The Saturday race will now anchor three days of racing beginning on June 25 with the Madeira Centennial Criterium and concluding with the annual classic, Tour de Grandview.

More details are available in the press release from Hyde Park Blast offiicials.

Final Overall Results

Thanks to all the competitors and promoters who participated in the 2009 Ohio Cup!

Final weekend of races are this weekend in Troy and Miamisburg!

Be there.

Preregistration links are here!

WEEKEND General Classifications
The Hyde Park Blast is partnering with Sunday’s Tour de Grandview for a $2000 general classification purse for the top 4 individuals in GC for Men’s 1/2 ($1000/$500/$250/$250), and a $1000 Team Classification for the Men’s Cat 3. ($600/$400).

1/2 GC Rules: All individual qualifiers towards the 1/2 GC purse must pre-register and race both days.  Points added from both days, highest placing on either day breaks tie, if still tied, then second placing, if still tied then placing on final day.

Cat 3 Team GC Rules: For a team to qualify, they must have a minimum of five pre-registered riders on both Saturday and Sunday in Cat 3 with the same team name.  Riders for the team do not have to be the same both days.

Points are totaled for the top three riders for each team on each day. Winning team is the one with highest combined total from the two days. Points will be awarded in the order of the finish. Ties are broken first by number of first place finishes per team, if still tied, then the number of seconds, then the number of thirds…

Eligible riders must pre-register for and have their Team clearly spelled out on their BikeReg rider profile as well as participate in clearly marked team kits.

Place Points
1       200
2       170
3       150
4       140
5       130
6       120
7       110
8       100
9       90
10     80
11     75
12     70
13     65
14     60
15     55
16     50
17     45
18     40
19     35
20     30
21     25
22     20
23     15
24     10
25     5

Points distribution:  1st – 20th:  85, 70, 60, 53, 47, 43, 39, 35, 31, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2.

2007 Winners:  Pascal Lercangee (Women), Jeremy Grimm (1, 2, 3 Men), Dan Rhule (35+ Men), Joel Schmidt (4 Men)
2008 Winners:  Emily Walling (Women) and Kirk Albers (Men)

Biggest weekend of racing in the region, individual overall competition for P/1/2, team overall competition for Cat 3, activities, parties, fun, don’t miss it!  Full size flyer is here!

Double points on offer, current standings are:

The Grandview and Troy races return as cornerstones of the Ohio Cup, while both the Ohio State Criterium Championships and the Ohio State Road Championships fill out the schedule as feature Ohio races.

All the events have proven to be crowd as well as racer favorites, success with participation in this year’s Ohio Cup will open up the possibility of expanding the slate of races and categories in 2009.

Points tables will be available soon.