{"id":1159,"date":"2008-08-22T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2008-08-22T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T15:33:30","slug":"dc-gets-a-downtown-pro-criterium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/08\/22\/dc-gets-a-downtown-pro-criterium\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Gets A Downtown Pro Criterium"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 21st of this year<\/em>, you’ll be able to head down to Penn Quarter and see a real live pro criterium race in the form of the\u00c2\u00a0ING Direct Capital Criterium<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a six turn 1km circuit that winds its way among the Federal agencies downtown.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been waiting for a long time to see something like this happen (in fact, I already know the shot I’ll be aiming for).\u00c2\u00a0 As it stands, there’s going to be a Men’s 35+ race, a Men’s 1\/2\/3, and a Men’s Pro.\u00c2\u00a0 No word on who the teams will be yet.<\/p>\n

DId you notice something missing from that list of races?\u00c2\u00a0 That’s right, no women’s field.\u00c2\u00a0 Which is especially disappointing, considering that Cyclelife, a presenting sponsor, has its own women’s team.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 They’re aware of that disappointment, and while they haven’t promised anything about next year, they say that they hope to include a women’s field when they can.<\/p>\n

The official race site is here<\/a>, and I’ll post more when details become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On September 21st of this year, you’ll be able to head down to Penn Quarter and see a real live pro criterium race in the form of the\u00c2\u00a0ING Direct Capital Criterium.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a six turn 1km circuit that winds its way among the Federal agencies downtown. I’ve been waiting for a long time to see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-dc","category-personal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t