Yes!
RI VeloSprints will be at each of the remaining six free Dunkin Donuts Summer Concert Series presented by WBRU and the City of Providence.
Come out and race with us! 250 metre sprints for $5 per race! A $25 gift certificate to Dunkin Donuts to the fastest rider of the night!
All proceeds support delivery of US Open Cycling’s Cycle-for-Health program to help get kid more active!
Here’s the Schedule:
July 2: Fairhaven (2009 Rock Hunt Winners) with Johnny Lingo Band (2004 Rock Hunt Winner)
July 9: Constellations (eight freaky hip-hop rockers from Georgia, “Felicia”)
July 16: Santa Mamba (Rhode Island’s best Latin rockers, 2010 Rock Hunt Finalists)
July 23: The Wandas (2010 Rock Hunt Winners)
July 30: Sarah Potenza and the Tall Boys (for fans of WBRU’s Blue Monday)
August 6: OK Go
Look for the bright red U.S. Open Cycling Tent!
See you Friday!
Sarah and Maureen Pedal-a-Pedal!
The two thoughts right now are:
1. A 10-week session for points – just like this year
2. Two concurrent 5-week tournaments with a week 11 finals night taking the fastest from each tournament.
The poll will be found here.
This winter has premiered RI VeloSprints to the area. We ran a ten session tournament to raise money for the U.S. Open Cycling Foundation, RI Bike (formerly, Providence Bike Coalition) and East Coast Greenway Alliance.
The ten Monday night sessions were hosted at McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon located in Providence at 52 Pine Street. In addition to providing their function room, appetizers were on offer at 1/2 price. Harpoon Brewery of Boston provided a $2.00 donation for each IPA or UFO brew sold.
236 individuals participated during the tournament’s ten sessions. A total of $3,055 was raised between registration fees, nightly racing fees and Harpoon Beer sales. The lion’s share of those funds will help the U.S. Open Cycling Foundation deliver their Cycle-for-Health program in elementary schools throughout Rhode Island this spring.
The event had some wonderful sponsors including:
Marc Allen Men’s Store
Ameriprise
Westport Chiropractic
Providence Bicycle
Legend Bicycle
Dash Bicycles
NBX Bikes
Casters Bicycles
Harpoon
And they got some great coverage with write-ups in Providence Business News, Providence Monthly and the Phoenix, not to mention the weekly emails and Facebook Groups page.
Competition over the series was friendly and often intense. Everyone had a good time as per the pictures taken by our friends Richard Boober and Tobias Goulet and on display here.
Participants ranged in ages from 20-something to 60-something. Donny G won the men’s overall grand prize of $1,000 towards merchandise at Marc Allen Men’s Store in Providence. Sarah Thomas won the woman’s grant prize of $500 towards a new bike from Legend Bicycle Shop.
Overall, Men
1. Donny G – 52 total points
2. Evan M 46
3. Tom H 39
4. Eric W 36
5. Matt M 35
Men 40 – 49 yrs old
1. Eric W 36
2. Bryan C 12
3. Mike Sa 12
Men 50+
1. Tom H 39
2. Mike M 33
3. John B 20
Overall, Women
1. Sarah T 51
2. Betty B 38
3. June P 35
Women 40 – 49
1. Maureen D 16
2. Elizabeth H 4
Women 50+
1. Betty B 38
So here we are with one session left in the RI VeloSprints Winter 2010 Series.
Prizes will be awarded tomorrow night following the final session at McFadden’s. The session will begin at 6:30.
Current Standings
Men – Overall – Prize: $1,000 Certificate towards anything at Marc Allen Clothiers
Donny G 44
Evan H 43
Eric W 36
Men 40 – 49 Prize: $750 Certificate at Marc Allen
Eric W 36
Bryan C 12
Mike Sa 12
Men 50+ Prize: $500 Certificate at Marc Allen
Tom H 34
Mike M 28
John B 20
Women
Overall Prize: $500 off a new bike in stock @ Legend Bicycles
Sarah T 44
June P 35
Betty B 33
Women 40-49 Prize: TBD
Maureen D 16
Women 50+ Prize: TBD
Betty B 33
A pdf of the by-session scoring is available for download above under “Results Reports”
“Outside of the bike race, the US Open Cycling Foundation is actively involved in promoting healthy living through cycling. This year, it will reach 15,000 kids through delivering a program called Cycle For Health in school during April, May and June. It works with community centers throughout Rhode Island in an effort to get the community children outside riding bikes. Furthermore, they work with corporations to encourage employees to ride to work and promote lunch-time bike riding.
Link
“There is a manic, almost frenzied countdown and they’re off, peddling as fast as they can for less than half a minute. In the end, “Warren C.” beats “Justin H.” by 4.86 seconds, which is, in this sort of competition, a decisive margin. A fine race. But the vomit buckets, to everyone’s profound disappointment, remain dry this night.”
Here’s the link!
Fastest Overall – 2 Bonus Points
Evan H 20.977 sec.
Sarah T 25.433 sec.
Fastest 40 – 49 – 1 Bonus Point
Del F 24.053 sec.
Fastest 50+ – 1 Bonus Point
Tom H 24.195
Betty B 28.979
The Overall Standings as we come to the final two sessions…
Points Through March 8
MenOverallGrand Prize: $1,000 at Marc Allen Mens Store
Donny G 40
Evan M 36
Eric W 32
40-49 Grand Prize: $750 at Marc Allen’s
Eric W 32
Bryan C 12
Mike Sa 12
50+ Grand Prize: $500 at Marc Allen’s
Tom H 25
Mike M 23
John B 20
Women Overall, $500 off a New Bike @ Legend Bicycle
Sarah T 37
June P 31
Betty B 27
40-49
Maureen D 16
Elizabeth H 4
50+
Betty B 21
Scoring System: 5 points per win, 4 points per second place. 1 point for fastest ride in category. 1 point for fastest ride per night (m/w)
The data elves Took last week off.
The times continue to tumble. You all are getting the hang of this thing!
Fastest Overall – 2 Bonus Points
Donny G 20.698 sec.
Emily L 24.982 sec.
Fastest 40 – 49 – 1 Bonus Point
Eric W 24.405 sec.
Fastest 50+ – 1 Bonus Point
Mike M 24.054
Betty B 29.242
