Chicago's XXX Racing-AthletiCo has announced that its Alderman Shirley A. Coleman's 16th Ward Sherman Park Criterium on Saturday, September 3, 2005 will be part of the Lance Armstrong Junior Olympic Road Series (LAJORS). The race will be one of just three LAJORS races in the Midwest this year.
The Sherman Park Criterium is one of just three major bike races to take place in the City of Chicago each year. A full day of competition for all age and ability levels will start at 8:00 a.m., with registration beginning at 6:30 a.m. In one of the event's annual highlights, children ages 9 and younger who have a bike and a helmet will be invited to race for free over various distances beginning at 2:15 p.m. The day's racing will culminate with the Women's Open race at 3:00 p.m. and a Pro/1/2/3 event for the men at 4:30 p.m.
