presented by 2015-2429
https://www.usacycling.org/register/2015-2429 to pre-register
June 26 27 & 28
Lawrence, Kansas
$20K
in cash prices
1 night - 2 days
If you think Kansas is all flat, think again! The U.S. Bank Tour of Lawrence is quickly becoming one of the most celebrated events in the region, regularly attracting some of the best talent in North American Cycling. Come visit beautiful and historic Lawrence and enjoy bicycle racing in Kansas at its best with the fast paced Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Street Sprints and the challenging Meadowbook Apartments Haskell Campus Race, featuring long fast wide open sections along technical interior streets. Then the exciting FAST six-corner Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium will provide participants fun both on and off the bike - all with a weekend cash prize list totaling over $20,000. The Tour of Lawrence always attracts a great crowd and historic downtown Lawrence provides the perfect backdrop for epic racing.
Sponsored in part by
FRI Sunflower
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SAT
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Outdoor & Bike
Street Sprints
OUTLAST THE ORDINARY
Meadowbrook Apartments
Haskell Campus Promoted and made possible by:
SUN Downtown
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Free State Brewery
Criterium
June 26-28, 2015 - Lawrence, Kansas
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presented by
June
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Friday Night Sunflower Outdoor & Bike
Street Sprints Start Time CDT
Entry Fee Women’s Pro/1/2/3/4 $10 Category
7:00pm
approximately 200 m
$ 500 / 10 places
$10
Immediately to follow
approximately 200 m
$ 500 / 10 places
Men’s Pro/1/2/3/4/5
$10
Immediately to follow
approximately 200 m
$ 1,000 / 10 places
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Apartments
Haskell Campus
Men’s Masters 40+ 50-59 Men’s Masters 60+ Women’s 4 Women’s Masters 40+ Juniors’ 15-18 Female Only Juniors’ 9-14 M/F Men’s 5 Juniors’ 15-18 Male Only Men’s 4 Men’s 3 Women’s Pro/1/2/3 Women’s 3 Men’s Pro/1/2 Men’s 2 24 June 2015
June Free State Brewery
Saturday
Category
Prizes
Men’s Masters 40+
June Meadowbrook
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Distance
Sunday
Downtown Criterium
Kansas State Criterium Categories Championships
Category
Entry Fee $35
Start Time CDT 8:30 am
Time
$30 $30 $30 $5 $5 $30 $5 $35 $35 $35
am 10 am 10 am 10 am 1 am 11:50 am 11:50 am 12:35 pm 1:35 pm 2:45 pm
25 min 25 min 40 min 50 min 50 min
$45
3:55 pm
75 min
Prizes $ 1,390 / 15 places $ 160 bonus / 3 places $ 160 / 3 places $ 310 / 5 places $ 310 / 5 places Awards Awards Awards Awards $ 885 / 10 places $ 1,210 / 15 places $ 1,210 / 15 places $ 310 bonus / 5 places $ 3,630 / 20 places $ 310 bonus / 5 places
Men’s Masters 40+ 50-59 Men’s Masters 60+ Women’s 4 Women’s Masters 40+ Juniors’ 15-18 Female Only Juniors’ 9-14 M/F Kids’ Races Men’s 5 Juniors’ 15-18 Male Only Women’s Pro / 1 / 2 / 3 Women’s 3 Men’s Pro / 1 / 2 Men’s 2 Men’s 4 Men’s 3
June 26-28, 2015 - Lawrence, Kansas
Entry Fee
Start Time CDT
Time
$35
8 am
40 min
$30 $30 $30 $5 $5 Free $30 $5 $35
9 am 9:45 am 9:45 am 9:45 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 12 noon 12 noon 12:40 pm
30 min 30 min 30 min 30 min 20 min Sprints 25 min 25 min 50 min
$45
1:45 pm
75 min
$35 $35
3:15 pm 4:15 pm
40 min 50 min
Prizes $ 1,390 / 15 places $ 160 bonus / 3 places $ 160 / 3 places $ 310 / 5 places $ 310 / 5 places Awards Awards Medals Awards Awards $ 1,210 / 15 places places $ 310 bonus / 5 $ 3,630 / 20 places places $ 310 bonus / 5 $ 885 / 10 places $ 1,210 / 15 places
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8th Street Shawnee Ave
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Free State Brewery SUN Downtown
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Meadowbrook Apartments
Street Sprints
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SAT
Saturday Campus Race at Haskell Indian Nations University Kentucky Street
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Outdoor & Bike
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FRI Sunower
Indian Ave
Friday Night Street Sprints
Start
Indian Ave
N 7th Street
Sunday Downtown Criterium
Criterium
9th Street Kiowa Ave
Perimeter Rd
Street Sprints & Criterium registration
Start / Finish
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10 10th Street
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FRI Race Format An open category randomly seeded; multi-round “Miss and Out” series of standing start heats that funnels up to 80 starting racers; narrowed down to 10 to compete in two final heats for cash prizes to 10 places.
