Don’t forget that tomorrow is another full day of racing!

The GP Zac Daab will be the final race of the Minnesota Cyclocross Rider of the Year series as well as Day Two of the State Championship Cyclocross Omnium. Come out tomorrow for more racing, food, expo and bouncy thing fun. And stay for the 2:30pm OPEN HOLESHOT SPRINT! Two laps for the men and two laps for the women. Prizes to the winners!

See you tomorrow at the races!

Full results from today posted here.

Pictures here!

Current omnium standings (place and points):

Men Cat 1/2
Douglas Swanson 1 20
Jack Hinkens 2 18
Brian Eppen 3 16
Pat Lemieux 4 14
Matt Williams 5 12
Jesse Rients 6 10
Micha Moran 7 9
Jordan Cullen 8 8
Aric Hareland 9 7
Brian Crosby 10 6
Jacob Boyce 11 5
Ezra Taylor 12 4
Nicholas Vetter 13 3
Adam Froemming 14 2
Jeff Kluck 15 1

Masters 35+
Dewey Dickey 1 20
Daniel Casper 2 18
CJ Faulkner 3 16
Marty Netzel 4 14
Christopher Smith 5 12
Jay Henderson 6 10
John Struchynski 7 9
Michael Phillips 8 8
Jared Roy 9 7
Guy Alvarez 10 6
Wallace Alexander 11 5
Todd Heiser 12 4
Oliver Vrambout 13 3
Jason Snider 14 2
Brian Koeneman 15 1

Men Cat 3
Eric Oftedahl 1 20
Dave Oachs 2 18
James Buddenbaum 3 16
Daniel Jacobsen 4 14
Tim Brandvold 5 12
Jonathan Toftoy 6 10
Cody Larson 7 9
Kyle Fleener 8 8
Asa Jacobs 9 7
Zach Johnson 10 6
Gregory Rhodes 11 5
Bruce Martens 12 4
Jeff Ingahm 13 3
Andy Reichert 14 2
Daniel Wheeler 15 1

Women 1/2/3
Jenna Rinehart 1 20
Kim Eppen 2 18
Linda Cooper 3 16
Bianca Bergman 4 14
Corey Coogan 5 12
Lee Penn 6 10
Megan Lennon 7 9
Zoe Reker 8 8
Beckie Alexander 9 7
Terra James 10 6
Kris Brazil 11 5
Jessica Wittwer 12 4
Alexandra Kerl 13 3

Men 45+
Paul McKinney 1 20
Jeff Evanson 2 18
William Kuster 3 16
Steve Laurel 4 14
David Herbert 5 12
Dan Schueller 6 10
Mark Rathbun 7 9
Jeffery Staloch 8 8
Robert Belz 9 7
Dan Inderieden 10 6
Jeff Colbeth 11 5
Mark Kowaliw 12 4
Michael Cisek 13 3
Steve Wenzel 14 2
Eric Swenson 15 1

Men 55+
Charles Townsend 1 20
Gregory Pautsch 2 18
David Ludwigson 3 16
Dan Meyer 4 14
John Stamm 5 12
Robert Ogren 6 10
Robert Benedum 7 9
Michael Lyner 8 8
Steve Hirsh 9 7
Jack Stack 10 6
David Hastert 11 5

Men 4
Josh Collins 1 20
Charles Parsons 2 18
Matt Leizinger 3 16
Clayton McLagan 4 14
Daniel Stresse 5 12
Vince Meyer 6 10
Monte Dirks 7 9
Kris Weum 8 8
Craig Hertz 9 7
Alfred Lajon 10 6
Jacob Oyen 11 5
Andrew Chaffe 12 4
Clayton Summit 13 3
Nathan Goltz 14 2
Scott Sabol 15 1

Women 4
Jeanne Fleck 1 20
Kristy Henderson 2 18
Jacklyn Carlson 3 16
Meredith Rambow 4 14
Amy Campbell 5 12
Lori Belz 6 10
Linsey Hamilton 7 9
Hanna Sullivan 8 8
Lis Wilson 9 7
Nicole Waxmonsky-Tu 10 6
Emily Goltz 11 5
Heather George 12 4
Tina Raesler 13 3
Dana Buddenbaum 14 2
Patty Costello 15 1

