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University Road Race, Santa Cruz - August 28, 2005

Race Flyer from Velo Promo:

Directions: From Hwy 1 (Mission Street) on the north side of Santa Cruz, take Bay Street north into the hills and onto the campus. Follow the temporary signs to registration at the East Remote Parking Lot on Hagar Drive. Those arriving after 8:00 a.m. will have to take a roundabout route to registration, using the course in the opposite direction of race travel.

Course: Same roads as in the past and at UCSC Collegiate races: a 3-mile mountainous loop of well-paved University roads, single lane use only. Roads: Hagar, McLaughlin, Coolidge, Hagar. Start/finish on Hagar at the East Remote Parking Lot.

Events:            miles  laps  places  value   fee  start       limit

Category 1/2/Pro    60     20     6      $200   $20   8:00 am     100
Mstr 35+ 4/5        30     10     6       $50   $20   8:02 am      50
Category 3          45     15     6      $100   $20  10:30 am      75
Mstr 35+1/2/3&45*   42     14     6      $100   $20  10:32 am      60
Category 4/5        45     15     6      $100   $20  12:30 pm      50
Women 1/2/3         42     14     6      $100   $20  12:32 pm      60
Women 4             42     14     6       $50   $20  12:33 pm      60

* Master 45+ picked out separately for 4 places, $50

Another excellent Velo Promo race course. Every race blew apart on this difficult, hilly course located on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus. Since we'll be away part of September, this will be the last race we cover this year. Thanks for the nice comments regarding our race coverage and this site in general. We currently dub ourselves amateur photographers for amateur racing, but next year we'll step up the quality of our work when we buy some new equipment, slated for release this fall. Throughout the fall, I'll be catching up posting race photos from last spring, recreational photos from the spring and 2004 and updating the site regularly with new content including our cycling trip in France this September.
-- Steve, August 30 2005

Full Results

Santa Cruz students get a nice view and a bike lane on their way to school	Pro-1-2 - Webcor driving the break with 10 laps to go	Pro-1-2 ... comin' atcha
Pro-1-2 - A hard working Canadian driving the break at the bell	Pro-1-2 - The chase group, 30 seconds down, at the bell	Pro-1-2 finish - SeaSilver's Neil Shirley bridged up on the final lap and took the win
Pro-1-2 finish ... the movie version	Pro-1-2 finish - Ben Haldeman sprinting for 9th	Pro-1-2 post race smiles
Cat 3 start - Receiving instructions and best wishes	M35 1-2-3 - The Spine boys rolled off the front early and were never caught	Getting aero on the McLaughlin descent
M35 1-2-3 winner - Spine's Dario Fredrick was the last man standing	M35 1-2-3 finish - Morgan Stanley's James Coat was nipped by New Yorker Craig Upton in the battle for 3rd	Cat 3 finish - Winning shouldn't be easy... even for the birthday boy
Cat 3 finish ... the movie version	Dominic, Peter Cazalet and fans celebrating in the gutter	Dogs aren't allowed on campus so we'll withhold his name
Cat 4-5 - The lead group speeding past a view of Monterey Bay	Cat 4-5 - A Davis rider driving the break on Hagar Dr	I waited at the campus bus stop before finally sweeping myself up
Cat 4-5 - The Davis rider still at the front rounding Hagar & McLaughlin	Women - The lead group descending Coolidge Dr	Remaining stylish... even in the heat
Women - That campus bus stop looks tempting	Chief referee Eric taking attendance to ensure there are no free lap violations on the short loop	Cat 4-5 - It's a tough 3 mile loop done 15 times
Tall guy, tight corner	Cat 4-5 - And then there were two	Womens finish - Webcor's Katheryn Curi rode 7 laps on her own for the win
Cat 4-5 finish - Alto Velo's Petro Hizalev looked good winning but the tank was almost empty	Womens finish - With a teammate OTF, 2nd place finisher Stephanie Graeter had the upper hand on Left Coast Cyclery's Maria Monica	Smile!

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