Cat 3/4 Women will have the opportunity to race in ten consecutive days on this year’s 11-day tour, presented by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, which runs June 17-27. The tour will feature nine criteriums (lap races) and two road races for professional and amateur cyclists.
“We listened to the passionate feedback we received after the 2009 Tour of America’s Dairyland from women cyclists who said they wanted more opportunities to race,” Bill Koch of Midwest Cycling Series said. “Basically, they said, ‘If you build it, we will come’ so we’re looking forward to some exciting women’s racing of varying levels out there this year.”
The addition of the Women’s Cat 3/4 category will enable less experienced female riders the opportunity to compete against racers of a shared experience level for cash prizes and primes (incentives) before tens of thousands of spectators on the same courses raced by the pros. The tour promoter will also work with advocates of women’s cycling along with local bike shops to schedule women-only clinics this spring to engage women in racing.
The Tour of America’s Dairyland will open minutes from downtown Milwaukee in the village of Shorewood near the shores of Lakes Michigan. The Shorewood Criterium schedule will feature men’s and women’s pro races along with an event for kids.
Other Wisconsin communities hosting criteriums in the second year of the tour include Thiensville, Grafton, Appleton, Sheboygan, Waterloo, Fond du Lac, Downer Avenue on Milwaukee’s East Side, and Waukesha. Greenbush and Elkhart Lake will be home to road races, the latter of which will be held on the historic Road America racetrack. Over 11 days, the tour will award more than $105,000 in cash prizes and primes to racers of multiple categories.
The high energy of the bicycle racing will be complemented in most communities by family friendly activities, entertainment, an expo benefiting Racers Against Childhood Cancer and plenty of food and drink from local vendors.
Endorsed and supported by the Wisconsin Cycling Association and U.S. Cycling Federation, Tour of America’s Dairyland will have updates posted on www.TourofAmericasDairyland.com.
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