The Triple Crown consists of three races across the United States. Each race includes cross country, short track, and super-D events. A riders placing will be determined by the highest placing from two of the three disciplines after a weekend of racing. The rider with the lowest combined score at the end of the weekend wins. And at the Triple Crown winning is good. If more than 60 riders take the start the winner would go home with $3,000 in their pocket and payout would go 30 riders deep! It seems not spending all your money on UCI inscription fees has it's perks.
The Triple Crown's impressive payout schedule
“We are very excited with the feedback we have been receiving from the industry and riders attending the opening round of the H2O Overdrive Triple Crown All Mountain Series stated US Cup marketing director Ty Kady. “To date, I have confirmation from some of North America’s top riders, plus 2009 women’s World Championship Bronze medalist Lene Byberg of the Factory Specialized team is set to race, along with her teammate Todd Wells.”
“I can also confirm that a lot of top talent will be attending, including newly signed Cannondale Factory riders Jeremiah Bishop and Tinker Juarez. Team Sho-Air/Specialized will be sending five time Australian champion Sid Taberlay, along with Max Plaxton and Tad Elliot. We also expect some of the Kenda/Felt team, some of the Subaru/Gary Fisher crew, as well as a possible Geoff Kabush sighting with his Rocky Mountain/Maxxis team. All in all, we expect the field to be loaded in both the men and women’s races as they go after potentially huge prize money and media coverage!” continued Kady
“But let’s not forget about all the privateers, both regionally and nationally that can come stake their claim” reiterated Kady. “We could be paying as deep as 30 spots, and we have a Top U23 and Top Senior (oldest) rider bonus too.”
“Industry feedback has been really positive on the new concept and the H2O Overdrive Triple Crown seems to be gaining momentum with the sponsors, teams and riders commented Kady.
North America’s top cross country male pro Geoff Kabush, chimed in via e-mail with his support, “I think you will get a lot of appreciation from the riders for the payouts. That is about how it was back in the day when I started… $3500 for the win….. It is nice when you can finish 5-6th and still get $500-600 bucks to break even for the weekend.”
For more info go to: www.uscup.net
H2O Overdrive Triple Crown Schedule:
Bonelli Park, California: March 13-14
Chalk Creek, Colorado: May 15-16
Massanutten, Virginia: June 19-20
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Win Pua's Palace Giveaway
World Class endurance and cross country racer Pua Sawicki and Team Mata have become known for some pretty incredible giveaways. Last season they raffled off thousands of dollars of merchandise and bikes on the Team Mata web site. This season they have taken raffling to a whole new level: Pua's home.
For the past four seasons Pua and her husband Ron have lived on the road. Traveling from race to race in their gigantic truck and travel trailer.
The prize package in action
While that works great for racing on the domestic scene Sawicki wants to take her racing across the pond in 2010 and focus 100% on qualifying for the 2012 Olympics in London. That means she needs cash for her travel expenses.
To help support Pua and have a shot at winning her truck and travel trailer you can visit her web site and enter the raffle for $40. Pua needs 2,400 entries to raffle off the dream package, if that number isn't reached by May 1st, 2010 all money will be refunded.
Visit www.teammata.com for more information
