The Canadian Road Cycling Champions are running over an 11 day period in a variety of venues around Halton and Peel. Pictured above is a triumphant Clara Hughes who made a stunning comeback into the sport of cycling by winning the Women's Elite Race with a time of 30.25 yesterday in Bellfountain.
The Criterium Races will be held in downtown Georgetown on Sunday June 26th starting at 12:00pm. Perhaps fans will have an opportunity to see Clara in action right here in town. Local cyclist and new resident of Georgetown, Heather Logan-Sprenger is confirmed as a participant in Sunday's Race. Heather moved to Georgetown about 18 months ago and races internationally for Team Colivita. She is a former member of the Canadian National Women's Hockey Team. It will be exciting to see such an outstanding athlete perform in her new home town.
The Criterium Races are for both Men and Women and are both National and Ontario Provincial Championship races.
Although the Cycling Championships are organized by the Midweek Cycling Club of Toronto, they have been working with a local organizing committee that has recruited 70 volunteers to man the barricades. Also, the committee has organized a Cycling Festival that will be fun for the whole family. There is a Youth Cycling Skills Challenge, a BMX demonstration by Joyride 150 of Markham and helmet fitting and safety information from the North Halton Injury Prevention Group. Participant prizes have been donated by Canadian Tire.
As part of the Race Schedule there will be a special kids race for ages 3 to 12 at 3:30 pm.
All participants in races and festival activities must have parental permission.
The Festival activities will begin at 11am in the Back Street Parking Lot and run until 3pm.
Streets surrounding the downtown area will be closed to traffic and so riding a bike to this event is highly recommended. Two bike parking areas will be operated by local service clubs.
More information can be found on the town's website www.haltonhills.ca/cyclingchampionship.
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