Gold Sponsor: Qualico Communities

Qualico Communities has joined long term sponsors FOG Cycling Club and Unicity Eye Clinic allowing us to hold an open race, provide free food for everyone (racers, volunteers, spectators), and give away two cyclocross wheel sets!

Prizes

You can't have enough wheels if you've a cyclocross racer. We're giving away two sets of hand built wheels from Revolution Wheelworks (value about $1300); one tubular, one clincher. The tubular pair has been upgraded to Sapim CX Ray spokes, about the best spokes you can buy. These are light and strong wheels with aluminum rims so you don't have to worry about switching around brake pads. Perfect for cyclocross.

Michael Van Den Hamm on Revolution

Please lend a hand with course clean up. Prizes will be drawn for AFTER the course is taken down. You must be present to win. Prizes are only available to fully licenced racers who paid the full pre-reg or race day fees or season pass (CX1 to 4 men and women).

Make sure to take a card when you sign in, write your name on the back, and deposit it in the box.

Pre-registration is open

Pre-registration is open and will close Friday night at 11:59 pm.

Details

Sunday October 27 at Whittier Park

Thanks to our friends at Qualico we will have open and kids races.

Category	Event	Race Time	Pre-Reg Fee	Race Day Fee
Open  (riders without an MCA licence)	Open	12:00	$20	$35
Citizen Licence	C	12:45	$10	$20
CX4 Men	C	12:45	$20	$35
CX4 Women	C	12:45	$20	$35
Kids (10 and younger)	Kids	1:45	Free	Free
CX3 Men	B	2:30	$20	$35
CX1/2/3 Women	B	2:30	$20	$35
CX1/2 Men	A	3:30	$20	$35

Pre-Registration:

At CCNBikes.com

Pre-registration closes at 11:59 pm on Friday October 25th.

Race Day Registration:

- Opens at 11:00 am and closes 30  minutes before your event

Sign-In:

-Opens at 11:00

-All riders, including those that pre-registered, must sign-in

Free European weiners and sausages, hot chocolate, and coffee for everyone: racers, volunteers, and spectators!

Please read the race bible here for more complete information.

The race waiver is here.

CrossTastic 2013

CrossTastic 2013 will take place on Sunday, October 27th. Whittier Park is the longest continuously running cyclocross race in Manitoba.

In the CrossTastic tradition there will again be free European weiners and drinks for everyone, riders, volunteers, spectators...

And of course there will some over the top prizes. Stay tuned!

More Photos

David Coughlin. Love the burrs!

More photos. This time from Greg McNeill.

Updated Results

There were a couple of errors in the results.  Updated complete results are here.

In the Senior Men's race Zach Peters was 5th and Jonathan Millions 6th.

Tidying Up

Results:
Full results here. Note that the order of finishers that was initially reported on Sunday for the Senior Men's race was incorrect. These results reflect the correct order based on the official time sheets. Our apologies.

All the Pain and All the Exhilaration:
The race in pictures here.

Lost and Found:
Found: A pair of gloves and a pair of shoes.
Lost: "2 umbrellas, 1 black, 1 kids green patterned. If you picked them up pls let me know. Thanks." vpat.peters@gmail.com

Odds and Ends:
In the excitement of all the racing there are a couple of unsettled IOUs. Please contact me to clear things up. Thanks.

CrossTastic Photos

Some great photos from Rod Colwell, Jared Falk, Mark Reimer, and Jonathan Millions.

The rooster is pretty sweet, but with apologies to my good friends at Dark Red err Brown err Whatever Racing THIS is still the sweetest skinsuit in the world.

Young Luc in the sweetest skinsuit demonstrating what probably wasn't the most popular line.

Black is slimming. Too bad the new Rabobank err FOG skinsuit isn't.

Thanks

Thanks to everyone! I would have been completely lost without Jarret LaBuick, Dave Dorning, Seema Saini, and Daniel Enns. Big, big thanks to Ian Hall, Martin Krowina, Sheila Terrien, Nicola Bistyak, Alan Robertson, Steve Scoles, Arlene Woodcock, Moni Robertson, Anne-Marie Palfreeman, Qualico, and many many more. Congratulations to all our champions.

Please Download A New Waiver

I goofed. There was a small error with the waiver. If you already downloaded one please download a new one. If you have yet to download one, the new one is here.

