Monday - August 2, 2010

REGISTRATION

Click here to register for the 2010 Niklas Group Tour de Bowness Criterium.

DIRECTIONS TO RACE VENUE

• The Criterium course is located in downtown Bowness on 64th Street and Bowness Road NW.
• Parking is available behind Hextall Place and east of 64th Street on Bowness Road.

CRITERIUM RACE AND EVENT SCHEDULE

• The Niklas Group Tour de Bowness is proud to sponsor the Provincial Criterium Championships.

• All Racers must be pre-registered and need to sign on at Bow Cycle at least 30 minutes before your race starts. Please have your license ready at sign on. Ensure that your signature appears on the sign-on sheets.
• 8:30am Course open for warm up. Please use caution as set up may still be in progress.
• 9:00am: Youth Categories - 16 Laps
• 10:00am: Category 5 – 20 Laps
• 11:00am: Category 4 -  30 Laps
• 12:00pm: Category 3 – 35 Laps
• 1:00pm: Category Women A/B – 25 Laps
• 2:00pm: Category 1/2  – 45 Laps
• Results and awards to follow as soon as possible after the event.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

• The Niklas Group Tour de Bowness Criterium course is 960m with 7 turns, a small hill, a chicane and some good old Bownesian pavement. A long straight away (with a typical tailwind) makes for a fast finish.
• The Wheel Pit is located just after the start line on the rider's left.
• A neutral warm up/ team area, located behind Bow Cycle, can be used for riders to put up tents and warm up.

COURSE VIDEO

A first-person ride-through of the 2010 Niklas Group Tour de Bowness Criterium course.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Helmets must be worn in the race and at the race venue, including the parking area and when warming up.
• All UCI, CCA, and ABA Regulations will apply.
• Race Numbers: Race Numbers are to be placed on right shoulder and left hip. Frame plates must be attached behind the head tube or seat post.
• Center Line Rule: in effect for Hill Climb and Road Race
• Washroom Facilities:
• Hill Climb: Washrooms are available near the entrance to the Festival Tent.
• Criterium: Porta Potties will be provided behind Bow Cycle near the Community Garden.
• Road Race: Porta-potties will be available at the Bearspaw Lions Club.
• Please use designated facilities; public urination may result in a fine/disqualification.

• The course will be open to the next category only after the last rider in an event has finished and until 10 minutes before start time of the next event. This could mean that the course will NOT BE OPEN prior to some events. Riders on the course during closures will be subject to immediate disqualification.
• Each race will be led by a motorcycle. Any rider caught by the motorcycle is considered to have been lapped and must pull off the course at the end of the lap on which they are caught by the moto. Riders not pulling off when lapped will be subject to fines. Riders off the front of the field may not accept assistance from riders who have lost contact with the back of the field [disqualification for accepting such assistance]. This rule may not be applied in the youth event but will apply to all other categories.

** Re: Lapping **

1. Should a single rider lap the field, the race will continue. Results will reflect those riders as lapped.

2. If two or more riders have lapped a substantial group of riders, the lapped riders will sprint early (two to four laps before the end of the race), then retire. The decision to do this will be communicated to the riders several laps in advance of the sprint (USA Cycling Org Rule 3D8)