Juniors
B 10-14
Nils Boberg 1 20
Michael Gaines 2 18
Brian Gaines 3 16
Robert Anderson 4 14

G 10-14
Rachel Jensen 1 20
Valerie McGoldrick 2 18

B 15-18
Merrill Lutsky 1 20
Matthew Wenzel 2 18
Zach Stilwell 3 16
Jack Richards 4 14
Trent Warner 5 12
Brody Pasciullo 6 10
Daniel Svedberg 7 9

G 15-18
Zoe Reker 1 20
Niki Reker 2 18
Jessica Greeley 3 16

Now open at CRC Coffee Bar/Cykle Garage!

See you there between 7pm and 10pm.

3346 Lyndale Ave South.

Thanks to these local shops for their sponsorship of the races this weekend!

Penn Cycle, sponsor of the Neutral Support pit

One on One Bicycle Studio, sponsor of barrier section one

Excelcycle, sponsor of the “Stairway to Hell”

Behind Bars Bicycle Shop, sponsor of barrier section two

Freewheel Bike, sponsor of the Sand Pit

Hollywood Cycles, sponsor of the Saturday and Sunday kids races

The Bikery, sponsor of the raffle

Please take a moment while you are at the race this weekend to thank these sponsors for their support!

The good folks from Stillwater’s Bikery will be at the venue bright and early serving coffee and breakfast treats (both sweet and savory) so show up hungry. The first race gets under way at 9am but food and coffee will be available early as soon as doors open at 7:30 for registration. Stop by the registration hut and help yourself to some of the best grub this side of the St. Croix!

Check out their site at http://www.thebikeryshop.com/

Additionally, the good folks from Brasa Premium Rotisserie will be on hand during the day serving up lots of great eats inside the Expo tent.

Their site is at http://www.brasa.us/

One final bit of news for this post: We are happy to announce that Bouncy Things have been secured for the kids and will be open for the madness on both Saturday and Sunday! Bring those kids out to the races and run them ragged in the jumpers and the kids bike races!

See you Saturday!

Online pre-registration for the Minnesota State Cyclocross Championship Weekend is now closed.

Those that have pre-registered can pick up their race packet Friday November 13 between the hours of 7pm and 10pm at CRC Coffee Bar/Cykle Garage located at 3346 Lyndale Ave South.

If you missed online registration you can come to CRC Friday night and still pre-register for the weekend. Save money, save time, line up within the same time zone as the starting line! Come on out to CRC, register up for the weekend of racing and treat yourself to a Mexican Coca-Cola while you are at it. Those things are awesome.

Even if you are not racing there are plenty of reasons to come out to Crystal this weekend. The amazing bike industry Expo with local shops and manufacturer booths displaying the latest cool bike equipment. Fantastic food vendors selling all kinds of delicious items for breakfast, lunch and dinner starting at 8am Saturday morning. Bring the kids out for the kids fun racing both Saturday and Sunday!

It’s going to be an great festival, hope to see you there!

Online pre-registration for the Shimano 2009 Minnesota State Cyclocross Championship race weekend closes tomorrow, Wednesday November 11, at 10pm.

Save time, save money, win prizes: Register now online!

Don’t forget the kids races at 1:30pm on Saturday and at 12:45pm on Sunday. No barriers involved for the kids, just fast grass riding and fun!

Also, hang around and save some energy for the OPEN HOLESHOT SPRINT race scheduled for 2:30pm on Sunday afternoon! This race is open to all junior, senior and masters men and women participants in one of the previous Sunday races. One race for the men and one for the women, two laps of the course for prizes and prestige to be named on the starting line. You won’t want to miss it!

We look forward to seeing you in Crystal this weekend!

Here is some important information for the upcoming Shimano 2009 Minnesota State Cyclocross Championship race weekend!

Online pre-registration ENDS at 10pm this Wednesday November 11.

