A weekend of blues music and BBQ on Friday evening and all day
Saturday, family fun rides on Saturday morning, as well as an
omnium - time trial Saturday morning, criterium Saturday afternoon
and evening, and road races Sunday morning. The crit is the Iowa
State Criterium Championships.
We'll have vendors this year like Wayne's Bike & Ski, Bike Rags, BIKEIOWA.com and others.
The party starts on Friday night at 5:30 PM in City Park, downtown Clear Lake. Eat a helping (or two!) of barbecue and enjoy some soul-revivin’ blues BANDS TBD.
Saturday’s activities begin at 8:00 AM with a Tour De Fields. Choose
from several different rides–onsite registration will be held at City
Park from 7 AM to 10 AM.
At 11 AM, the BBQ starts heating up, and the blues music continues
into the evening. All eyes turn to the BBBQ Criterium Event at 11:30 AM
for fast bike race action at City Park. At 8:30 PM we'll have LIVE MUSIC on the stage to close to the Blues Music Festival.
The weekend races are in an ‘omnium’ format, where cyclists will be
competing for the over-all best racer of the weekend in three cycling
disciplines: time trial, criterium, and road race. Racers are also
competing for the Midwest Flyover Omnium Race Series, the BBBQ is race
weekend #5.
There is a $15,000 race purse plus $3,500 in merchandise prizes for the weekend bicycling events.
MORE about the Festival.
Proceeds from the Bicycle, Blues and BBQ Festival support improving the
healthy lifestyle through bike-related activities to include creating
and improving bike trails, bike safety training, supporting cycling
events and activities, and improving the amenities related to cycling.
WEEKEND BBBQ AGENDA
Friday, July 11:
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Saturday, July 12:
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Sunday, July 13:
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