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2009 Cal Cycling Road Race and Criterium
The home race weekend is scheduled for April 4,5 this year. We are returning to hills of Crockett for the road race on Saturday. Cyclists will have to make it up McEwen Rd at least 3 times, and even 6 for the Men's A's. To make the day harder, we've added a Team Time Trial that will go along Franklin Canyon Road beforehand. The Criterium returns to the same location, the College-Durant-Bowditch-Bancroft block, with the Start/Finish line in front of the Art Museum. The racing begins Sunday at 9 am and should provide entertainment all day long. Also, the Alumni Race returns, starting at Noon. We welcome alumni from any WCCC university (or anywhere else for that matter), even if you took up cycling long after you left college. Entry fees for the Alumni Race are $10 to cover our expenses plus a suggested donation of $15 (which you can make to your school of choice - hopefully Cal!). Collegiate entry fees are $15, and all registration will take place day-of.
The link to the flyers:
http://wccc-info.com/2009/Road/index.html
See you at the races!
Clothing Order Open
Check out the new design for Cal Cycling for 2009. We've got cycling caps and aero booties now! Also, thermal jackets, bib knickers, DH jerseys, and more! Check out the photo page for the whole line-up. Our spring clothing order goes out March 20th. This is the last chance to order clothing before the summer, so if you're interested, contact calcycling.clothing@gmail.com right away.
General Team Meeting Jan. 28th 7pm
Spring semester is in full swing, and with the new semester a new season of racing is upon us! Come to the Haas Club room on January 28th at 7pm to learn all about the upcoming road racing season, training camps, and team events. After a couple year hiatus we're out to reclaim the coveted west coast collegiate conference title, and we need your help! We'll also be going over sponsorship orders for the semester and distributing clothing orders, so don't miss out!
upcoming rides
| Saturday Morning Team Ride | 4 Jul 2009 - 9:30am |
| Saturday Morning Team Ride | 4 Jul 2009 - 9:30am |
| Saturday Morning Team Ride | 11 Jul 2009 - 9:30am |
| Saturday Morning Team Ride | 11 Jul 2009 - 9:30am |
| Saturday Morning Team Ride | 18 Jul 2009 - 9:30am |
Cal Cycling is the bicycle racing team of U.C. Berkeley. We're a co-ed club sport, so anyone can join. The team is oriented toward competitive racing, but the atmosphere is low-key, and entering races is by no means required.
Non-members are welcome to ride with us on our regular training rides and rides posted to the Cal Cycling listserve. Also, most rides feature a "no-drop policy" (look at the particular ride to see that it does), which means there's no need to worry about maybe not being able to keep up.
We compete against the many other schools in the West Coast Collegiate Cycling Conference. September through December is mountain biking season, with different schools taking turns putting on races almost every weekend. Disciplines of competition are cross-country, downhill, dual slalom, and maybe even some cyclocross... the details vary from race to race and are up to the host school to decide.
Spring semester is road racing season. Traditionally this is our team's stronger area, and each year Cal Cycling hosts a race weekend that attracts hundreds of collegiate cyclists, riding for schools from San Diego to Chico. Road events include road race, individual and team time trial, and criterium. WCCC doesn't organize track competition, but some members of our team are involved in track racing at the Hellyer Velodrome in San Jose, so if you want to ride track, that's an option too.
For all the information about when races are, check out the race schedule.
So come out and see what Cal Cycling is like. It's a whole lot of fun.