March 27, 2009 (Langley, BC) – Racing continues this weekend in the Fraser Valley with the Escape Velocity/dEVo Spring Series with races on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend with race #4 on the River Road course, and race #5 on the Bradner Road circuit.

Race #4: River Road, Langley

In order to give everyone a break after the racing last week at the hilly Armstrong Road course, racing is back to the flats of the River Road circuit.

– Date: Saturday March 28, 2009
– Location: Fort Langley, British Columbia. Parking is near the race start area near the junction of 88th Street and 256th Avenue in Langley.

Race #5: Bradner, east of Abbotsford, BC

Challenging 9km circuit in rural Bradner featuring rolling hills, a couple of short climbs and lots of corners. Don’t ride off the front on the first lap if you didn’t pre-ride this course.

– Date: Sunday March 29, 2009
– Location: Fort Langley, BC. Parking at Bradner Hall, just south of the Start area at the junction of Bradner Road and 58th Avenue.

Further Event Details

Time: All races start at 10:30 AM sharp, except Novice races, which will start after the C group finishes (approximately 12:00 Noon).

Categories: Please see the category suggestions below to help advise you on which category to race.

– A Group: This is generally comprised of category Pro, 1 and 2’s as well as some very fit 3’s .
– B Group: This is composed on the top Category 3’s and 4’s as well as most top Women and top Junior racers.
– C Group: This is the place for most Category 4’s and 5’s as well as Novice racers that have some but limited race experience. In the spirit of the Spring Series if you are new to racing but have been riding consistently over the winter and are keeping up with cat 3’s in your club then B’s are more than likely where you belong.

For complete details including course maps, race distances and other important information please see www.escapevelocity.bc.ca/spring or contact Race Director Jeff Ain (ainjeff [at] hotmail [dot] com).

Special thanks to our Spring Series sponsors:

– Powerbar – Be Great
– Louis Garneau – The Global Solution
– Wentings Cycle
– La Bicicletta Pro Shop

Our sponsors provide great prizes for the Spring Series and are fantastic supporters of the cycling community in British Columbia. Escape Velocity and dEVo appreciate their continued involvement and commitment to the sport.

About the Spring Series:

Intended as training races, the Spring Series features some of the toughest competition of the year. With a variety of race courses and categories the series is the perfect venue for those new to cycling to hone their racing skills and for experienced cyclists to test their early season fitness.

For 2009, the Spring Series will consist of seven races on consecutive weekends March 15 through to April 5, culminating with the dEVo Stage Race on the weekend of April 11 and 12. All races will be held in the Fraser Valley area, near beautiful Langley, B.C.

The Spring Series races are organized by Escape Velocity’s youth development program dEVo. All riders in the dEVo program help run the Spring Series races and learn the organization and commitment that is required not only to be successful on the bike, but as an organizer and leader in the sport of cycling. Money raised at the Spring Series races will go to further support of the dEVo racing program.