BC Superweek

By Terry Lowe

Photography: Christophe Quillevere

Scream CycleIllustration by Christophe Quillevere

Racing fans will be busy all around the Lower Mainland during BC Superweek, July 13 to July 22, 2007. There are criteriums, hill climbs, and road races in four municipalities.

28th Tour de White Rock

July 13-15

Hill Climb: Friday, July 13
700 metres at a 16 per cent grade

Criterium: Saturday, July 14,
1 km circuit

  • men’s cat 3/4 race: 30 minutes + one lap
  • women’s race (all categories): 30 laps / 30 km
  • men’s race (pro 1 & 2): 60 laps / 60 km

Road race: Sunday July 15

  • women (all categories): 80 km
  • men (pro 1 & 2): 134 km

More Info: www.city.whiterock.bc.ca/2005Leisure-Services/Tour-de-White-Rock.html

Tour de Delta

July 20-22

Hill climb: Friday, July 20;
700 metre climb with a 9 per cent grade

Criterium: Saturday, July 21
0.9 km course

  • men’s cat 3/4 race: 30 minutes + 1 lap
  • women’s race (all categories): 40 laps / 36 km
  • men’s pro race (pro 1 & 2): 60 laps / 54 km

Road Race: Sunday, July 22

  • women (all categories): 11 laps Tsawwassen / 88 km
  • men (pro 1 & 2): 4.5 laps North Delta + 10 laps of Tsawwassen / 140km

More Info: www.tourdedelta.com

Tour de Gastown

Vancouver, Wednesday July 18

Criterium: 1.2 km course

  • women (all categories): 30 laps/36 km
  • men (pro 1 & 2): 50 laps/60 km

More Info: www.tourdegastown.com

Giro di Burnaby

July 19

Criterium: 1.85 km course

  • women: 20 laps/37 km
  • men: 30 laps/55.5 km

More Info: www.girodiburnaby.com

Kokanee Crankworx

July 21-29

Crankworx is one of the largest mountain bike events in the world. Top riders will be crashing/flying down the slopes for nine days and nights. New this year is two days and nights of women’s freeride events. Free lift tickets for the first 100 women.

More Info: www.crankworx.com

World BMX Championships

And if that’s not enough,the world bmx championshipsare being held in Victoria from July 26 – 29.

The sport of BMX now has Olympic status. With over 2,500 competitors from 40+ nations expected, results in Victoria will help determine country rankings and athlete participation numbers for the sport’s Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008.

More Info: www.bmxworlds2007.com

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Exhilarated after first going upright on a two-wheeler decades ago, Terry Lowe likes to ride up and down and all around, and hopes everyone else does too. [more...]

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