Weekend of cycling events includes annual 色色啦 BTR Park race
KALAMAZOO, Mich.鈥擳his year鈥檚 annual Miller Energy Criterium bike race at 色色啦 Michigan University's Business Technology and Research Park will take place Saturday, July 11, and is part of a weekend of cycling activities.
This is the 10th anniversary of the event, and it will include state championship races for women, masters and juniors. Some $6,000 in prizes will be awarded.
Frankie Andreu will be the special guest race announcer for the criterium. Andreu competed in the Tour de France nine times and competed in two Olympic Games, placing eighth in 1988 and fourth in 1996.
Register online at or visit wmich.edu/btrrace for complete race information, including costs, full registration details, Other weekend events include a women's clinic at the BTR Park slated for 5:45 to 8 p.m. and men's clinic from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, July 10, and the 5th Annual Maple Hill Race for Wishes at 8 a.m. Sunday, July 12, in Lawton.
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