July 1, 2009
Greetings to our Cyclist friends:
I thought you all would be interested in the results of our 2009 Tour de Madison bike ride. I would also like to address some changes which will be made next year.
We will improve on making all announcements so that everyone can hear them. I know some folks were outside when the announcements were being made and were not able to hear.
There was confusion concerning the start time this year, and we will be sure that does not happen in the future. We have had a number of requests that we start earlier, and next year we will be starting the ride at 8:30 a.m. We will be sure to start everyone in the traditional mass start.
We will look into having more rest stops on the routes. This year the 3 loops back to the firehouse were about the same distance to a rest stop in years past.
We had four safety crews on the road this year, and the last crew stopped at 2:30 pm. Next year we will have a few cell phones numbers available on the map to use if a rider needs assistance.
Our routes were listed by distance, not by difficulty or time factors. This year the short route had more elevation that most people realized. Next year we will be sure to give a brief description of each ride, and we will suggest the best route for novice riders.
I would greatly appreciate hearing from you if you have any suggestions of how we can further improve the Tour de Madison. We look forward to having you with us next year!
This information will also be available on our website, tourdemadison.com
2009 Tour de Madison Bike Ride
Total Riders 316
Total New Riders 152
States Represented:
Virginia
Colorado
D. C.
Maryland
Maine
New York
Ohio
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Texas
Towns Represented:
Alexandria, VA
Amissville, VA
Annandale, VA
Arlingotn, VA
Banco, VA
Barboursville, VA
Boston, VA
Cabin John, MD
Catlett, VA
Centreville, VA
Chantilly, VA
Charlottesville, VA
Clifton, VA
Culpeper, VA
Dayton, VA
Earlysville, VA
Emmaus, PA
Fairfax, VA
Fork Union, VA
Frederick, MD
Fredericksburg, VA
Free Union, VA
Gainesville, VA
Gordonsville, VA
Granville, OH
Hagerstown, MD
Harrisonburg, VA
Herndon, VA
Hood, VA
Houston, TX
Kennebunk, ME
Keswick, VA
Lake Ridge, VA
Leon, VA
Lindenhurst, VA
Locust Grove, VA
Lynchburg, VA
Madison, VA
Manassas, Va
Manassas Park, VA
Melfa, VA
Midland, VA
Montpelier Station, VA
Mount Crawford, VA
North Garden, VA
Orange, VA
Palmyra, VA
Paonia, CO
Poolesville, MD
Port Republic, VA
Powhatan, VA
Quinque, VA
Rapidan, VA
Reston, VA
Reva, VA
Richmond, VA
Rixeyville, VA
Ruckersville, VA
Silver Spring, MD
South Riding, VA
Sperryville, VA
Spotsylvania, VA
Stafford, VA
Stanardsville, VA
Sterling,Va
Summerduck, VA
Towson, MD
Warrenton, VA
Washington, VA
Waynesboro, VA
Winchester, VA
Woodberry Forest, VA
Yorktown, VA