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February 7, 2010
Sand Creek Sports, Inc. welcomes the USA Cycling Development Foundation (USACDF) and Pikes Peak Traveland as sponsors of our Carmichael Training Systems Summer of Cycling.
The USACDF supports our athletes in a number of ways. They join the Carmichael Training Systems Summer of Cycling as our Official Coffee. (Pro Team Mechanics take note...you wanted coffee on-site, you got it!). Order your coffee by clicking on their logo below. And, they will be on-site at our July 9-11 UCI race!
Why is UCI status for our Carmichael Training Systems International Classic important?
Watch the interview here by cyclingdirt.com with USA Cycling staff Kelli Lusk and Marc Gullickson.
Preview USA Cycling's April Pro XCT ad in Mountain Bike Action here! Photo is from our
June 13, 2009 UCI race! Photo by our very own About The Shot Photography! Link to January 23rd cyclingnews.com article is here.
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2010 Carmichael Training Systems Summer of Cycling schedule is here. These races include the Ascent Cycling Series May 22 in Palmer Park, two Wednesdays at Bear Creek Terrace in June and the final in Bear Creek Terrace on June 19. Also, the Rocky Mountain Games with our Falcon 100 at the US Air Force Academy on Falcon Trail will be on August 1st.
The Pro Cycling ACA Colorado Senior Road Race Championships will be one of these events as well! Held at the Air Force Academy on August 15, Sand Creek Sports returns, yes, returns to road racing!
The tentative Tour of Victor will be the final race in the very popular Rocky Mountain Ultra series on September 18th. The featured race will be about 50 miles. Details and race confirmation in the Spring after we get up there after the snow melts! We've got a real gold miner helping us with the course!
Other important race calendars are on the "Colorado Cycling" page on the left.
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July 9-11 Race Information:
The July 9-11 Carmichael Training Systems International Classic will be a UCI C2 stage race! A $10,000 cash prize list race with 655 UCI points each for Pro Men and Pro Women for the final USA Cycling Pro XCT race! And, 47% of all US UCI points available for 2010 are at this race!
USA Cycling's Pro XCT web site.
We will apply for the USA Cycling Race Permit, begin online registration with sportsbaseonline, and hopefully, have our new and easier to use web site up and running by mid-February. Registration will be online only and will close July 7th. Number pick up will be July 8 at Carmichael Training Systems.
This race will also be the final USA Cycling Pro XCT race, a 2012 Olympic Selection race, and the final 2010 National Championship Cross Country Qualification race. The National Championships are July 15-18 in Granby, CO. The Pro XCT series Men and Women winners get an automatic 2010 World Championship spot which will be announced at our race! This race is also a USA Cycling National Mountain Bike Calendar event.
There will be a stage race for Category 1, 2, 3 and singlespeed riders as well over the three days.
The venue is Cheyenne Mountain State Park just south of Colorado Springs. Same basic S/F line for
all races. The S/F is in the middle of the Expo/Team Parking area on pavement.
The tentative schedule is: July 8 Number pick up at Carmichael Training Systems Hwy 24 & 21st St
July 9 Stage 1: Encantadas Time Trial (may use Medicine Wheel trail)
July 10 Stage 2: Cross Country for everyone (same course as in 2009)
July 11 Stage 3: Amateur Cross Country (different course than July 10
but using the same S/F line.
Pro Men and Pro Women Short Track Cross Country per
UCI MTB Criterium rules.
June 13, 2009 UCI race report and course description from a Carmichael Training Systems coach. As this will be the same course/venue we use in 2010 for our UCI XCO race, this gives you a very good idea of what to expect. Several photos from our June 13, 2009 UCI race are on the "Gallery" page.
Hotel and Camping Information:
HQ hotel reservation link is here. Special rates!
We welcome the Crowne Plaza Hotel as our 2010 Headquarter Hotel and they will offer a very special rate. Click on the Crown Plaza's logo below to take you to the hotel web site and here for the special race reservation link. Or, call the Crowne Plaza directly at 1-843-760-5839 (toll free) and say you are with the "Carmichael Group" in order to get the special rate. This is tourist season here, so all other hotels rates are around $130+/night!
Camping: A limited number of group camping sites are still available at the race venue, Cheyenne
Mountain State Park. Call the Park directly at 719-576-2016 to reserve.
There may still be some individual sites left at the Park. Those must be reserved online only
by going to the Park web site here and then going to "Camping" on the left.
Expo and Team Parking:
Contact us now to reserve Expo and Team Parking space along the S/F straight!
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The Official Coffee of the Carmichael
Training Systems Summer of Cycling.
Order yours today...click on the logo!
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Tentative 2010 Tour of Colorado races have been selected.
Tour of Colorado updates are available on our Tour of Colorado page.
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For Additional Information contact Sand Creek Sports
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