Time to register for the big Memorial Day weekend of racing along the
Mississippi River in Burlington and Muscatine Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois.
All the flyers, entry forms & websites are up and running:
http://www.MemorialDayWeekendBikeRaces.com

Bicycle race information for:
..Burlington to Burlington Road Race
..Wapello to Burlington Road Race
..Snake Alley Criterium
..Melon City Criterium
..Quad Cities Criterium

*** What's new for 2007 ***

Burlington road races
: New race added, categories shuffled
: Pro/1/2 (Burlington to Burlington)
: Cat 3,4 (Wapello to Burlington)
: Cat 5 (Wapello to Burlington)
This is due to the new rule (last year) that limits the entries in
any race with cat 5s to 75. The race was granted a 1 time exemption
in 06 since the rule came out rather late. As before, cat 5 only
races are limited to 50 so get your entry in soon.

Snake Alley Criterium
: $10,000 for the Pro/1/2
: Womens Open changed to Women 1/2/3
: Masters 30+ cat 4/5 extra prizes dropped from the 30+ Open race

Melon City Criterium
: Womens Open changed to Women 1/2/3

Quad Cities Criterium
: $10,000 for the Pro/1/2
: Hot spots sprints added for the Pro/1/2
: Women Open changed to Women 1/2/3
: Masters 30/40 races re-sorted. Gone are the 30+ cat 3/4/5 race and
the 40+ open race. New is the 30+/40+ cat 1/2/3 race and a 30+/40+
Cat 4/5 race. No, there aren't separate prize lists for the 30+ and the 40+.
: schedule shuffle. Back to the 'feature races last' format. The
Women 1/2/3 & Mens Pro/1/2 race will be the final races of the day
following the traditional form of each race gets bigger/faster/etc as
the day goes on.
: All the QCC races will be fixed number of laps instead of timed crits.

http://www.MemorialDayWeekendBikeRaces.com is the primary link for
all the races, flyers, entry forms.

There is no on-line registration for the Memorial Day Weekend Bike
Races. As always, riders will be staged in order of the entry forms
coming in so sign up soon.



Rick Paulos
Cedar Rapids, Iowa