Rotary Criterium Rolling Into Town Aug 18th

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Now entering its third year, the Stifel Nicolaus Edwardsville Rotary Criterium will be held on Saturday, August 18 and promises to be bigger and better in 2012, than ever before. Hailed as one of Edwardsville’s most unique signature events, the Criterium is a series of high-speed professional bicycle races on Downtown streets, accompanied by free kids races, live music and a Downtown food and drink crawl. In years past, the races have taken place on a Sunday afternoon and a kick-off concert was held on Saturday night. This year, both the race and the concert will take place on Saturday night and the concert is moving from City Park to Main Street in front of the Court House for a high-energy afternoon and evening of music, bike racing, and great food and drink for families and spectators of all ages. Again, there will be a $10,000 purse, one of the largest one-day payouts for a bike race in the region. See schedule below:

3:00 – 10:30pm Eight High Speed Pro Bike Races in Downtown Edwardsville
4:00 – 10:00pm Live Music on Main Street featuring “Borderline” and “Crazy Chester”
6:00pm – ? “Race Route Pub Crawl” Food and Drink Crawl on Main Street
6:45 p.m. Free Kids Races on Main Street

“Moving from a Sunday afternoon to a Saturday night and bringing the Concert to Main Street will create a much livelier atmosphere,” said Race Director SJ Morrison. “We’re looking forward to a large event this year.”

Sponsorships are available at several levels and businesses, organizations or individuals who would like details about sponsoring, can contact Morrison at 618-558-3062 or via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The deadline to sponsor is July 22, 2012. In addition to sponsors, event coordinators are seeking volunteers from the community as well. Details are posted on-line at edwardsvillecriterium.com and on Facebook.

“Rotary continues to receive tremendous support from the City of Edwardsville, Mayor Gary Niebur and the Council, Ben Dickmann, City Clerk Dennis McCracken, Chief Bedell and the Edwardsville Police Department and more than 40 area businesses and organizations,” said Morrison. “It truly is a community-wide event.”