Thank you so much to everyone who braved the wind and cold and joined us for Pirate Race Productions‘ best ever event!

All results are now posted.

There are a bunch of photos on the Boone-Roubaix Facebook page, and my personal page. I’ll keep posting more as I get them.

I can not thank all our volunteers enough for their great work. Appalachian State University Wine to Water club president Katy Cook did a masterful job wrangling volunteers – including her family – and thanks to her hard work we will be presenting Wine to Water with a check for 1,000 dollars.

Thanks to all the members of the App State Order of the Black and Gold and Ladies Elite Service Club who stood out in the freezing cold running registration, managing parking, and course marshaling.

Thanks again to the members of the Meat Camp and Fleetwood Volunteer Fire Departments and the deputies from the Watauga and Ashe Sheriff Departments for keeping all the dangerous intersections safe.

Huge thanks to Chris, Cisco, and John from the Charlotte, Chapel Hill, and Greensboro Performance Bike shops for running the Pit Stop, providing mechanic support, and helping make the event run smoothly. Special thanks to Chris Danz and Eric Webster for working so hard behind the scenes to supply a tremendous mountain of incredible prizes.

Thanks to Friendship Honda of Boone for very generously donating the use of the Honda Ridgeline, giving us both an additional wheel truck and making cleaning up after the race a heck of a lot easier.

Thanks to Cam Frasier of Blue Mountain Revival Productions for running chip timing, and donating entries to the Blue Ridge Monster Cross Series races Savage CX and Wilson’s Revenge to some of the top women’s finishers.

Thanks to Capo Cycling Apparel for donating prizes and their continued support of the King of Pain Cycling Series. The next stop is Tom Dula’s Revenge in Wilkesboro on June 2. Congrats to our new leaders, all of whom get a Capo Custom jersey to defend and a free entry to Tom Dula. Everyone who signed up for Boone-Roubaix also gets $10 off the entry between now and April 31 – if you do not have the coupon code, email me.

Finally, thanks to the 248 of you who signed up and made this my most successful event to date.

I think that’s everyone. If I forgot you, call me out, because I really didn’t sleep at all this week until last night when, for the first time ever after one of my races, I slept like a baby.

Sincerely,

Andrew Stackhouse

The event will NOT sell out – I’m gathering additional resources to make sure that everyone who wants to ride will have a great time

NEW Spectator Map for 2013 Shows entire course, including where the pave is, each major climb, suggested places to cheer, alternate driving routes to get around the course, the rest stops, and course marshal locations.

You can download a simplified map that is good for printing 2013 Simplified Course Map, and a separate map just showing the start and finish layout in the Fairgrounds 2013 Finish Layout.

Finally, 2013 Racer Instructions that will be emailed to all the registrants on Thursday night.

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While the Gran Fondo Gravel FUNdo is focused on the fun, and we are providing tons of extra on couse support to make your experience great, we know racers are in it to win it.

In addition to hand made trophies, racers will be competing for tons of incredible tires from Panaracer, Performance Bike has kicked in a Mavic Ksyrium Equipe wheelset, Blue Mountain Revival Productions is providing a free entries for the Savage CX and Wilson’s Revenge Blue Ridge Monster Cross Series races, and there will be CASH PAYOUTS!

Race categories with 10 racers will pay $40 to first; categories with 30 racers will pay $80 to first and $40 to second; 50 racers will pay $120 to first, $80 to second and $40 to third.

The first place woman will get at least $40 regardless of field size (right now there are only five women signed up across three categories) and we will try to match the highest men’s payouts.

Spread the word and sign up!

The Hell of the High Country returns for the fourth year! Test yourself on a 50 mile route featuring 10 miles of unpaved roads and a series of challenging climbs including the infamous Koppenberg of the High Country, Big Flatts Church Road.

Thanks to the generous support of Performance Bike this year will feature both the age-based race as well as a Gran Fondo for cyclists who want to enjoy the breathtaking scenery and unmatched hospitality at a casual pace, with full support along the route from the Performance Bike Spin Doctors, Hammer Nutrition, and Perform Pain Relief.

Registration for the Race and Gran Fondo is now open at BikeReg.com!

Sign up before February 28 and be entered to win a set of Look Kéo Max 2 Carbon Limited Edition Pedals! Both prizes are provided by PerformanceBike.com . Registration increases to $50 on April 1 and goes up to $60 on race day, so don’t delay.

I will be riding out there a ton this winter, so post up on the Boone-Roubaix Facebook page if you are interested in joining me for a training ride, or want advice on equipment or training tips.

Registration will open at BikeReg.com on Monday, January 14!

Registration is capped at 250 for the Race and 100 for the Gran Fondo, and rates increase January 28, so sign up early.

Mark your calendar: Boone-Roubaix IV will be April 20, 2013. Keep an eye here or on the Facebook page for an announcement of when registration will open.

Watch more video of 2012 Boone Roubaix on thom.cyclingdirt.org

Are posted: http://booneroubaix.com/results

We lucked out and had perfect weather. Check you inbox for a survey from me Sunday or Monday, and keep an eye out for BikeBikes/CyclingDirt coverage of the race, including tons of course video and racer interviews. I’ll get thank your posted after a good night’s sleep.

Unfortunately, the Mountaineer Velodrome is a quagmire, so we can’t use it for the finish (remember the run at Speedway Cyclocrossapalooza? Its that bad). So I’ve updated the venue and finish layout map, so you know what to expect tomorrow AM. There is still a gravel lap going into the finish, but its just not as cool as the old track. You can see the map here