Mt. Driskill Omnium 1 st Annual August 14 th and 15 th 2010 Sponsored by Piney Hills Cyclists Ruston, La $6,000 Prize Purse

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1 Mt. Driskill Omnium 1 st Annual August 14 th and 15 th 2010 Sponsored by Piney Hills Cyclists Ruston, La $6,000 Prize Purse All individual (overall & stage) prizes are based on a 150 rider total registration. Prizes will be adjusted if there are fewer riders (-5% for every 10 riders under 150). This is the max payout. If more than 150 registered riders, the prizes will remain as shown. Any questions please contact Stephen Mire at smtrifreak4life@yahoo.com or call Event will be held rain or shine! Pre-registration is encouraged and will be available at Bike-Reg.com. The Bike-Reg fee has already been paid for the racers. So the entire pre-registration is $60 with no extra charge from Bike-Reg for registering with them. Race day registration will open at 8:00 AM on Saturday and will close at 11:45 AM. There will be one day USAC licenses available for $10 on both days. On Sunday, race day registration will open at 6:15 AM and will close 20 min before your event. Both days a one day USAC license will be available. For those that do not preregister, there will be a extra $10 race day registration fee. Pre-registration will close Thursday August 12 th at midnight. Event coordinator reserves the right to combine races in event of not enough participants in one category.

2 Hotel Accommodations: These following hotels have agreed to give people associated with the Mt. Driskill Omnium a discounted rate for the nights they stay at these hotels. There are many more in the area and feel free to reserve rooms at other locations. We have just gone to these three newer and nicer hotels to get you a discounted rate. When reserving a room just tell the person taking your reservation that you are with Mt. Driskill Omnium to get the discounted rate. Sleep Inn & Suites (318) South Service Road East (318) Ruston, LA Comfort Inn (318) North Service Road East (318) Ruston, LA Hampton Inn Ruston (318) North Trenton Street Ruston, LA Some great local restaurants: Dawg House Sports Grill: Ponchatoulas North Homer Street 109 East Park Avenue Ruston, LA Ruston, LA (318) (318) Sundown Tavern Bar and Grill Log Cabin Mesquite Grill East Park Avenue 1906 Farmerville Highway Ruston, LA Ruston, LA (318) (318)

3 The races will be held near Ruston, Louisiana and the hotel and restaurant accommodations will be in the town of Ruston. Exits off of I-20 are the exits for Ruston. The road race on Saturday will be held in Bienville Parish South of Grambling. The easiest way to get to the race start is to exit I-20 at exit 77 for hwy 507. Then head south until you cross hwy 147. There will be signs along the road directing you to the race route until you reach race volunteers directing you to parking. Road race start for Saturday road race!

4 Mt. Driskill Road Race 25.2 mile loop 1,400 ft of elevation change per lap! The road race course is a very hilly course with many short steep climbs and one that you won t forget! The top of Mt. Driskill is where the race will start as well as finish. It is also the highest point in Louisiana! Racers will ride up the steep side of Driskill (1.2 mile climb) and down the shallow side. The climb is gradual until the last.3 miles where it jumps up to a peak of 18% grade. During the race there are very few straight flat areas. This is a climber s course! More Climbing than the Rouge-Roubaix in only two laps! Cat 1,2 s will be doing three laps for 75 miles! Come try it out! Super fast course with good roads and great hills to climb! For those races that have multiple laps a hot spot will be awarded for the first 3 racers to reach the hot spot. These hot spots will be for omnium points and will be 5 to 1 st, 3 to 2 nd, and 1 to 3 rd.

5 Directions to Sunday Arcadia Road Race Exit off of I-20 onto hwy 151 headed north. Follow north 6.8 miles to Davidson road and take a left onto Davidson. Take the first right off Davidson and continue to race start. Route will have signs for direction to start. Parking is on the side of the road and vehicles must pull COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD!!!

6 Sunday Arcadia Road Race Course 5.2 Mile Loop Sunday s race is near arcadia held on rural back roads. There are only two turns so an easy route to follow. The course is mostly rolling hills with some fast descents, but finishes each lap with the dreaded triple headed monster! A couple laps around and it won t seem so easy any more. Once again a climber s paradise! Follows the theme of the weekend quite nicely! There is 300 feet of climbing per lap!

7 Payout for each day: Place Cat 1,2 Masters 35+ Cat 3 Cat 4 Women Juniors Cat Medals Medals Medals Medals Medals Medals Place Cat 1,2 Overall Omnium Payout: Masters 40+ Cat 3 Cat 4 Women Juniors Cat Medals Medals Medals Medals Medals Medals

8 Omnium Point Distribution: In case of a tie in the overall omnium points, the tie will go to the racer that finishes better overall in the crit on Sunday. Place Points