Hi Everyone,
Thank you to all the race organizers, race directors, and officials who were in person and over zoom for attending. There is a recording available, please feel free to ask for the link.
State Championships: There will be several differences for state championships this year. Gravel, TT, MTB are all open for submission. Please email ilcyclingassociation@gmail.com with your submission including event description, why you should host the state championship, and anything else that makes your event special. Depending on submission quality and number of submissions, we will host a vote.
Submission Timeline:
- Gravel
- April 8th
- 2 in discussion, 0 submissions
- April 8th
- MTB
- April 8th
- 1 Submission thus far
- April 8th
- TT
- March 11th meeting
- 1 Submission thus far
- March 11th meeting
State Criterium Championship: The ICA board believes equity for all Illinois racers and events is important. Chicagoland dominates voting and we have top quality events in southern Illinois that do not get representation. Thus, the board has decided that we will not host a vote this year for state crit championship and instead the board has discussed Edwardsville Rotary Criterium to be chosen. This is not 100% confirmed. Instead the board will vote at our March monthly meeting. If you disagree or agree, please voice your opinion at the March meeting or email us before so we can include this in our decision. Edwardsville has one of the longest tenure as a crit in Illinois, the biggest payouts, the biggest national showing, and has submitted many times for the Championship and is overlooked. Next year, we will resume our normal submission process and team/board voting. The current board believes once out of every five years a crit should make its way south.
All track state championships will of course be held at Ed Rudolph Velodrome. Cyclocross will be submitted in August.
There is again talks of road race, please standby for updates.