Course Description
Start Line will be in front of the East Hartland Volunteer Firehouse.
Finish Line
will be towards the top of Rt 20 / N Hollow Rd, (about 1/2
mile north of the start,
just north of the junction with Rt 179/Granville Rd in E Hartland).
KOM/QOM will be on the first lap, at the same location
as the finish line.
Feed Zone is a few hundred meters
before the finish line on Rt 20 / N Hollow Rd. NO
FEEDING
OUTSIDE THE FEED ZONE. Neutral water will be supplied for
3-lap afternoon races only.
Finishing
Climb we've
received many (well, one or two) questions.
The Tokeneke finishing climb, unlike
Unionvale or
Housatonic or Longsjo/Fitchburg, is part of the
loop and all fields except Cat. 4/5 will traverse it
once or twice before the finish. (At the
end of the fist lap it will be the KOM/QOM.) The climb itself
is not overly steep - about 2.2mi at a consistent 5% grade.
See
the Race Profile
for a comparision
with other
local races.
Course:
The
racers start in front of the E Hartland volunteer
firehouse and then proceed south on 179, in a clockwise direction
around the reservoir. At the junction of Routes 179 and 219 (about 4.3mi), the racers
will bear right onto
219 South. The race will move in a clockwise direction so
that at
intersections the racers turn right, thus avoiding having to cross
other lanes of traffic. At the intersection of 219 and 318 (about 6.9mi), the race
will bear right onto 318
West and will go over the Saville Dam. Just past the dam at about 7.7mi, the
race will turn right onto Beach Rock Road. This is the first climb and
the pavement on Beach Rock Road is rough. At the corner of
Beach
Rock and 181 (about 8.6mi), the racers will turn right and travel north on Route 181.
In West Hartland (about 15.9mi), the race will proceed east on Route 20, completing
the lap by returning the racers to the corner of Routes 20 and 179 in
East Hartland.
Google Earth Tour
A bird's-eye tour of the course. Set
http://www.tokenekeclassic.info / TokenekeClassicBicycleRace.kmz - as
a network link in Google Earth (under "My Places").
Best to turn off lat/long grid ("View" unclick "Grid") and most importantly set
Elevation
Exageration to 3 (under "Tools - Options"). Then highlight
the
link/file in My Places and hit the play button at the bottom of My
Places. Please note that, while we have made every
effort, we cannot guarantee accuracy and we also reserve the right to
modify the course.
Register at
General Information
KOM/QOM
M2 Media Group LLC is sponsoring
a KOM / QOM for all fields (except M4/5) on the first loop / first time across
the finish line.
Registration
On-line registration
will be at bikereg.com.
There will be no day-of race entry. Number pick-up and registration will be
at the East Hartland Volunteer Fire
Department and
opens at 7:45 AM. Registration will close 20 minutes before
the
start
of each race.
Parking
Parking is at Berg (or Burg) Field, on Rt 20 about 0.3 miles
south-east of the Rt 20 / Rt 179 intersection.
THERE IS NO RACER PARKING AT
REGISTRATION.
To walk or ride from the Berg field parking area take the
path through the woods or turn left
onto
Rt 20 west, go 0.3 miles and take left onto Rt 179. Follow
signs for
registration.
Support, Timing, Communications
Race
support
provided by SRAM Neutral Race Support.
Timing by Pioneer
Event Productions. Communications and emergency
co-ordination
provided by Central MA
Public Safety
Assn Inc.
Event
will be run under a USA
Cycling
permit. Promoter
reserves the right to
combine fields, reduce mileage or cancel race. ANSI approved
helmet
required. All USA Cycling rules apply. No
tri-bars.
No
tank-tops. No
mountain bikes. One day license available for women Cat. 4 and men Cat. 5.
