This just in from Team Waste Management and Bicycle Haus Racing…

Scottsdale Grand Prix

Old Town Scottsdale

Sunday May 3, 2009.

Presented by Team Waste Management & Bicycle Haus Racing

Supported by: Acme Bar and Grill
Bada Boom! Pasta Room
Dos Gringos
Upper Deck Sports Grill
Fine’s Cellar
Su Vino Winery
Bacon
Trailhead Cycling and Fitness
Tribe Multisport
DCB Adventures

This is more than just a bike race, it’s an event! Come spend the day in Old Town Scottsdale watching the racing and enjoying the sunshine. Weather report: upper 80’s and partly cloudy. Sounds perfect!

Bring the whole family! A “Kid Zone” will be available near the start finish area on Craftsman Rd next to Acme Bar where they can play on the “moonbounce” (10am-4pm) and get snowcones! Bring the kids, and visit our supporting merchants in this vibrant city center setting! Special kid’s races go off at 3:25pm!

Watch the racing action from course side restaurants Acme Bar and Grill, Dos Gringos, Upper Deck and Bada Boom. Outdoor seating right next to the finish line! Food and drink specials all day long!

Why not try viewing the race from:

• The start/finish has patio seating, at Dos Gringos and Upper Deck, right on the street! Acme Bar and Grill and Dos Gringo’s both have an upper deck on the finishing stretch.

• You can also watch the race at Bacon, located between 5th and 3rd Ave. on Goldwater. Bacon is a new, open air, European market place with an organic earthy feel, and they will be open for breakfast at 6:00.

• On the 3rd corner is outdoor seating at Mandala Tearoom. Mandala has 40+ teas and is 100% organic, vegetarian restaurant, with 40% of the menu being gluten free.

Fun events:

• Wine tasting by Su Vino Winery at Acme Bar and Grill. Time… TBD

• Live jazz band at Bada Boom! Pasta Room from 1-4pm-ish. Half off large pizzas at Bada Boom! $3 Bloody Marys, $3 Hermosas, $3 Drafts, $4 Wells

Bicycle Haus will be open as well from 12:00- 4:00 as well.

Amateur racing starts at 7:30am with the Pros going off at 3:40pm! Over $10,000 in cash and merchandise prizes!

The votes have been counted, and drumroll please….

Arizona has 3 bike shops that have made the Top 100 list!

In no particular order… Bicycle Haus, Landis Cyclery, and DNA Cycles.

To see the complete list, click on the image below and download the PDF.

Tomorrow is the final Wednesday Night World Championships (aka Phoenix Consumer Criterium Series). In honor of the final race of the season, Bicycle Haus is donating 500 bucks of prize money (fyi… this can be a better payout than most local crits). This generous contribution is exactly what they did last year and it made for a great race with a decent field. For more on the week day crit series, click here.

Let’s break this down… Who in the world wants to do a weekday interval session alone? I sure don’t, but I know I should or I’ll feel sluggish and have tight lungs for the weekend’s racing. Sometimes I’ll chase cars, or city buses during a round of mid-week interval boredom. So… why not come out and chase other racers around for cash and pleasure? Sounds good to me. I remember the early 1990’s when the Phoenix Consumers Criterium Series was in north Scottsdale around Raintree. It was a beauty! When development approached and the business park came to life, the course moved to a parking lot by Phoenix Municipal Stadium. I’ve seen some great battles in that parking lot.

For 10 bucks and a Wednesday evening, it’s time and money well spent.

Final Bisbee results are now posted.

Event A; Men’s Pro 1-2 Stage 4 HERE.

Event B; Master’s Men Stage 4 HERE.

Event A; Men’s Pro 1-2 FINAL GC HERE.

Event B; Master’s Men FINAL GC HERE.

An weekend update from Bryan Staub:

This was a good old fashion showdown that wasn’t decided till the final day as the peloton stormed through Tombstone. Team GST took the early lead on the steep uphill prologue and held firm through Stage 1 north and west of Bisbee. John Simonson of GST just edged out Kyle Butkiewicz of Bicycle Haus for the win on the final climb up to the finish in Old Bisbee. Stage 2 Time Trial went south from Bisbee into what seemed like a hundred mile an hour crosswind; Joe Susco of Bicycle Haus took top Masters Points. Going into Sunday’s final Stage 3, Team GST had a narrow lead with 63 points over Bicycle Haus with 60 points. Powerhouse Bicycle Haus Racers Joe Susco and Kevin Kirkwood were the two top Masters Points earners on Sunday’s stage 3 moving themselves up in the Final GC to close the deal on the charging Team GST racers.

