DCCX

October 27th, 2009

2009 DCCX Presented by Family Bike Shop and Fueled by Whole Foods Market

2009 Results

2009 DCCX race report

Gam Jams Story and links to picts

2009 DCCX video coverage!

With Support from Blue RidgeSticky Fingers bakery, Gam printers, BikeReg.com, and GAMJAMS.net

Oct 25, 2009 at the AFRH

Was 2008 DCCX the MOST Influential race of the year ??

2009 course (use satellite view).

DCCX- Presented by Family Bike Shop-  DC’s only Cyclocross race!

register at Bikereg.com

DCCX 2009 had 534 racers registered, plus hordes of lil Belgians! 68 women race!

Questions can be directed to race directors Matt Donahue (mattydonahue@hotmail.com) or Marc Gwadz (dc.cyclocross@gmail.com)

Family Bike Shop of Crofton, MD and Whole Foods Market are sponsoring the Elite race purses- $1000 each. DCCX will also have a $250 purse for the Elite Masters race.

Other sponsors: Glover Park’s Blue Ridge Restaurant, Sticky Fingers Bakery,  The Embassy of Belgium, and Bikereg.com.

DCCX – Presented by Family Bike Shop is Washington, DC’s only cyclocross race, held on October 25th on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. The historic venue near Georgia Ave. in northwest Washington is transformed for the race into a festival celebrating biking and the sport’s northern European roots. More than a race, the DC Mountain Bike Team, which sponsors, has crafted an event celebrated by participants and spectators for good food, beverages and fun.

Whole Foods Market will be on hand to distribute some goodies, host club DCMTB will be cooking up frites, and the DC Dutch club will make special mini-pancakes, all free of charge. Other sponsors include beer from Blue Ridge restaurant, yummy vegan baked goods from Sticky Fingers Bakery,  and the Embassy of Belgium. There are no food concessions on site, so bring a lunch and enjoy the free refreshments while watching the premier afternoon events.

The 2009 race is the third annual incarnation of the event, which is part of the nine-part series of the Mid-Atlantic Bicycle Racing Association. Last year’s DCCX, with more than 400 racers, was the largest race in the MABRA history. Proceeds from the race are donated to help veterans living at the facility, which had been a summer retreat for Abraham Lincoln.

Cyclocross is a unique biking discipline which was initially contrived as a way to allow road racers keep fit as cold weather took hold in the northern European autumn. Riders use bikes that look like road bikes -those used in the Tour de France — but with thicker, beefier tires to handle the grass, trails and mud of the course.

The races at DCCX will run from 40 to 60 minutes over loops of the course. The course sports barriers — for which riders must dismount and run — and lots of sharp turns around trees, a special cobblestone path as well as tough climbs and open grass.

Racing begins at 9am with the entry-level class and culminates with the Women’s Elite race presented by Whole Foods Market at 1:30 and the Men’s Elite race presented by Family Bike Shop at 2:30.

Announcer Sean “Bega” Blumenthal, director  Hub Racing

DCCX is rolling out the welcome mat for women racers with a special DC-ChiX clinic.

Washington, D.C.’s only cyclocross race is already offering an equal payout for elite women and men, with a $1,000 purse going 10 deep. The Cat 1,2,3 Women’s race is sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

Now  female crossers can bone up on their skills the day before.

Hub Racing’s Arley Kemmerer, the 2009 Ed Sander elite winner, will host a free clinic for women racers on Oct. 24 at 2pm. The clinic takes place on the Armed Forces Retirement Home — on the DCCX course. This will give those women signed up to race on Sunday a chance to go over the course in advance with a seasoned pro.

Topics for the 90-minute women’s clinic will include mounting/dismounting, cornering, line selection and starts. Plus a chance to preview the DCCX course.

Any woman who is registered to race can sign up for the clinic at no extra cost. To participate, you must first pre-register for DCCX and then send an email to DCMTB Clinic. The clinic is free, but riders must email to the address above in advance in order to be able to get on the grounds for the event.

2009 DCMTB Cyclocross Clinics:

We had a great of set of clinics.  And we are very grateful to our guest instructors who donated their time to help out!

Introduction to some basic skills. Plus drills and practice course

First four Wednesdays of September at Fort Reno, DC:  6:15 – ~7:30 (light permitting)

Rain or Shine- it’s CX!

Sign-up on-site at 6pm.

9/2, DC-ChiX (women only). Instructor: Arley Kemmerer, Hub Racing

9/9- DCMTB’s Marc Gwadz with Arley Kemmerer

9/16 Mike Birner of Mid-Maryland Coaching

9/23 Wes Schempf of C3- Athletes Serving Athletes, defending MAC and MABRA-CX Series  Elite Champion.

Free for USAC -licensed riders.
$5  for unlicensed riders. (for one-day USAC event fee)

Fort Reno bandstand: http://tinyurl.com/5w25gx

2008 City Bikes DCCX:


DCCX 2008 – Cyclocross Race from CJ Congrove on Vimeo.

“high quality” available on YouTube -> : 2008 Elite Men DCCX by CJ Congrove!!

Some 2008 photos are here, here,here,here, here and the Gwadzilla blog.

2008 Race Report

DCMTB made a donation of $1000 (again!) and a park bench to the residents of the AFRH. (AFRH Communicator blurb- scroll down)

2008 Full results

Winner Winning                                                           time     time/lap     # of laps

  • elite men SCHEMPF Weston   C3-Sollay.com!   60:54   6:35   9.25
  • elite women BUERKLE   Patty Vanderkitten     46:36   7:28    6.25
  • elite masters SAUNDERS Blair Secret Henry’s  41:50 6:41    6.25
  • 3/4 men MATHIAS Ian Hunt Valley Bicycles   42:47  6:51   6.25
  • 3/4 women OLIVER Lynne DCMTB                      47:55  7:40   6.25
  • 3/4 35+ BLODGETT David                                        37:30  7:08   5.25
  • cat 4 BARTLETT Matthew                                        40:18   7:41   5.25
  • Jr 17-18 Will Black                                                    46:50
  • jr 10-16  KLOSE Jimmy Adventures for the Cure 16:04

Course 1.9 mi/3.1 km

DCMTB hosts DC’s only CX race: October 26, 2008 @ Armed Forces Retirement Home

We had a huge turn-out- over 440 registered racers plus dozens of “lil Belgians”!

Presented by City Bikes and Whole Foods P Street – sponsors of our increased Elite purse: $700/7 deep for men AND women!

1.25 lap Bikereg.com primes!$75 elite men and women, $50 elite masters.

With support from Cyclocross Magazine, BikeReg.com, Sticky Fingers Bakery, Sonoma Restaurant, Drink More Water, Looking Glass Lounge, The Embassy of Belgium, the DC Dutch club, and Granville Moore’s

Cash primes for elite and masters elite events provided by BikeReg.com. Swag primes from CX Magazine. Prizes courtesy of City Bikes.

Registration on Bikereg.com

DCCX in the Washington Post

Download 2008  DCCX flier

2008 Course layout :

http://tinyurl.com/6blklu

Use the satellite view. Distance =~ 2 miles.

More info on the front page blog

Cyclocross Magazine has joined on as a 2008 DCCX Sponsor! CX-mag is a fantastic resource in print and online. At DCCX, we’ll be giving away CX-Mag swag as prizes, primes, and freebies!

2008 City Bikes DCCX Results

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2007 DCCX report

video- 2007 Masters race part 1, part 2

2007 DCCX results

2007 DCCX photos

2007 DCCX course

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