Race Recaps

Wood Dale
The heat, the rain, and good racing... Another classic year!

Prairie Crossing/Grayslake
Something new with good neighborhood support. Strange course, but let's hope it's back in 2007.

Elgin
Did you break a wheel, too? Big money and the world's worst pavement! Where was everyone?

Elk Grove
Speaking of goofy courses! Super fast, not too hard, lots of big guns, like the HarperRide with Christian, Dave Z, and "nice guy" Chris Horner all fresh from France.

Downers Grove
Is a really break ever going to stick again? Another year in familiar surroundings.

Winfield
Two days, two different courses--each with a hill. Pricey with perpetually small-ish fields for a race of this quality. The natives LOVE it, though.

Labor Day Weekend
What's up with overlapping races? Sherman Park, Elkhart, and the Fox River Grove craziness all at the same time. How about filling some dates in June or later into September when it's nice out?

 

 

 

The August Criterium Recap-2006

As always, August is the season of criterium racing, and Chicago was the world center of criterium racing this August more than any other. With the addition of the Tour of Elk Grove and its gobs of money the week before the Downers Grove USPRO Championships, pros and amateurs camped out in Chicago.

Check out VIDEOS from the August Criteriums!

HarperRide.net Prizes

-Most Money--Elk Grove

-Goofiest--Fox River Grove (Check out the flyer!)

-Biggest Crowd--Downers Grove

-Smallest Crowd--Wood Dale

-Biggest Announcer--Tie (Eddy & Kenny)

Photos from the Races

  


Bob & Ed set-up fencing at Wood Dale.

Dan supervises the set-up of the Finish Podium at Wood Dale.

Frank and his nephew return from sweeping the corners at Wood Dale.

Luke brings refreshments for the officials at Wood Dale.

Steve and Andy survey the scene in their official Wood Dale Course Marshall t-shirts.

Ed mans the wheel pit through rain and shine at Wood Dale.

Hayden Godfrey and his Monex teammates pose for a local fan after the Tour of Elk Grove.


Andy and Vince enjoy refreshments on the VIP side of the fence while Tom recounts the difficulties of the longest criterium course in North America.

John VandeVelde (black polo on left) celebrates Christian's breakaway
and second place finish in Elk Grove with fellow West Suburban cyclists.
(What's up with the persimmon Oakley lenses?)

Roberto Gaggioli and friend look stylish, as always, at Downers Grove.

An ABD team meeting... What's Rich doing there?

"Former" HarperRide cyclists even show up at Downers Grove.

A sparse Team Mack tent in Downers Grove

Tim heads to the "hill" at Downers Grove.

Adam and Rich provide tips to Carl and the officials about who to watch at the Anti-Doping Control in Downers Grove.

Is Scott out of the race? No it's just another
Jittery Joe's rider.

HarperRide Master Andy Kerr keeps at the
front of affairs in Winfield.

 

 

 

 

  

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