BC Superweek


Illustration: Christophe Quillevere

By Terry Lowe

Racing fans will be busy all around the Lower Mainland during BC Superweek, July 13 to July 22, 2007. There are criteriums, hill climbs, and road races in four municipalities.

28th Tour de White Rock

July 13-15

Hill Climb: Friday, July 13
700 metres at a 16 per cent grade

Criterium: Saturday, July 14,
1 km circuit

  • men’s cat 3/4 race: 30 minutes + one lap
  • women’s race (all categories): 30 laps / 30 km
  • men’s race (pro 1 & 2): 60 laps / 60 km

Road race: Sunday July 15

  • women (all categories): 80 km
  • men (pro 1 & 2): 134 km

More Info: www.city.whiterock.bc.ca/2005Leisure-Services/Tour-de-White-Rock.html

Tour de Delta

July 20-22

Hill climb: Friday, July 20;
700 metre climb with a 9 per cent grade

Criterium: Saturday, July 21
0.9 km course

  • men’s cat 3/4 race: 30 minutes + 1 lap
  • women’s race (all categories): 40 laps / 36 km
  • men’s pro race (pro 1 & 2): 60 laps / 54 km

Road Race: Sunday, July 22

  • women (all categories): 11 laps Tsawwassen / 88 km
  • men (pro 1 & 2): 4.5 laps North Delta + 10 laps of Tsawwassen / 140km

More Info: www.tourdedelta.com

Tour de Gastown

Vancouver, Wednesday July 18

Criterium: 1.2 km course

  • women (all categories): 30 laps/36 km
  • men (pro 1 & 2): 50 laps/60 km

More Info: www.tourdegastown.com

Giro di Burnaby

July 19

Criterium: 1.85 km course

  • women: 20 laps/37 km
  • men: 30 laps/55.5 km

More Info: www.girodiburnaby.com

Kokanee Crankworx

July 21-29

ScreamCycle

Born in victoria, bc, Christophe Quillevere is an artist who attributes his penchant for “velo imagery” to growing up in a family where five of his older cousins were members of the Victoria Wheelers Cycle Club. Quillevere cites a childhood introduction to competitive cycling and early exposure to the Belgian comic Tin Tin as his most formative influences.

The ScreamCycles illustration is available on high quality silk-screened Guildan and American Apparel T-shirts from his website at www.cqgraphics.ca. Also available: vinyl stickers, postcards and poster prints, and soon water bottles and stainless steel travel mugs.

Crankworx is one of the largest mountain bike events in the world. Top riders will be crashing/flying down the slopes for nine days and nights. New this year is two days and nights of women’s freeride events. Free lift tickets for the first 100 women.

More Info: www.crankworx.com

World BMX Championships

And if that’s not enough,the world bmx championshipsare being held in Victoria from July 26 – 29.

The sport of BMX now has Olympic status. With over 2,500 competitors from 40+ nations expected, results in Victoria will help determine country rankings and athlete participation numbers for the sport’s Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008.

More Info: www.bmxworlds2007.com

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