WHALE OF A CRIT CANCELLATION ANNOUNCEMENT:

I regret to inform everyone that we have had to cancel the Whale of a Crit this year. This decision was based on a number of factors all adding up to a situation where we felt like we would not be able to put on an event that met our standards. We made every effort possible to pull the event off and only made the decision to cancel at the eleventh hour after it became apparent that we would be unable to address all of the issues that sprang up in the past few weeks.

I would personally like to apologize to everyone who made adjustments to their schedules to accomodate the Whale of a Crit, most notably Eric Anderson who moved the Team Trial Championships for our race. My apologies also to those individuals who find themselves unable to compete in both the Senior Games and the Team Time Trial Championships as they now fall on the same weekend. Please accept my sincerest apologies as I know this was quite a topic of discussion this spring. I also would like to apologize to those of you who were targeting the Washington Cup and now find the series one race less.

Those of you who have participated in our events these past few years know that we try to put on the best event possible in terms of race course, event atmosphere and prize list. We just felt that we would not be able to meet all of our criteria and did not want to make due with what we were going to end up with.

I am sorry for all the inconvenience that this had caused and I hope that this will not influence anyone to not take part in our events in the future. If anyone wishes to contact me personally please feel free to do so.

Thank you,

Joe Holmes
Ridge Racing

Just when I thought football season could not get any better.

Patrick joins NBC, reunites with Olbermann

Fantastic.

Pittsburgh's Rooneys Quietly Shop the Steelers.

WHAAAT?!

Hinault is awesome.

Badger:

Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae. Badgers are capable of fighting off much larger animals such as wolves, coyotes, bears, and protesters during the podium ceremonies at the Tour.

Seriously though, how awesome is it that Hinault was the first guy to throw the protestor off the podium during the stage winner presentation? That is reason #842 why I have always loved Hinault.

I think I got as excited with that as I was with Frishkorn almost winning the stage.

Thank you OLN, er, I mean Versus.

For not making my ears bleed this year listening to the ignorance of Al Trautwig during the Tour coverage this year. Craig Hummer has always provided knowledgable reporting in the past and he is a welcome replacement for the melodramatic banter of Trautwig.

Good on ya.

NOT TO BRAG OR ANYTHING BUT...BRI RULES AGAIN!!!!

The Joe Matava Crit was kind to the guys in blue as BRI went 1, 2, 3 in the Masters A race as well as winning the Pro 1-2 race and the $145 backside prime. Congrats to GB and DR for another BRI double.

Then to top it off, DR adds another win for the weekend at the Bellingham Crit on Sunday.

In the words of Stuart Scott: "boo yah!"