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USA Crit Series

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Place to discuss USA Crit Series, Pro Teams, etc.
Anyone planning on racing in any of the USA Crits races this year - including Harlem? I just convinced my girlfriend to take a weekend trip to Bentonville, Arkansas for 2 days and then to go to Tulsa for 2 days for Tulsa tough
I wanna do Harlem, but can't find the registration anywhere.  It's also over Father's Day, so that might make things tricky.
I think USA Cycling is putting some resources into Harlem, in addition to making it part of the USA Crit Series.  The pro-level racing should be pretty fast.  I'm hoping that they make an effort to turn out the local populace for spectating.  
Registration opens tomorrow (4/21) for Harlem:

https://www.bikereg.com/harlem-skyscraper-cycling-classic-2022

I'm planning on racing 4/5.
I’m racing in the open fixed gear field at Harlem as a cat 4. Then I’m gonna stick around and watch the elite fields. Looks like fun!
It looks like I won't be able make it to Harlem Skyscraper.  It's June 19th.  Before I put the entry up, anyone interested?  It's the Cat4/Novice field.
Spent the weekend in Tulsa and it was a time.  great race and so refreshing to see so many spectators. Standing at the finish of Day 2, we ended up meeting and making good friends with the parents of Luke Lamperti and his gf who were there to watch him race. Also got to see Dante Young of Miami Blazers and the Williams Brothers and Sky Schneider of L39ION. Sky swept the weekend 
FWIW, 

It looks like the Pro Women's and Mens races should be barnburners, at least compared to the past few years.

The women have Legion of LA, Automatic, Colavita, LA Sweat, CCB, a few DNA racers.

The Men have Legion of LA, Best Buddies, Automatic, Miami Blazers, CS Velo, Project Echelon.


Resurrecting this thread. 

In a fit of delusion, I signed myself up to race at Tulsa Tough (both days) in the 4s. This is after watching the NorCal/Will Hardin recap video from last year and thinking it looked fun. https://youtu.be/9oobwBe5CHc?si=fQFNI3k_SwGGKnh_ 

Growing up in Oklahoma I didn’t know much about this race, but my dad grew up in Tulsa and my grandparents were active in a local cycling club. They often talk about it when I talk about cycling, so it’s been on my mind. 

Now I have an A race to anchor around for early June… or I’ll just decide to unregister haha. We’ll see