Tour de Berkeley 2007

The Cal Triathlon Team is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Tour de Berkeley.

How it works:
Twice a week, we will host an informal cycling race around some of the East Bay's most popular routes. The stages will consist of a mix of hills, flats, and even a time trial. There are 5 stages this year, one weekday and one weekend stage per week. The competition is calculated by points awarded to the first riders at the top of designated hills and mountains. After each sprint we will regroup before beginning the next one. Everyone is welcome to join and we will have separate men and women categories. Points are scored 3 deep for each sprint and 6 deep for the stage finish. A tiered system of scoring is used with more difficult sprints/climbs earning more points. See the map and descriptions of Stage 1 to get an idea: Three Bears Map

Here are the dates for the first couple of stages, later dates TBD. All rides leave from Kroeber Fountain. Feel free to bring friends, come to whatever stages you want, or join us halfway in.

Wednesday July 11th. 5:00pm: Three Bears
Sunday July 15th. 9:00am: Danville Peets

Part of the the tour's fun is representing a cycling persona for the Tour. Choose a racer from either the past or present (Eddy Merckx, Jan Ullrich, Robbie McEwen, etc) and email me your top 3 choices. I'll assign them on a first come basis. I have already claimed "The Chicken from Tollose," Michael Rasmussen.

Lastly, I have created a blog to document the event. Here you will find race reports, an updated leader-board, and photos from the tour:
http://tourdeberkeley2007.blogspot.com/

Note, all future Tour announcements will come via our summer mailing list: triathlon_summer@lists.berkeley.edu

Questions? Feel free to email me.

Vive le Tour!
Justin aka Michael Rasmussen