SCPS#10-11: UCI CXLA Weekend… CXLB: Long Beach!

Cyclo-Cross Festival in the LBC! CX racing end to end, River Ride, Expo = FUN!

Event Type: UCI Race

Event Date: Sat/Sun Nov 21,22, 2015 Start Time: 8:00 AM

Venue: El Dorado Park Location: 7550 E. Spring St.
Long Beach CA 90815

UCI CXLA Weekend 2015 — Long Beach, CA Nov 21-22nd!

Sadly, we had to move this year’s edition to the City Long Beach at El Dorado East Regional Park. We hope to be back at Griffith Park next year! We are moving UCI CXLA Weekend as… UCI CXLA-LBC – Long Beach Edition at the City’s largest park, El Dorado East Regional Park.

It will be a fun-filled-action-packed weekend of racing for all levels! UCI racing will bring some of the best elite, Under 23 (age 19-22) and Junior 17-18 men and women to centerstage, plus this USA Cycling sanctioned race will bring together some great competition from across the region earning USAC ranking points seeding racers at Cyclocross National Championships in January. Thanks to the SCNCA – Southern California Juniors and Youth riders race free with valid USAC SCNCA license! This weekend we will bring the FINEST, AMATEUR RACING SOCALCROSS PRESTIGE SERIES & EXCITING UCI INTERNATIONALLY SANCTIONED CYCLOCROSS RACING PART OF THE PRO CX TOUR TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!

CXLA Weekend Long Beach Cyclocross Festival: sponsor expo, velo swap meet, food trucks, free kids racing and skills course, and Palms to Pines Ocean Breeze Bike Rides Sunday benefiting bicycling advocacy while showcasing the San Gabriel River Trail from the Park to the Pacific Ocean then north to the San Gabriel Mountains!

VIEW UCI RACE TECH GUIDE HERE

REGISTER at:




VIP team packages available online!
Race registration closes Friday Nov 20th – 12noon
Race Day registration opens at 6:30am for USAC categories.

11.21 SATURDAY: CX Long Beach – Day One:

6:30 AM Race Day Registration Opens
7:30 AM COURSE OPEN FOR WARM-UP – BEGINNER’S CX CLINIC – EXPO OPENS
8:00 AM WAVE 1: Junior M & W 9-14, 15-18 (30), Youth 6-9, First Timers (1 lap)
8:45 AM WAVE 2: Men 55+; 65+; Women 35+45+55+ ; Men 35+ C; Men C (AM) (40)
9:40 AM WAVE 3: Master Men 35+ A; 45+ A, Men Non UCI A; Men B (45)
10:40 AM WAVE 4: Men 35+ B; Men 45+ B; Non UCI Women A, B. C (40)
11:35 AM WAVE 5: Single Speed Men A, B, Women; Men C, Collegiate (40)
12:15 PM **COURSE OPEN FOR WARM-UP – INSPECTION UCI CATEGORIES ONLY **
12:30 PM UCI Junior Men 17-18 (40)
12:45 PM **KIDDIE CROSS** (separate course)
1:25 PM UCI U23 Men (50)
1:40 PM **DOGGIE CROSS RACE** (separate course)
2:30 PM UCI Elite Women (45)
3:30 PM UCI Elite Men (60)
3:45 PM **COMMUNITY CROSS RACE** (separate course)
4:45 PM ** UCI MEN AWARDS CEREMONY**

11.22: SUNDAY – CX Long Beach – Day Two:

6:30 AM Race Day Registration Opens
7:30 AM PALMS TO PINES RIVER RIDE DEPARTS
7:30 AM COURSE OPEN FOR WARM-UP – BEGINNER’S CX CLINIC – EXPO OPENS
8:00 AM WAVE 1: Junior M & W 9-14, 15-18 (30), Youth 6-9, First Timers (1 lap)
8:45 AM WAVE 2: Men 55+; 65+; Women 35+45+55+ ; Men 35+ C; Men C (AM) (40)
9:30 AM **OCEAN BREEZE RIVER RIDE DEPARTS **
9:40 AM WAVE 3: Master Men 35+ A; 45+ A, Men Non UCI A; Men B (45)
10:40 AM WAVE 4: Men 35+ B; Men 45+ B; Non UCI Women A, B. C (40)
11:35 AM WAVE 5: Single Speed Men A, B, Women; Men C, Collegiate (40)
12:15 PM **COURSE OPEN FOR WARM-UP – INSPECTION UCI CATEGORIES ONLY **
12:30 PM UCI Junior Men 17-18 (40)
12:45PM **KIDDIE CROSS** (separate course)
1:25 PM UCI U23 Men (50)
1:40 PM **COMMUNITY CROSS CLINIC/RACE** (separate course)
2:30 PM UCI Elite Women (40)
3:30 PM UCI Elite Men (60)
3:45 PM **DOGGIE CROSS RACE** (separate course)
4:45 PM ** UCI MEN AWARDS CEREMONY**

AIRPORTS:

LONG BEACH – 4 miles to El Dorado Park.
ORANGE COUNTY – 20 miles to El Dorado Park
LAX – 25 miles to El Dorado Park
BURBANK- 35 miles to El Dorado Park

TRANSPORTATION:

CAR: Enter Park at 7550 East Spring Street. Head NORTH into Park look for signs to Area III – Golden Grove. Parking entrance per car per day is $7.00
BIKE: The San Gabriel River Trail enters the Park just north of Wardlow Ave. The San Gabriel River Trail is a 38-mile bike path along the San Gabriel River through El Dorado Regional Park and 10 miles to the Pacific Ocean and onto street bike trails near the Alamitos Bay Marina in South ending in Seal Beach and North ending at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Check out feature on the River path here. And trail map here. We’ll be leading a ride along the River this weekend. Details coming!
TRAIN: Union Station Los Angeles via Amtrak or Metrolink then Metro light rail Blue Line toward Long Beach off at Willow Street Station then 8 miles to park. From LAX Green Line to Blue Line off at Willow Street Station toward Long Beach.