MAC ANNOUNCES EXPANDED 2008 CYCLOCROSS SCHEDULE - Series Going to “The Hamptons” for the First Time
by Ken Getchell
July 8, 2008
While much of the cycling world’s attention is on the Tour de France, many U.S. racers are already looking forward to what, for many, has become the focal point of the racing year; cyclocross season. In recent years the MAC Series has established itself as one of the most prominent cyclocross organizations in North America. The series continues to grow with several new events joining MAC’s core group of legacy races this year, led by the event that caused one of the biggest buzzes of last year’s racing season: the two-day, double UCI C1 Whitmore’s Landscaping Super Cross Cup in “the Hamptons”. Promoter Myles Romanow’s race featured World Champion Erwin Vervecken and the world’s largest purse for a woman’s cyclocross race last year. And, though he has not yet made any statements concerning his plans for this year’s race weekend, Romanow was seen talking to many top-tier racers at January’s World Championships in Treviso, Italy.
The new-look MAC schedule starts with an entirely new opening weekend in September. Baltimore’s early-season Charm City Cyclocross, which traditionally boasts one of the largest entries in the Mid-Atlantic region, switches series to join MAC this year as part of an opening weekend pairing with a new UCI race, the Nittany Lion Cyclocross, in the bike racing Mecca of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.
2008 also sees the return of MAC cyclocross racing to Maryland’s legendary Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area near Newark Delaware. One of the east’s finest Mountain Bike Riding facilities, Fair Hill was also a staple on the MAC calendar during the series’ formative years. After a successful test event last year, MAC Cyclocross will make its long-awaited return to Fair Hill’s well-appointed Equestrian Center on the first of November.
2008 MAC Cyclocross Series Schedule:
9/20: Nittany Lion Cyclocross, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (UCI C2)
9/21: Charm City Cyclocross, Baltimore, Maryland
10/18: Cyclocross at Granogue, Granogue Estate (Wilmington) Delaware (UCI C1)
10/19: Wissahickon Cyclocross, Ludwig’s Corner (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania (UCI C2)
11/1: Fair Hill Cyclocross, Fair Hill Maryland (Newark Delaware)
11/8: Beacon Cross, Bridgeton, New Jersey
11/9: HPCX, Jamesburg, New Jersey
11/22: Whitmore’s Landscaping Super Cross Cup #1
Southampton “the Hamptons” New York Day (UCI C1)
11/23: Whitmore’s Landscaping Super Cross Cup #2
Southampton “the Hamptons” New York Day (UCI C1)
12/7: Capital Cross Classic, Reston, Virginia (Washington DC) (UCI C2)
For more information, see the series website at www.midatlanticcross.com.
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