The Norfolk Criterium Series wrapped up August 12 at Northeast Community College, with three races comprising the rain-shortened series. The NECC campus provided a great venue for some good racing action throughout the year with plenty of space for close battles and full-on attacks.

Duane Blair made a clean sweep of the series, handily winning each of the "A" Category 45 minute races held in 2008. Jon Downey won the "B" race, picking up the series win as well with two wins and one second place finish for the year.
Newcomer Joe Schreiner soloed in the "C" men's race as did Sara Herzinger in the "C" women's race.

The Norfolk Race Series, which includes the Crit series, resumes on August 26 at 7PM with a mountain bike race at Maskenthine Lake.  read more »

EVCC/The Bike Way rider Rich Anderson at the 3rd day of the Tour of KC

EVCC/The Bike Way's rising star Nick Ziemet takes two of the three legs of the Tour of Kansas City held August 8, 9, and 10th. Nick won the KCK Criterium Friday night and the Cliff Drive Classic on Saturday. Joe Savoie reports that Nick lead for the majority of both races and by other reports Nick little trouble holding off the field up the last hill of the final lap of the Cliff Drive Classic.

Other EVCC riders in attendance were Joe Savoie and Rich Anderson, who both had successful weekends. Field sizes were quite large and the trio did well in all three races.

Race results for the Friday and Saturday races can be found here where the Sunday race results should be posted soon as well.

A new race course was used for the August 5 edition of the Norfolk Time Trial series run under clear skies and near perfect conditions. The new course, starting and finishing at the Norfolk Airport Authority building south of Norfolk features several turns and elevation changes on roads that see little traffic. A three mile roll south on Old Highway 81 is followed by some rolling hills on secondary roads around the mile section before returning to Old 81 at the Fairplay road. The "A" racers completed a second lap around the section for 12 miles while the "B" riders did the entire course just once for 8 miles.

Duane Blair took the A race with an average speed of 24.19mph. Dennis Smith won the "B" race at 20.47mph with Jan Hake taking the Women's B race.

The next race promoted by the Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club will  be a criterium at Northeast Community College on August 12 at 7PM. This will finish a three-week stand of club races including a mountain bike race, a time trial and the August 12 criterium. The full schedule of upcoming races along with fast and recreational group rides can be found at www.nencycling.org  read more »

2008 ROY standings are posted on NebraskaCycling.org  Duane Blair still holds a firm grip on the Masters 35+ lead while Joe Savoie is still in contention for the Category 4 prize.

Stay tuned: there are only two road races left for 2008.

And, this just in - the State Championship Road Race has been moved to Branched Oak Lake!

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Word has just come it that Nick Zeimet has been upgraded to a Category 4 Road Racer!

Congratulations Nick!!

For all 2008 USAC road rider upgrades, please see http://www.nebraskacycling.org/content/view/17/25/

The Norfolk Classic

Norfolk - Registrations are open for both days of the Norfolk Classic Cycling Weekend at SportsBaseOnline. Registration must be made for BOTH days as this is NOT a stage race nor an omnium.

Total cash purse for the weekend is $6000 with $2000 allocated to the road race and a whopping $4000 in prize money to be awarded at the State Championship Criterium. In addition, several nice primes are on the table for the criterium. Finally, Rightway Performance Coaching will be awarding a free power test to the winners of the Men’s Cat 4, Men’s Cat 5, Women’s Cat 4, and the Junior classes each day.

The Norfolk Classic Cycling Weekend is in its third year and grows each year. This year the

Cody McCoullough and Kevin Burke race for the finish at the 2007 Classic

Saturday road race will again be held on the (in)famous Stanton Road Race course. Race headquarters will be at the Stanton Fairgrounds, same as 2007. This year full rest room and shower facilities will be available on site. Riders will roll to the line for a 10AM start with waves of riders starting every few minutes.

Sunday the venue changes to the popular Downtown Norfolk Criterium Course. Back again for 2008, the

2008 ROY contenders Justin Maresh and John Spray at the 2007 Classic Crit

course features left and right hand turns, awesome spectator spots, two-way racing in front of the announcer stand, and a long finish line stretch tailor-made for exciting primes and photo-finishes. Several area restaurants and watering holes will be open during the day featuring front row seating for the action. Neutral support during the criterium will be provided by Cleveland Bike and Sport.

Medals and prizes for each day of racing will be presented with no overall weekend awards. Award ceremonies for the road race will be held immediately following the finish of the day’s racing while the Sunday criterium awards will be presented throughout the day. Cash payouts will be made to no more than 50% of the field.

State Championship medals will be awarded at the State Championship Criterium on Sunday to eligible participants. To be eligible, a rider must be an annual USA Cycling road racing license holder and a Nebraska resident. Annual licenses must be purchased prior to race-day to be eligible.

The Norfolk Cycling Weekend gives Nebraska riders two opportunities for Nebraska Rider of the Year points. Both days of racing are USAC permitted and sanctioned by the Nebraska Cycling Association . The Norfolk Classic Cycling Weekend is promoted by the Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club and sponsored by Monster Energy and the Norfolk/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Good luck to everyone riding the TT this weekend.  My knee is still keeping me off of the bike, but I hope to up and riding soon.

Brian