This is a big USA Cycling Sanctioned Event of our local calendar!  This is a completely separate event from your Buffalo Bicycling Club Membership and must sign up through our link on Bikereg.com here!

The Freedom Run Winery Road Race is a USAC sanctioned race

Parking:

Park at Freedom Run Winery in their barn parking lot, not the main parking lot (this will be marked on race day).  Address: 5138 Lower Mountain Rd, Lockport, NY 14094

Course:

The course is a 6.15 mile loop with 214′ of elevation gained each lap. There is one steady climb that is 0.5 mile long, gaining ~100′ elevation, with a 4% average grade. The remainder of the course is mainly flat with some false flat sections on the finishing stretch.

Strava segment HERE

What You Should Expect on Race Day:

1. A USA Cycling Sanctioned race requires more preparation.  Please plan to arrive 60 minutes early to get into your riding clothes and get your bike ready
2. Head over to the registration tent to get your race number and pin it on your jersey according to the instructions,
3. head out on the bike get a few pedal strokes in the legs to warm up
4. Line up in the Taylor Road Park parking lot 5 minutes before your Category’s race time.  Your race will begin at the sound of the chief referee’s whistle!
5. After your race, head back to the parking lot to check on the results.  You have a 15-minute protest period until results are official.  Follow the instructions of the chief referee.

Marshalling a Race

We always need volunteers to score our races!  If you volunteer to be a scorer/timer for a Sunday Series club race yourself, you’ll get 10 points towards your Sunday Series standings at that race!  You can do this up to 2 times per season.  Please note that one marshal or mentoring duty is required this year for your club points to count!  Sign up to marshal here.

Mentoring the B/C Race

We’re always looking for B/C-race mentors!  If you are an A level rider with experience and would like to help out the B/C race with in-race coaching and work on tactics, we’d love for you to help!  As a token, you will get 13 points for mentoring the B/C race one time during the season.  Use the marshal sign-up link above.