being $10 for adults and $5 for kids, all the proceeds will be going to the upstart Durango ReCyclery, a used bike shop located downtown. 

The first event is the Kluncker Cross. 15 minutes of pain on any “non-racer” bike. Costumes and goofy things usually go down. Then the Kiddie Cross takes the stage with elementary aged kids taking to the course. Helpers are placed all along the course and the name of the game is super fun. Hot chocolate pours hot all morning, and the kids dig in when their race is over. Then at around 11:30 the B men and B women take to the course, followed by the A men and women at 12:40 or so. Last years race was cancelled due to poor turf conditions, but this year is looking perfect, so come on out and enjoy the show.

Posters will be for sale at the event

Squawker Cross #6 at Noon on Sunday

Last minute things happen. The Squawker Cup #6 has been postponed until 12pm on sunday due to the ice on the FLC campus track. Registration will be at 10:30am. Tell your friends.

Muscle Cross December 6th

Durango Cyclery’s premiere event is back after the rainy cancellation of 2007. Saturday December 6th.

Squawker Cup Standings

The Fort Lewis College Cycling teams’ Squawker Cup Cyclocross Series standings have been tabulated after 4 rounds of racing. squawker-cup-points-standings This weekends race on campus begins at 10am in the cyclocross stadium. With a slightly different layout, the course designer Dave Hagen describes his work as a “power course” compared to last weekends technical cornering track. race-5-course-map Last week saw 62 racers on course, which was the biggest local cross showing in the history of our scene. See you there.

FLC Squawker Cup Sunday

This Sunday will be round three of the Squawker Cup up on the FLC grass. 10am is the start time, $10 is the fee and the race will last 45 minutes. Spectators are invited to come and view the suffering as cyclocrossers love to suffer. Check the flyer for more info. flc-08-squawker-cup-flyer

 

Troy Wells running Boulder Reservoir

FLC Squawker Cup Cyclocross Series

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This weekend there will be a practice race on FLC beginning at 10am, Sunday. A big UCI cross race will be in Boulder as well. Next weekend is the second race in the Squawker Cup. Lets do it.

 

Todd Wells and Tim Johnson at the front in Boulder

MTB Collegiate National Championships

This friday, in Banner Elk, North Carolina, kicks off the 2008 Collegiate National Championships for the all terrain mountain bike. Cross country is on friday, downhill and short track on saturday and dual slalom on sunday. Individual champions will be crowned in each event, throughout the week, but the big prize has become the Team Omnium Title. The teams are allowed to score 4 riders in each event, and the team with the most points in the end wins. Fort Lewis College has earned this title many times over, due to the flood of talent that flocks to Durango in hopes of catching a view of Ned Overend on their way to class. The host college, Lees McRae is currently ranked second to FLC and lost the omnium to FLC last year, which was also contested on their home turf. The battle is sure to be amazing. Go Skyhawks!

2007 National Champions, FLC