Saturday Update

48 person hours of work, 750 stakes, 15,000 feet of tape, and we'll be back at it early tomorrow morning. The course looks great. The rain softened the grass just a little so we're not riding on bumpy green concrete. The grass isn't slick at all. The river bank section is slick in spots. Confidence will help, but don't get too confident. There is no mud pit. Bikes and wheels will definitely get dirty, but I rode it yesterday in jeans and today is a little drier yet. It is a little narrower at times than I would normally accept, but we are severely limited as to where and where we cannot ride. The wall will have you cursing. See you tomorrow. Should be awesome.

Friday Update

The course is in great shape and the forecast looks perfect. The rain this week is a godsend and means we'll actually get to race on grass instead of green concrete. The course by the way is different than years past.

The rain does make the course a little fragile. We are guests of the City of Winnipeg and responsible for any damage we create. Pre-riding will therefore be limited. I'm aiming for 11:30 or 12:00 on Sunday. Check at the registration desk for when the course is open. Please, absolutely no pre-riding on the course before then. Violators will be disqualified or given time penalties.

Forms

Waiver here.

Grocery Shopping

Ringing cowbells takes a lot of energy. At CrossTastic we've always made sure we feed the masses; free coffee, hot chocolate, and european wieners and sausages for everyone who comes out; racers, spectators, volunteers... everyone. 8 dozen Oktoberfest sausages, 10 dozen European wieners, 5 dozen jumbo hotdogs, 2 dozen vegan dogs for the veg-heads, litres of German Ketchup, 3 kinds of German mustard, litres and litres of coffee and hot chocolate... I used to worry about choosing whole wheat or white hotdog buns. Now I just walk into the store and take everything they have; white and whole wheat.

Eat, drink, and be merry on us. And ring those cowbells!

Citizen Correction

I noticed an error in the race fees for citizen riders. If you've pre-registered you'll be credited $10 back when you sign in.

The Last Open Race

Sunday is the last open race of the cross season; open in that anyone without a race licence can compete in the open race.

This is a bit of an experiment for the cross committee. Open races cost the organizer a lot of money in additional insurance. We'd like to offer more open races, but they often put us in the hole. Turnout at this race will determine how many open races we continue to offer. If you'd like to see more open races drag your friends out.

Registration is Open

2012 Cross Provincials Details

Cross-Tastic IV

Sunday October 21, 2012

Location: Whittier Park

Provincials are different than every other cyclocross race of the season. In the other races riders compete in categories that are determined by ability. In Provincials categories are determined by age and gender (except the Kidz and Open/Citizen races). Remember that all categories are based on your age as of the END of 2013.

You must possess a race licence (not a citizen licence) to participate in the championship races. Out of province racers are welcome, but only Manitoba registered racers are eligible for medals. Non championship races will be held for those without a race licence.

Open Races (no licence required)
12:30 - Kidz Fun Race     - 2 mini laps
  1:00 - Open/Citizens race     - 30 minutes

Provincial Championships (race licence required)
 2:00 - 13 and 14 year olds (M/F)     - 40 minutes
           - 15 and 16 year olds (M/F)     - 40 minutes
           - junior, senior, and master women     - 40 minutes
           - 40+ Men     - 40 minutes
           - 50+ Men     - 40 minutes
 3:15 - 17 and 18 year old Men    - 60 minutes
           - Espoir (U23) Men    - 60 minutes
           - Senior Men    - 60 minutes
           - 30+ Men    - 60 minutes

Registration/sign-in will open at 11:00 and close 30 minutes before your race.
Groups will be assembled in aged tiers (faster groups to slower groups).
Medal presentation will take place after course tear down.

Kidz race: free, register on site
Pre-reg: $25 (Closes 8:00 p.m. Oct. 20th)
Race day reg: $35 cash only
All proceeds to the cyclocross committee.

All riders must use a CSA certified bike helmet. You may not use studded tires, bar ends, or aero bars (time trial bars) in any of the races. See the cross blog for other rules.
Free european sausages and weiners as well as hot chocolate for everyone: racers, volunteers, and spectators.

Volunteers are still required to help with registration. If you can help please email gsewell at mts dot net.

2012 Cyclocross Provincials

CrossTastic will be the host event for 2012 Manitoba Cyclocross Provincials on Sunday October 21st.

Stay tuned for details.