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50th Annual Berkeley Hills Road Race

Presented by Stonehouse Olive Oil, Berkeley Bicycle Club and SF Sport & Spine PT Racing



Saturday • May 12, 2007
Held rain or shine · USCF Permit · Two Thousand Dollars Cash+Merchandise

Post Race

General Information

  • Original Event Flyer (PDF)
  • Start/Finish location (San Pablo Reservoir Boat Launch; see course
    description)
  • Limited parking (please carpool...only 250 spaces for 450 racers)
  • Staging location/guidelines (no tents due to lack of parking space)

Confirmed Rider List

Course Map

Contact registration coordinator

Category Laps Miles Place Fee Field Cash
/Merch
Start

Elite Pro/1/2
Elite 3
Masters 35+ 1/2/3
Masters 35+ 4
Masters 45+ 1/2/3/4
Women Pro/1/2/3
Elite 4
Women 35+* / Women 3*
Women 4
Juniors 17-18**
Juniors 15-16**/14u**

4.7
3.7
3.7
2.7
2.7
3.7
2.7
2.7
1.7
2.7
1.7/.7
90
71
71
52
52
71
52
52
33
52
14/33
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6/6
6
6
3/3
$35
$30
$30
$30
$30
$30
$30
$30
$30
$15
$15
75
60
60
50
50
75
50
50
50
50
50
$200/200
$50/150
$100/100
$100/100
$50/75
$200/200
$50/75
$100/125
$125
Merchandise
Merchandise
7:30 am
7:35 am
7:43 am
7:48 am
7:56 am
8:01 am
8:05 am
8:08 am
8:10 am
8:15 am
8:18 am

*Northern California Women's Racing Series. W3's picked separately. **Junior's Points Series

 

Registration

  • Registration Opens 6:00am and closes 15 minutes before each race.
  • Pre-reg: Mail 2006 USAC Standard Release form and check to BBC, PO Box 165, Berkeley CA 94701, postmarked before APRIL 25 Or online at BikeReg.com until May 10th (EASTERN TIME!!!!!) . Pre-reg closes when fields fill (mail-ins received after fields fill online will be wait-listed. NO REFUNDS. - ONLINE REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED!!!!!
    Add $7 for late registration. FIELD SIZES ARE LOW. ONLINE PREREG RECOMMENDED FOR ALL CATEGORIES.
  • Note: There are NO men 5 fields.

Directions

  • START (SAME AS LAST YEAR) San Pablo Reservoir Boat Launch.
  • From Orinda (Hwy 24), 2.4 miles north/west (towards Richmond) on Camino Pablo to the San Pablo Reservoir Boat Launch (not the Recreation Area); enter at Boat Launch sign and follow the lakefront road north 1.5 miles, past guard gate to parking lots. From I-80, San Pablo Dam Road exit, 8.9 miles south/east (towards Orinda) to Boat Launch as above.
  • Parking is limited, carpooling is advised.
    NO
    PARKING ON THE COURSE OR NEAR THE FINISH LINE.

Course Description

  • Traditional loop (approx. 19 miles): San Pablo Dam, Castro Ranch, Alhambra Valley, and Bear Creek Roads, clockwise. Pavement good to fair. No road closure, watch for traffic and road hazards, and use caution.
  • Start: Short promenade up service road from inside parking area, directly onto, and then a short distance on San Pablo Dam Road.
  • Finish: Top of the second long climb on Bear Creek Road (Papa Bear); finishers will be ushered in the same direction to staging area for safety of the racers who just finished and those who are still racing.
  • Feed Zone: Approximately 1 km before finish on Papa Bear climb. Parking at feed zone will be limited to use by feed zone participants only.
  • No road closure, watch for traffic and road hazards, and use caution. Unauthorized follow vehicles will result in rider/team DQ. NO WARMING UP ON THE COURSE.

Wheel Support

We will offer wheel support for most fields. Teams may be limited to two sets of wheels per follow car. Wheel support will be wheels-in-wheels-out. Follow cars may go with any significant split of the field. SAG support will be available to riders behind the main field.

Berkeley Hills Alumni Ride

The Berkeley Bicycle Club is proudly holding the FIRST Alumni Ride for anyone that raced Berkeley Hills in the 'Old Days'. The ride is 1.7 laps of the course: start time is 9:30 at the boat launch. No license Necessary and free to anyone that raced BHRR before 1990. Come out and see the race from the road.

Race promoter: Hal Danielson, Berkeley Bicycle Club

 
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