Pre-registration opens back up along with pre-race packet pickup at CRC Coffee Bar/Cykel Garage on Friday November 13 from 7pm to 9pm. CRC is located at 3346 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.

Saturday day of race registration and number pickup opens up at the race venue starting at 7:30am and closing 15 minutes before the start of each individual race.

The will be NO PRE-REGISTRATION for the Sunday events during Saturday race registration. If you wish to pre-register for any races please do so online now or in person at CRC on Friday evening.

The Shimano 2009 Minnesota State Cyclocross Championship award ceremony and post race party will take place at One on One Bicycle Studio Saturday night starting at 6pm. The award ceremony itself is scheduled for 7pm. One on One is located at 117 Washington Avenue N in Minneapolis.

Sunday day of race registration and number pickup opens up at the race venue starting at 7:30am and closing 15 minutes before the start of each individual race.

Awards for Sunday races and the omnium weekend will take place in the Expo during throughout the course of the day.

Questions? Send us e-mails!

We hope to see you out in Crystal this weekend for what promises to be a fantastic weekend of cyclocross racing, bicycle industry expo displaying, food eating festival fun times!

We are excited to announce the prize list for the Minnesota State Cyclocross Championships Race Weekend!

But first, some big thanks to our big sponsors!:

SHIMANO

Vittoria tires, Cateye, Handspun Wheels, Lazer Helmets, Planet Bike, Crank Brothers, Maxxis tires, Pedro’s, Gore cables, Topeak, SKS, Continental tires, Jagwire, Challenge tires.

These sponsors have provided us with over $7000 in merchandise to use as prizes for the race weekend.

We also have some local shops that are stepping up to support the races. These shops will be sponsoring various parts of the course such as the sand pit, barrier sections and the classic Bassett Park stair climb. We will be announcing each course feature as we get closer to race weekend. Please make sure and support the shops that are contributing to support local racing!

Thanks to our sponsors the prize list for the weekend is as follows:

Saturday MINNESOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: USAC Championship medals to all podium places for each race.

Sunday GP ZAC DAAB: $1140 cash prizes!

Cat 1/2, 10 deep: $100, 75, 50, 40, 30, 30, 30, 20, 20, 20 ($415)

W1/2/3, 7 deep: $100, 75, 50, 30, 30, 20, 20 ($325)

M35+, 10 deep: $100, 75, 50, 40, 30, 30, 20, 20, 20, 15 ($400)

All other categories: Fantastic merchandise prizes from our sponsors!

OMNIUM RACE WEEKEND: $2860 cash prizes!

Cat 1/2, 10 deep: $500, 215, 100, 50, 50, 40, 40, 30, 25, 20 ($1070)

W1/2/3, 7 deep: $500, 215, 100, 50, 40, 30, 20 ($955)

M35+, 10 deep: $300, 180, 100, 50, 50, 40, 40, 30, 25, 20 ($835)

All other categories: Fantastic merchandise prizes from our sponsors!

We are grateful to all those who are supporting our race and, due to their sponsorship, we look forward to making a great contribution to the City of Crystal Park and Recreation Youth Sports Programs!

Hey… dude….

Shh!  Seriously.

I’ve got something for you.  Cool?

Check it out: I hear Shimano is kicking down big-time.

Naw, man.  You’re not thinking big enough.  Think BIGGER.

Can’t guess?

Alright, alright — I’ll stop messing with you.

Shimano pony-ed up a New Ultegra 6700 Group for the State CX event.

Believe it.  COMPLETE GROUP.  You ain’t made out this nice since since high school graduation.

Where?

At the event, man… duh.

Oh, right, where AT the event.  I knew that.

I hear you gotta get to the Shimano booth in the food & beer tent and talk to some guy named Lawrence.  He’s like Australian or something.  If you show him your race # he gives you a ticket cause this thing is goin’ raffle-style.

Yea, exactly!  If you race both days you can get two tickets so I’m definitely signing up for the omnium.

You already registered?!  On the website?  Sweet.  I’m on it.

Full group, dude!!  FULL GROUP!! Can you believe it?!

Shh, SHH!

Somebody’s comin’.  Act cool………