It will be pedals to the metal in downtown Mobile and the University of South Alabama campus for the inaugural Mobile Cycling Classic. Cyclists throughout the region will be in town competing for an overall purse of $5000.
Sanctioned by USA Cycling, the Mobile Cycling Classic is hosted by the Mobile Sports Authority, the City of Mobile and Mobile County. The intense, fast-paced, sometimes combative but always fun criteriums, commonly known as crits, will challenge riders as they make numerous laps of the course in a relatively short timeframe. The series of races, which last between 20 and 60 minutes, will be divided by various skill categories for men and women.
DAY 1 – DOWNTOWN CRITERIUM
Saturday, May 11
605 Dauphin St. (Intersection of Dauphin and N. Warren Streets)
3:30 PM – Start
7:30 PM – Finish
Riders (and spectators) will find a super exciting downtown crit as competitors confront a course with eight turns in a counter-clockwise direction.
DAY 2 – USA PAIN TRAIN CIRCUIT
Sunday, May 12
USA Drive North
9:00 AM – Start
1:00 PM – Finish
Riders will be challenged by the course commonly referred to by the locals as the “Pain Train”. This circuit will take riders on a 1.5 mile loop in a counter-clockwise direction around the beautiful USA campus. With only two real turns and a slight elevation, this circuit should be fast.
REGISTRATION
Online registration is now open and the cost is $30 until May 1. From May 2 – 9, the fee is $35.
Pre-registration deadline is 10pm on May 9.
Onsite registration will be $45 per category and the second same-day race entry will be $20.
To register today, please visit: https://www.bikereg.com/mobile-cycling-classic
