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Breaking away around Windsor

Roads closed as cyclists set for first criterium race
Oak Bay Bikes Cops For Cancer Criterium
MenB次元官网网址檚 elite racers take a lap at Windsor Park at the 2011 Oak Bay Bicycle Cops For Cancer Criterium.

Sitting on the curb is OK but stepping into any of the streets surrounding Windsor Park on the morning of Sunday, April 22 may not be a good idea. ThatB次元官网网址檚 when about 80 cyclists from Greater Victoria as well as the U.S., up-Island and the Lower Mainland will be rounding the corners at breakneck speed in the first of four road races set for this spring and summer.

Organized by the Victoria Wheelers Cycling Club the road race B次元官网网址渋s challenging for the elite but also perfect for entry-level riders,B次元官网网址 says club spokesperson Jenny Skinner. Registered in one of three categories, riders make anywhere from 30 to 50 laps of the one-kilometre course which consists of the quadrangle of streets around Windsor Park: Windsor, Transit and Currie Roads and Newport Avenue. Streets are closed from 7:30 a.m. to noon for the event.

Cyclists follow riding etiquette, Skinner says. Riders should not just draft before breaking away, they should at least take one turn leading and allow others to draft behind them. B次元官网网址淵ou have to be steady, you canB次元官网网址檛 cut in really quick,B次元官网网址 she adds. Although riders are taught to slowly make position changes, accidents do occur and pile-ups are not uncommon.

Registration is between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. This year there will be a kids race, for those 12 and under, at approximately 10 a.m. Windsor Pavilion will be open on race day for visitors and racers. For more information about the races go to victoriacyclingleague.wordpress.com.

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In the cycling race world, B次元官网网址渢aking the poleB次元官网网址 means taking turns leading the pack. B次元官网网址淵ouB次元官网网址檙e essentially pulling the whole group because youB次元官网网址檙e breaking all the wind and theyB次元官网网址檙e drafting when behind the one in the lead,B次元官网网址 says race organizer Jenny Skinner.




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