4 Up : Keep 4
Standing held “Time Trial” Start
START
~200m
20 Heats (Randomly seeded) Racers : 80 80
Same flat course as in 2014! N 7th Street
8th Street Vermont Street
10 Heats (Seeding based off round 2 results) Racers : 40 20
Street Sprints & Criterium registration
Sunday Downtown Criterium
4 Up : Keep 2 5 Heats
Rhode Island Street
4 Up : Keep 2
New Hampshire Street
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Massachusetts Street
20 Heats (Seeding based off round 1 results) Racers : 80 40
Friday Night Street Sprints
4 Up : Keep 2
9th Street
(Seeding based off round 3 results w/ Winner semi-integrated)
Racers : 20
FINISH
Course Map & Location
Kentucky Street
Street Sprints
Outdoor & Bike
Sunflower
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Start / Finish
10
5 Up & Place 2 Heats
(Round 4 1st’s integrated into Heat #2) (Round 4 2nd’s integrated into Heat #1)
10th Street
Heat #1 - Places 6-10 Heat #2 - Places 1-5
24 June 2015
June 26-28, 2015 - Lawrence, Kansas
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presented by Race Info, Pre-Registration, Entry Fee, Rules & Prizes
Races: The U.S. Bank Tour of Lawrence is a weekend of individual Pro-AM USA Cycling races, children’s races/events & live music organized in partnership with GP VeloTek and promoted by eXplore Lawrence held June 26 - 28, 2015 in the city of Lawrence, KS. Saturday’s race is on Haskell’s Campus and Sunday’s Criteriums will occur in downtown Lawrence. The Sunday Criterium is part of the 2015 KCA KBAR/KBAT Series. Individual and team points (including double points for state championship category races) will be awarded towards the KBAR/KBAT & Keen Wealth Cup Championships per the 2015 KCA KBAR/KBAT rules. Sunday's criterium for 60+ men will include 65+ Men KBAR category; and 40+ Women will include 50-59 and 60+ Women KBAR Categories. 2014 KBAR winners receive free entry in these races. All races will be held rain or shine. Promoter reserves the right to adjust start times and distances, alter or change courses, cancel and/or combine categories as deemed necessary on the day of the race. Parents or legal guardians must sign a release form for racers under age 18. Race info, post event results, and maps are available by visiting the race web site at www.TOURofLAWRENCE.com. Registration: Pre-registration online is encouraged and greatly appreciated at www.usacycling.org. Visit https://www.usacycling.org/register/2015-2429 to register. Pre-registration closes online at 6:00 am CDT Thursday June 25th and then is available last chance onsite Friday evening June 26 along with early packet pickup at Sunflower Outdoor & Bike - 802 Massachusetts St., from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm . Racers may incur an additional fee for online registration. Race day registration, with a $5 late fee, is available on Saturday (open 7:00 am) at the Haskell Race Campus Race Start/Finish at Haskell Coffin Sports Complex and Sunday (open 6:30 am) at Sunflower Outdoor & Bike. All race registrations close 30 minutes before each respective race start and the Street Sprints close 1 hour before the start of the Womens event (this will be 6:00 pm for BOTH Men and Women); wait list racers will then immediately be eligible to fill any unclaimed spots. Entry Fee: $35 ($45 for Men Pro/1/2; $30 for Women 4, Masters Women, Men 5 & Men 60+; $5 for Juniors) for the Saturday and Sunday Races; Junior entry fees are subsidized by the Keen Wealth Advisors and the KCA. $10 for the Sunflower Outdoor Bike Street Sprints. $5 late fee per day for day of registration on Saturday and Sunday, if not preregistered. No late fee for Street Sprints. Youth/Kids race FREE. Additional races only $20, preregistered or same day registration. Entry fee includes a $3.60/day USA Cycling insurance fee and $2/day KCA fee. The Sunday criterium is the Kansas State Category Criterium Championship. Rules: All USA Cycling (USAC) (www.usacycling.org) rules apply. USAC approved helmets must be worn at all times. Junior gears enforced, blocked gears ok. All courses will be closed to traffic. Street Sprints will be an untimed “Miss and Out” format; see page 4 for full details. All racers must present a valid USAC license in order to compete. One day licenses are $15/day for category 5 men or category 4 women only. Field limits are 80 each for the Street Sprints, 125 (75 Women 4 and Men 5) each for both Saturday and Sunday. Prizes: Prizes paid by cash directly following the close of the protest period after each race with the top three racers required to be present for the podium awards. Additional cash and/or merchandise primes may be offered on top of the advertised cash prize list. State Championship Medals will be awarded to top three Kansas resident annual license holders in Sunday Criterium races for Cat 1, 2, 3 and 4 Women and Cat 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Men.
Course Descriptions, Check-In & Parking
Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Street Sprints: The Street Sprints will return to our 2014 course—the 700 block of Vermont. This 200-meter course will start at 7th and finish at 8th & Vermont. Registration/check-in: Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop, 802 Massachusetts Street. Parking: Surface lots, and the Kentucky Street parking garage located between 8th & 9th Streets, with access from Kentucky Street. Meadowbook Apartments’ Haskell Campus Race: Continuing the tradition of exciting urban road courses, the 2015 Tour of Lawrence will showcase the beautiful and historic campus of Haskell Indian Nations University and the quaint Breezedale Historic District. This course will not have the punishing elevation changes of some of our previous editions but don’t be fooled into thinking that this is not a truly challenging course. The Haskell Indian Nations Campus Race features long fast wide open sections along technical interior streets. Registration/Check In: Registration will take place at Haskell Coffin Sports Complex. Start/Finish on Choctaw, west of Coffin. Parking: Open field north of Haskell’s Stadium. Use E 23rd Street Frontage Road to reach parking. Support: Neutral and open pit. Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium: The Tour of Lawrence will use the streets of Historic Downtown Lawrence for the Criterium. The exciting FAST six-corner Free State Brewery Downtown Criterium will provide participants fun both on and off the bike. The Tour of Lawrence always attracts a great crowd and historic downtown Lawrence provides the perfect backdrop for epic racing. Registration/Check In: Sunflower Outdoor & Bike – 802 Massachusetts St. Parking: We recommend you use the Kentucky Street parking garage located between 7th & 8th Streets (see map). Support: Neutral and open pit.
24 June 2015
June 26-28, 2015 - Lawrence, Kansas
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