Weekend - April 4 - 5, 2008

The team’s busy schedule continues this weekend with races in Golden and Superior. The racing will being with an individual time trial up Lookout Mountain. Starting on the west side of Golden riders will climb Lariat Loop rode, riding under the Colorado School of Mines “M”, to the finish line at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. The 4.5 miles and 1,250 vertical feet will take racers a little under 20 minutes and when the results are tabulated it will be obvious who has been training and who has not.

On Sunday the team will be split with the collegiate riders lining up in Golden and the rest racing the Koppenberg circuit race in Superior. Situated on Colorado School of Mines campus the collegiate race features a 6% climb followed immediately by a technical 6% descent which leads straight back into the climb. There is no where to hide on this course and the attrition will begin immediately. The rest of Team Legacy Energy will be racing the Koppenberg circuit race. The namesake of a climb featured in the Tour of Flanders this race is a Colorado spring classic. The 5 mile loop is half dirt, half pavement with a short, narrow 17% climb in the dirt section. At only 8 laps the race is not a long one, but the terrain will take its toll on the field.