The Cianciola SiteTour of Wisconsin
June 7th-17th
The first-ever Tour of Wisconsin is a new cycling event in the great tradition of the Tour of California and the Tour of Georgia. But instead of professional cyclists competing for top honors, the ToW will consist of my sister Tracey and me (and maybe a few other riders at times) riding stages in southeast Wisconsin during her vacation here.
This page is simply informational, giving readers a little background about the event. You can keep track of each stage and read both our thoughts and see pictures during the ToW at our training blogs.
Click here for my sister's blog
That's Tracey, who has been training in York, PA. She's having her road bike shipped here for the event. It's a Giant TCR, and that works well since TCR in this case can also stand for Team Cianciola Riders.
Click here for my training blog
After each stage we'll be posting results, notes and some pictures on these blogs.
Meantime, below is the summary of stages to come...
2008 Tour of
Prologue
Saturday, June 7
The opening prologue of the Tour of Wisconsin will be in keeping with the great prologue events of the grand tours, short and sweet to set the stage as to who will be the leader heading into Stage One.
Except the ToW prologue will be unique in that it will feature no riding at all! Instead, the ToW Prologue will involve carb-loading only at Filippo’s Pizza in
Stage One
Sunday, June 8
Tosa to
36 miles
The riders of the ToW will have to endure one of their stiffest challenges of the entire stage event, a 36-mile test of wills and legs from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin to Palmyra, Wisconsin through the rolling hills of the Kettle Moraine Forest. No doubt the riders’ feet will be to the fire in this early stage. They'll ride from the city to the countryside, with the farmland of CH ZZ as a reward once they get through the traffic. This will be one of the longest stages of the tour.
Stage Two
Monday, June 9
35 miles
With less than 24 hours of rest in their legs, the riders of the ToW will spend Stage 2 in the beautiful countryside of southeast
Click here to see a map of the stage
Stage Three
Saturday, June 14
14 miles/or more
With several days rest behind them now, the riders in the ToW will ease back into things in this short stage from
Tour organizers say this stage may be expanded from its current 17 miles to include a loop to
Sunday June 15th, rest day
Stage Four
Monday, June 16th
Loomis Loop/Whitnall Park Crit
35 miles
The Tour of Wisconsin will no-doubt go out with a bang as the riders hit urban streets and a crit racing course in Milwaukee County in this final stage.
This route will take the riders from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin into Franklin, Wisconsin with a stop along the way at Whitnall Park, where they will do battle for several laps on the Botanical Gardens criterium course before heading back to home base.
This stage may be opened up to other riders who would like to join in along the route on the Oak Leaf Trail around Whitnall Park.
The awards ceremony for the Tour of Wisconsin will take place on
bravenet.com