Guelph Cycling Club Invitational Cyclo-Cross Event 2024 - Oct 20

Last year the Guelph Cycling Club (GCC) started up their own club cyclo-cross event/race. This year they are looking to grow attendance, get more cycling friends out to have fun and invited the WCC since many of our members know each other from riding and racing.

It’ll be a fun day for the whole family. You don’t need a cross bike, gravel and mountain bikes are welcome. Here’s the schedule and costs.

  • 11:00am Kids Race
  • 12:00pm Casual Race
  • 1:00pm Faster Race

Fees: U13 Free. Adults: $20.

Click the link below to register and get all the info about the event.

https://guelphcyclingclub.ca/gcc-family-fun-cx-invitational-october-20th-11am-12pm-1pm/

There isn’t an O-Cup or anything else this weekend, so it’s a good chance to stretch the legs without much driving.

I’m hoping to make it out, but I’ll have to wait until closer to the weekend to see.

Mark

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Sadly can’t make this one :frowning:

Awh that would have been fun! I am headed to Pennsylvania this weekend to race the Iron Cross Gravel race!

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I am definitely interested!

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I’ll sign up.
Looks like a nice weekend.

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I got the afternoon free, so I’m in. Just registered and looking forward to it.

@velodan, my goal will be to not get lapped by you.

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I’ve just registered also. I feel like I’ll have the same goal as @MarkW … Not getting lapped by @velodan :crossed_fingers:t2:

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Now to convince some old cx regulars to dust off their bikes and have some fun. What do you think @Francqlife ?

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I’ll be there. First race ever!

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signed up for the 1pm start - and see they added a 11:30 cx clinic - if i can get out there by then i’d like to do this!

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I feel the need to do one last CX race.

And use this bike one last time.

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I’d like to race this one since it sounds like fun. But unfortunately I made a family commitment on Sunday (so that I could race next week at the O-Cup). But that was before I saw the weather forecast for this weekend. Should be an awesome day for a fun race!

That was a Ton of fun today - great weather, nice course and an awesome WCC contingent !!
Thanks again to GCC for the invite - was a blast with the friendly competition!


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My goal was to eat back my entry fee in cookies :wink: :cookie:
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Congrats to Sagan in the cx races. Right there with Evan that’s amazing :fire::fire::fire:

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Thanks Dan! I appreciate that and have passed the message on to Sagan.

Sagan did have a great race on Sunday (as did Lucas although he is now racing Elite). Everything came together and his focus on fueling and pacing really worked. Keeping up with Evan is definitely a solid accomplishment. Sagan is now focused on his next big race at the Pan Am championships in Montana since it is one of the qualification criteria for CX worlds in February.

Lucas did record a pre-ride video of the course at Kings Cross if anyone is interested.

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Photos from the on-site photographer on Sunday.

@jordanfranckphotography

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Pictures are :fire:. Thanks for linking @Matt_Bannon !

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Along with Dan, Andrew and Mark…I got the “call up” to the front row at the start of the race. More of a “sympathy” call-up.

But it did allow me to stay ahead of @KevRidesGravel for the first 45 seconds.

YOU are NEVER going to see the end of this photo.

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