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April 11, 2006
SmithBarney Classic bike criterion set for May 5
SPARTANBURG, SC
— The SmithBarney Classic is Bike Town’s 2nd Annual
downtown criterium, or professional bicycle race, And this year ...
they're stepping it up a notch.
The Classic will be held on Friday, May 5, during Spartanburg’s largest
annual festival, Spring Fling. With this combination of fast-paced
adrenaline racing and your favorite live bands, art displays, and food &
drink vendors, what more could you want?
With a $12,150 prize purse, this race will draw professional cyclists from
all over the nation. As part of the USA Crits Championship series, it will
be the fifth out of six pro-races taking place in just seven days
throughout the Southeast.
At 5 p.m., the Phil Whitman USCF Races (amateur and semi-pro) will begin.
At 7:30 p.m., there will be a half-hour community event along the
criterium course, including a first-ever “Hospital Bed Race” - a friendly
face-off between Mary Black Health System and Spartanburg Regional
Healthcare System - and a Bicycle Giveaway & Children’s Fun Ride.
At 8 p.m., the SmithBarney Classic Pro-race will begin, with cyclists
gaining speeds up to 40 mph around tight curves and through crowded
corridors.
Join the fun at the Start/Finish Line (corner of Liberty and Main Streets)
for deejayed music, VIP tents, viewing parties, food vendors and more!
Other presenters and sponsors of the events include the City of
Spartanburg, the Mary Black Foundation, the Spartanburg Convention &
Visitors Bureau, Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, Milliken, Vic
Bailey Volkswagen, Freewheelers of Spartanburg, Herald-Journal, Allegra
Print & Imaging, Wachovia, Bella Latte, Palmetto Conservation Foundation,
Pivital Therapy, Shred First, Partners for Active Living, Lollopalooza
Loop, Palmetto Cycling Coalition, Coca-Cola, Hub-Bub, Powerade, Dasani,
Great Escape, Bike Workx.net and Bike On.
Team
Spartanburg’s mission is to promote
Spartanburg as a destination for sports events; it recruits new events as
well as provide assistance to existing sports events. Team Spartanburg is
supported by its partners:
Champions – Coca-Cola, JM Smith Corp., Wachovia, City of Spartanburg
MVPs –
Herald-Journal/Celebrate Community, Radisson Hotel & Suites, Spartanburg
Regional Healthcare System, Verizon Wireless, Wofford College
All-Stars – Ogletree Deakins, Showcase Marketing, Shred First, Spartanburg
Marriott at Renaissance Park, Spartanburg Methodist College, University of
South Carolina Upstate
For
information about Team Spartanburg, go to
www.teamspartanburgsc.org or contact Nikki Harris at (864) 594-5050 or
laura.corbin@wofford.edu.
Team Spartanburg
Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau
298 Magnolia Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864) 594-5050
1-800-374-TEAM
For more information, contact Team
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