What a weekend of Masters Racing! Great Job, Bicycle Haus Racing in Winning the $1000.00 Pactimo Vuelta de Bisbee Bonus!

Cycling Fitness Performance Arizona Masters Racing Points Series Now Updated!

GST retains a commanding lead as Bicycle Haus climbs up the leader board.

Go here to see www.azmastersracing.com

Double day at the Vuelta. Started off with an 83 mile, morning road race, that ended up being a well controlled race all the way to the sprint back into town. Type 1 and Tecos blew it up in the last couple of k’s, so we were a little spread out coming in. Type 1 were rewarded for their efforts with a stage win for Darren Lill.

About 4hrs later everyone was kitted back up, ready to do battle in the 7.2 mile time-trial. The afternoons biggest challenge came in the 45mpg wind gusts that swept the course. With the winds, success not only takes a strong rider, but a rider with the skill to hold it together in the aero bars. Phil Zajicek took the days honors, putting him into the race lead by 31 seconds. Brian Forbes knocked out a solid ride, bringing him up to 19th in GC. As did Kyle Colavito, holding down 24th.

Sundays road race through Tombstone will likely be a hammer fest as Tecos and Type 1 will be looking to take the final stage and overall honors. And maybe a little more wind?

-Ron

Event A; Senior Men Pro 1-2, Stage Two Results Here.

Event B; Master’s Men, Stage Two Results Here.

Event A; Senior Men Pro 1-2, Stage Three Results Here.

Event B; Master’s Men Stage Three Results Here.

Event A; Senior Men Pro 1-2 GC Results Here.

Event B; Master’s Men GC Results Here.

The La Vuelta de Bisbee is now officially underway with the conclusion of the Mule Pass Prologue. I retain my stance on there being something wrong with hurdling yourself at the side of a mountain for 10 +/- minutes… until I can kill it. Unfortunately, the internet connection at the Bisbee Gym Suites is spotty at best, but I can tell you that Vega of Tecos tore it up with a time of 9 minutes 35 seconds. As for us, the times might not have been what we expected, but there will be plenty of opportunities in tomorrows Sulphur Springs Road Race to put the Rideclean name into the mix. For now, It’s off to bed.

Event A; Senior Men Pro 1-2, Prologue Results Here.

Event B; Master’s Men, Prologue Results Here.

Event A; Senior Men Pro 1-2, GC Here.

Event B; Master’s Men, GC Here.

I literally received these less than 3 minutes ago folks…

Remember where you saw them first!!

Click here for the RideClean AZ State Criterium results.

5:10pm is kick-off… uh er, I mean “first rider off”.

Today the 31st edition of the La Vuelta de Bisbee Stage Race begins. Previous winners include Alexi Grewal, Roy Knickman, Bob Cook, Mike Engleman, and Greg Lemond. Yeah, that’s a legit group of riders.

Stay tuned in for the next few days as we get daily updates from Ron Jensen (RideClean) and AMRPS promoter Bryan Staub (Swiss American). We’ll be doing our best to bring you guys the news.

For the official race website, please visit http://www.lvdb.info

I’ve been sorting through a barrage of “Earth Day” spam mail from friends, family and others that I don’t really give two shits about. I just can’t fathom what compels others to send me “Earth Day” related email garbage!

Just because I ride a bicycle doesn’t mean I soak my manhood in patchouli oil and design jewelry out of dog feces and discarded soda cans. I don’t send the dude that cuts my hair a bouquet of carnations and some lip gloss on “Gay and Lesbian Day” (not that there is anything wrong with that).

The point is, some people make assumptions that because I ride a bike I’m on a crusade to topple the lavish spendthrift society we have haphazardly designed. Don’t get me wrong, I recycle, I bring my own grocery bags, and I urinate in my neighbors lawn, but this doesn’t make me anymore eco-friendly than Lee Iacocca.

My contribution to earth day will be to forward (or recycle) all the email trash to the “garbage men” of the cycling community at http://azfixed.com/ .

Suck it hippies!

RUSTY CHAIN