Sunday Afternoon Chico Airport Criterium.............

Sunday, May 10th - Airport LONG-course Criterium(using the 1-Mile course for this afternoon Criterium) - We'll be using the NEW Criterium Course for this event - the 1-Mile Chico Airport Long-Course. Registration will open at 4:45pm for this one, with the Start at 5:00pm. The course Starts & Finishes on Marauder Street.......over by the old Koret building on the north end of the Airport. A map of this course can be found here: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Airport-Criterium-Long-Course .

This event DOES count towards the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series. Expect lots of Point Primes AND Bear Bucks!!!! This new course has a little elevation gain to it as well - not much, but just enough to feel it. Category "A" will go for 45 Minutes PLUS 3 laps(remember - the course is 1-mile in length). Category "B" will go for 40 Minutes PLUS 3 laps.
(Final Stage of the Devil's Kick Omnium)
(Part of the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series!)

I would also like to thank Steve Vickery and the Madison Bear Garden for donating BEAR BUCKS for Prime Prizes for this Criterium - for every 1 Prime Point that is won, 1 Bear Buck will also be given away! Thank you Steve and Madison Bear Garden for donating to this event!!

2009 AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

Category "A" OVERALL:
1. Jeff Galland 113 points
2. David Albrecht 112 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 71 points
4. Alex Blease 54 points
5. Mike Smith 51 points
6. Michael Jasinski 32 points
7. Kevin Speacht 28 points
8. Tim Creswell 26 points
9. Roy Steves 24 points
10. Mike Cordova 23 points
11. Greg Golet 21 points
12. Margaret Jones 16 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
13. James Plummer 13 points
14. Paul Sajben 12 points
15. Aren Timmel 10 points
15. Jeff Ochs 10 points
15. Rob Bishop 10 points
18. Kyle Hartelt 9 points
18. Anthony Ferretti 9 points
20. Ethan Black 8 points
20. Paul McIntyre 8 points
20. Ryan Olson 8 points
23. Josh Bullock 7 points
23. Dave Berman 7 points
25. Ben Bryant 6 points
25. Mike Painter 6 points
25. Evan Carroll 6 points
28. Weston Crumm 5 points
28. Greg Melton 5 points
30. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
30. Jesse Rushing 4 points
30. Charlie Dawson 4 points
33. Randy Moon 3 points
33. Mike Castaldo 3 points
33. Brad Foster 3 points
33. Kenny Price 3 points
37. CJ Humphries 2 points
37. Geno Gruber 2 points
37. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
37. Michael Dufresne 2 points
41. Jim Clark 1 point
42. Morgan Bonar 1 point
43. Steve Vickery 1 point
44. Dain Melton 1 point
45. Dan Reymann 1 point
46. Kurt Haskins 1 point
47. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 89 points
2. Matt Itamura 69 points
3. Michael Dufresne 57 points
4. Charlie Pelton 53 points
5. Frank Marinello 46 points
6. Mike Crumm 45 points
7. Tom Embree 41 points
8. David Klein 21 points
9. David Weathers 16 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 16 points
11. Denny McKenney 15 points
12. Dain Melton 14 points
13. Colin Moakley 13 points
14. Scott Heather 11 points
15. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
16. Ray Bransky 8 points
17. Adam Tischler 5 points
17. Samuel Bransky 5 points
17. BJ LaRossa 5 points
17. Jeff Ochs 5 points
21. Clay Johnson 4 points
21. Brian Strukan 4 points
23. James Gilchrist 3 points
23. Jeff Davis 3 points
25. John Wiesinger 2 points
25. Christopher Cook 2 points
25. Mark Hendry 2 points
28. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
29. Jon Keyzer 1 point
30. Shawn Fisher 1 point
31. Steve Kodad 1 point
32. John D'Ewart 1 point
33. Johnny Jones 1 point
34. Walt Schafer 1 point
35. Gary Fowler 1 point
36. Tom Murphy 1 point
37. Greg Melton 1 point
38. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Lisa Martens 33 points
2. Tracy Berman 27 points
3. Margaret Jones 25 points
4. Janine Rood 20 points
5. Jenn Gruber 16 points
6. Morgan Bonar 12 points
7. Christa Ritchey 7 points
8. Caryn Jones 10 points
9. Amy Dawson 1 point
10. Teresa Kludt 1 point
11. Kristen Schonauer 1 point
12. Shirley Huffman 1 point

AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES INFORMATION:

After the great turn-out at last year's Tuesday Night Chico Airport Criterium Series, we're going to be doing them again for 2009......but starting up a bit earlier this year. For those curious, the definition of "Criterium" is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterium

This Series starts up next Tuesday, March 10th and will go through September 15th, 2009......just before our Chico Downtown Criterium on September 20th! Registration normally starts at 5:40pm - with the event starting at 6:00pm.

How does it work???

Okay, here are a few notes for this year's Airport "Crit" Series:

1. We will be using more than 1 course for the Crits this year......including throwing in some lefty-turn Crits to get a feel for those - and some Weekend Criteriums as well. For the time being, we'll be using our standard Tuesday Night righty-turn course starting/finishing at Convair Avenue - http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chico-Airport-Tuesday-Night-Crit-Course

2. ALL riders must sign in this year - There will be a small table on the sidewalk at the Start/Finish location on Convair Avenue - just sign in at the table and you are good to go! Sign-ins start at 5:40pm - the racing action starts at 6:00pm. We usually end the event by 7pm, at the latest - many times earlier than that - to get home before it gets too dark outside. RAIN AND WET PAVEMENT WILL ALWAYS CANCEL THE CRITERIUMS! In addition, last year we had some tremendous smoke from the Humboldt Fire in this area......which, in turn, would also cancel the Criteriums due to hazardous air quality.

3. The Category "B" races normally go for 45 minutes PLUS 3 laps.........while the Category "A" races go for 50-60 minutes PLUS 3 laps. There can be anywhere from 1 to 15+ Primes in the Airport Criteriums......just depends on the mood of the Dictator.....er......I mean, Director. ;)

4. Helmets are MANDATORY! So, please....please.....wear your helmet! Please!!

5. All are welcome - you don't have to do the Series - just come on out and give this Criterium training/riding a shot! It's amazing what kind of workout you can get in during a 45 to 60 minute practice event.

6. Points are used to calculate the Overall Standings in the Series. The point breakdown is as follows: 7-5-4-3-2-1, with an additional 1 point being given to each participant at each event. So, 7 points goes to the winner, 5 points goes to 2nd place, 4 points goes to 3rd place and so on.........in addition to 1 more point just for doing the event. The rider with the MOST points at the end of the Series wins the Overall Title - and the Chico Airport Series Championship Trophy, plus whatever goodies we can give you. Also, Prime points will be given out during each of the Crits - these are just lap prizes......but in this case, the prizes are points. We will also be having some product Primes out there this year!

7. Last year, we had just two categories during the races - Category A and Category B. However, the Series itself has even more Trophy Categories, including:

Category "A" Men
Women's Category
Women's Masters 40+ Category
Category "B" Men
Men's Masters 40+ Category
Men's Masters 50+ Category

These are the Categories which all qualify for a Series Championship Trophy. If nobody - or very few folks are in one category - we may eliminate it and add an additional category where the numbers allow it. As usual, sandbaggers are strongly discouraged ( A Sandbagger would be a Category "A" rider entering a Category "B" event).

8. Although donations to put on these events are always very appreciated and accepted, this Series is FREE - so come on out and take advantage of some, or all, of these Criteriums in 2009!

9. Finally, remember - these Criterium events are essentially for practice and exercise - we have fun out there and get a great little workout in, and we get to work on some quality cycling skills. But, overall, they're no big whoop....no World Championship/Olympic medals or million dollar contracts on the line. So, with that in mind, just treat 'em as such - a good training event to try some new things, gain some good fitness.....and maybe even get into a "real" sanctioned Criterium at some point in time. Or not. Just have fun with it!! We'll have trophies and hopefully some prizes for the Series winners - and definitely loads of fun....and pain and suffering. ;) But remember - it's all in good fun!

Hope to see you out there!!

Rodney............
Team Chico & R.A.C.E. - Rodney's Annoying Cycling Events
Chico, CA
www.ChicoBike.com