Chad Sperry
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Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone had a great time out at Columbia Plateau this past weekend. Just a couple of reminders and updates regarding the 2004 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.
Registration
There is only one more week for early registration which closes May 20th. Late registrations will be taken up to the 27th of May with a $10 late fee added on. There will be NO registrations accepted after May 27th so make sure and get them in. The current registrations as of today look like this.
Pro 1-2 20% Full (Let's go you 1/2's quit procrastinating!)
Women's 10% Full
CAT 3 70% Full
CAT 4 60% Full
Masters 45% Full
Lodging
Lodging is getting tight. Here is what is left as of today. Cooper Spur Mountain Resort just had a cancelation yesterday and now has one cabin available to rent. Get on it fast if you are interested as it will go fast. In addition I just found out that the resort just put in a new frisbee golf course and is installing 4 brand new hot tubs on their sun deck that are litterally going to be done right before our event. It is a sweet setup. Best Western Hood River Inn has just 2 rooms left for Thursday through Sunday and 10 rooms left for Friday through Sunday. These rooms are currently blocked off for our event as the rest of their accomodations are booked. However all of these rooms will be let go back to the general public on Friday if they are not reserved. Hood River Inn is one of our host sponsors so results will be posted there nightly. For info on both hotels visit our lodging page on the MHCC web site at http://www.mthoodcyclingclassic.com/lodging.htm Finally for a little different option there is Old Parkdale Inn B&B. Located in Parkdale this establishment is centerally located between Cooper Spur and Hood River. Best location of all the accomodations. For more info go to http://www.hoodriverlodging.com/ Camping is also available at Toll Bridge park just nine miles away and includes full hookups and showers.
Meals
Cooper Spur Mountain Resort will once again open up its restraunt to offer a great menu with fantastic food. Renowned for its signature steaks, seafood and pasta, this is fine dining with great atmosphere. Meal tickets can be purchased during online registration or at packet pick up Thursday night. You can have the option to purchase the package that includes 3 breakfast, the pasta feed, and post race BBQ for $45 (also includes a pint of Full Sail at the BBQ) or purchase just the Pasta Feed for just $8.95 which will be served immediately after stage 2 and BBQ Sunday for between $7-$10 depending on which meal you get. This year there will be hamburgers and chicken offered along with other great items at the post race celebration BBQ.
Courses
All the courses look good with the exception of Stage 5. There is still roughly a mile and a half of intermitten snow drifts across the tops of the Lost Lake climb and the Vista Ridge climb. You can ride all the way up to the KOM sprints on both climbs and ride 100% of the decents. The last climb up to Cooper Spur Ski Area is snow free but has lots of sand and gravel on it right now so if you ride be cautious. Stage 5 will be open for the race one way or another as I have lined up a plow and permits to remove the snow. We will get through one way or another.
New
New for this year are team competitions for both the Pro 1-2 men and women. In the men's race each team must consist of at least five riders with scoring being calculated based off of the 3 fastest times for that teamper stage. On the women's side each team must have a minimum of 3 riders and the three fastes times will be used for each stage. A minimum of 5 teams must be present in order to run the competition.
Results
Look to our web site for nightly posting of results in addition to full coverage from Joe Zauner from NW Race Report. We will also post the prologue start list one week prior to the event on the web site at www.mthoodcyclingclassic.com
We are looking forward to another great year and I hope all of you can join us. The courses look good and the community of Hood River is excited to see all the riders back to compete again (especially the crit). This event is also a great tune up for the Elkhorn Classic and Cascade Classic in late June and July. Two amazing Oregon Races with spectacular beauty.
Sincerely,
Chad Sperry
Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope everyone had a great time out at Columbia
Plateau this past weekend. Just a couple of reminders and updates
regarding the 2004 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Registration</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is only one more week for early
registration which closes May 20th. Late registrations will be taken
up to the 27th of May with a $10 late fee added on. There will be NO
registrations accepted after May 27th so make sure and get them in. The
current registrations as of today look like this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pro
1-2
20% Full (Let's go you 1/2's quit procrastinating!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Women's 10%
Full</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CAT 3
70% Full</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CAT
4 60%
Full</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Masters 45%
Full</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Lodging</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lodging is getting tight. Here is what is
left as of today. Cooper Spur Mountain Resort just had a cancelation
yesterday and now has one cabin available to rent. Get on it fast if you
are interested as it will go fast. In addition I just found out that the
resort just put in a new frisbee golf course and is installing 4 brand new hot
tubs on their sun deck that are litterally going to be done right before our
event. It is a sweet setup. Best Western Hood River Inn has just 2
rooms left for Thursday through Sunday and 10 rooms left for Friday through
Sunday. These rooms are currently blocked off for our event as the rest of
their accomodations are booked. However all of these rooms will be let go
back to the general public on Friday if they are not reserved. Hood River
Inn is one of our host sponsors so results will be posted there nightly.
For info on both hotels visit our lodging page on the MHCC web site at
<A
href="http://www.mthoodcyclingclassic.com/lodging.htm">http://www.mthoodcyclingclassic.com/lodging.htm</A>
Finally for a little different option there is Old Parkdale
Inn B&B. Located in Parkdale this establishment is centerally
located between Cooper Spur and Hood River. Best location of all the
accomodations. For more info go to <A
href="http://www.hoodriverlodging.com/">http://www.hoodriverlodging.com/</A>
Camping is also available at Toll Bridge park just nine miles away and includes
full hookups and showers. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Meals</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cooper Spur Mountain Resort will once again open up
its restraunt to offer a great menu with fantastic food. Renowned for its
signature steaks, seafood and pasta, this is fine dining with great
atmosphere. Meal tickets can be purchased during online registration
or at packet pick up Thursday night. You can have the option to purchase
the package that includes 3 breakfast, the pasta feed, and post race BBQ for $45
(also includes a pint of Full Sail at the BBQ) or purchase just the Pasta
Feed for just $8.95 which will be served immediately after stage 2 and BBQ
Sunday for between $7-$10 depending on which meal you get. This year there
will be hamburgers and chicken offered along with other great items at the post
race celebration BBQ. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Courses</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the courses look good with the exception of
Stage 5. There is still roughly a mile and a half of intermitten snow
drifts across the tops of the Lost Lake climb and the Vista Ridge climb.
You can ride all the way up to the KOM sprints on both climbs and ride 100% of
the decents. The last climb up to Cooper Spur Ski Area is snow free but
has lots of sand and gravel on it right now so if you ride be cautious.
Stage 5 will be open for the race one way or another as I have lined up a plow
and permits to remove the snow. We will get through one way or
another.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>New</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>New for this year are team competitions for both
the Pro 1-2 men and women. In the men's race each team must consist of at
least five riders with scoring being calculated based off of the 3 fastest times
for that teamper stage. On the women's side each team must have a minimum
of 3 riders and the three fastes times will be used for each stage.
A minimum of 5 teams must be present in order to run the
competition. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Results</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look to our web site for nightly posting of results
in addition to full coverage from Joe Zauner from NW Race Report. We will
also post the prologue start list one week prior to the event on the web site at
<A href="http://www.mthoodcyclingclassic.com">www.mthoodcyclingclassic.com</A>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are looking forward to another great year
and I hope all of you can join us. The courses look good and the community
of Hood River is excited to see all the riders back to compete again (especially
the crit). This event is also a great tune up for the Elkhorn Classic
and Cascade Classic in late June and July. Two amazing Oregon Races with
spectacular beauty. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sincerely,<BR>Chad Sperry<BR>Mt. Hood Cycling
Classic</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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