The DeStad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series presented by Paceline Products looks forward to the Smithville CX Festival on Oct. 25. The festival is host to Round #3 at Sailboat Cove, Smithville Lake, MO just 25 minutes north of Kansas City.

Promoters Heather Jordan and  Chris Locke said, we are excited about the success of the 2009 race series. With growing attendance at each event, Kansas City is fast becoming the hotbed for cyclocross. As the numbers rise, the series attracts more sponsors to grow higher payouts and more prizes. This weekend will be no different.

A well balanced course has been designed by the Cross Guru for the Smithville CX Festival. The course features 158 feet of climbing per 1.8 mile lap with plenty of pavement, flowing turns, a few off camber turns, a natural steep run up (one the Guru is famous for) and Hammer Beach along the shores of Smithville Lake. As always, the money tree will be in full bloom for the festival.

The Wheel Cyclery, Clay County Parks, KCA, Tifosi, FRS, Hammer Nutrition, Raw Revolution, Sugoi Performance Apparel, Lantern Rouge Volunteer Group, Thoroughly Kneaded Muscle Therapy, JET performance Chiropractic, 53x11 Coffee, Cowtown Cycling and Chamois Butt’r, bring the event more than $3,000 in prizes.

Prizes are plentiful; and the food abundant. Sunday will feature a Chilli Extravaganza.  Don’t forget…coffee by the gallon and lots of sweets!

Pre-Registration goes until Thursday Midnight. - As always; if you pre-register your name goes in the series raffle. The raffle will be at the conclusion of the final round. The raffle includes a CX Frame (your size), a Cycleops JET Fluid trainer with block, and a few other awesome surprises.

To pre-register follow this link: Smithville Pre-Registration

Racing at Sailboat Cove begins Sunday at 10:00 a.m. with the Category 4 men going off first.  Ladies don’t forget that KCA is sponsoring the Category 4 women with supplementing your entry. Which means you race for only $10.  Races continue throughout the day with the Category Men 1/2/3 racing at 1:00 p.m. and the finale at 2:00 with the Men’s Cat 3/4. This is a great venue for spectating.

Round #2 of the De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series presented by Paceline Products.

The 6th Annual Chris Cross Cyclocross was a great success with a recond number of participants.  Thank you to everyone who came out on this cold October day to race on a demanding course (thank you Rich Anderson for the fun (pain)).  The support for the Forest Avenue Women's Shelter was appreciated.  Thank you again to everyone who donate.  It took a lot of hard work from the Cow Town Cycling Team, Lantern Rouge Volunteer Group, The Wheel Cyclery, a host of volunteers and of our great offiicials.  Without all of you we could not have pull it off.

Chris Cross Cyclocross Results

Pictures: Roger's House of Photos, Lyle Reynolds, Cross Guru .

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A record amount of preregistrations for this weekends Chris Cross.  Bib assignments can be found on the Kansas City Cross Blog

Showers and a bike wash will be available for the Chris Cross Cyclocross this Sunday.  A special thanks to the University of Saint Mary for allowing us this convience.

Course will open for practice at 9:00am Sunday morning.  No pre-riding allowed on Saturday.

For a little history of the Chris Cross event check out the Kansas City Cross Blog

Awards that were not picked up at round #1 (Diamond Blackfan)  will be available on Sunday.

Roger Harrison send this message: All Veterans who will participate in Vet Cross are asked to email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and ID themselves.  This information is for something special.

The De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series presented by Paceline Products travels to the beautiful campus of the University of Saint Mary for round #2 of our series.  A classic course has been laid out for you by event director Rich Anderson and the Cross Guru. We will also be supporting the Forest Avenue Women's Shelter.

The 6^th Annual Chris Cross Cyclocross race moves to a new venue that has been dubbed one of the best cyclocross venues in the Kansas City area.   Sunday's  course will be a 3 kilometer loop that includes uphill start, a 700 meter section of cobbles, grass, dirt roads, steep run-ups, flowing and off camber turns all within the beautiful setting of the University of Saint Mary Campus.   How to get to the event - Google map of stmary.  Course maps are available now - Chris Cross Course Map.

Online registration closes on Thursday at 11:59pm.  Please visit our registration link: De Stad Online Registration Link to register. Note: All pre-registered riders will be entered in the event/series raffle. All pre-registered riders will receive a Wheel Cyclery goody bag which will include some great products like Chamois Butt'r, FRS Energy and Hammer products.  Riders will be called to the line based on order of registration.  Race day registration is available and opens at 8:30am. See event flyer for more details.

The Cow Town Cycling Team will be collecting donations for the Forest Avenue Women's Shelter in Kansas City, Missouri. Please bring your donations of housewares, personal care products and non-perishable food items to the Chris Cross Cyclocross event on October 11th, 2009. You will receive a raffle ticket for your donation and more importantly be helping the over 9000 local women and children per year who stay at the shelter for help. For a complete list of items visit kansascitycross.blogspot.com

Bicycle Shack of Kansas City  will be sponsoring the Men's Open class this week with special prizes and cash awards. The Santa Fe Trails Bicycle and Coffee Shop will be supporting us all with their tasty blend of coffees.  Please stop by and have a cup while at registration.   The Kansas Cycling Association is proud to again sponsor the Women’s Beginner Cat 4 class.  Thanks to a partnership with the KCA and our event promoters, the entry fee for the Women’s Cat 4 division has been reduced to $10.00. While you are at our events this year please be sure to visit Joel with JET Performance Chiropractic. Joel will be available during all our series events for a quick body tune-up.