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FEBRUARY
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TEAM OF THE MONTH POTOMAC VELO CLUB Northern Virginia |
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Potomac Velo Club was founded in 1992 to promote the sport of cycling. Based in Northern Virginia, membership consists of about 30 riders at all levels of cycling experience. Some member have been on the racing scene for 20 or 30 years, others are just starting out. Some excel on the road, others venture into mountain biking, cyclo-cross and even track arenas. Membership is open to all, no specific skills or experience is required. One of Potomac Velo Club's strongest features is the promotion of yearly cycling events consisting of mountain bike and cyclocross races. In 2000, Potomac Velo Club promoted a Spring mountain bike race and 2 Fall cyclocross races. The cyclo-cross races were part of the newly hatched Virginia Cyclo-cross Series. In its first year, this four race series, split between Reston and Richmond, Virginia, saw great turnout and the future looks even brighter in 2001 for this fast-growing sport. For 2001, Potomac Velo Club has taken on a big challenge for its Spring mountain bike race. Dubbed the Legend of Lake Fairfax, we're capitalizing on our association with Lake Fairfax in Reston Virginia, where we hosted two successful cyclo-cross races this past Fall, to bring a race to this centralized location within 10 miles of the Washington, DC beltway. Seeing a hole in the early season mountain bike race schedule, due to the unfortunate demise of the well attended Eastern Shore Mountain Bike Championships held at Wye Mills, MD, we chose the date this race has traditionally been run to launch a race at our new venue at Lake Fairfax. Having lost our previous mountain bike race locale to ever expanding development, Potomac Velo Club is fortunate to find place to continue our tradition of bringing mountain bike races to the local community. We are also hoping folks will find our race a worthy substitute for the Eastern Shore race. The Legend of Lake Fairfax will be held at a county park
featuring full facilities for racing patrons. The course is a 6 mile loop
consisting of fast single and double-track terrain. Not too technical,
but enough twists, turns and climbs to make you wish you'd trained a little
more for this early season race. Also continuing our tradition of catering
to the ever increasing single-speed crowd, Dragon's Bite III single-speed
race will be run on the same course early in the day to avoid major conflicts
with most of the geared racers. This is your chance to join fellow single-speeders
to show your metal. The single-speed race is again sponsored by the wonderful
folks at Phil Wood & Co. The Legend will offer all race categories
from beginner through expert, with prizes from medals and merchandise
to cash for the experts for the top racers. Special thanks to A-1 Cycling
in Herndon and Manassas, Virginia, Potomac Velo's sponsor shop, for providing
prize merchandise and support! 2001 POTOMAC VELO CLUB Roster Vince Amodeo |
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