This Saturday in Brooklyn NYC: First Stage of the 2013 Red Hook Criterium Cycling Series
As avid fans of cycling, we're proud to sponsor this year's Red Hook Criterium - a race series consisting of world class road racers, track specialists, bike messengers and urban athletes, which kicks off this Saturday at Red Hook’s Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.
The Red Hook Crit, as it’s known, is a fixed gear bike race through the night streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn. Previously held twice a year, with Rockstar’s help the RHC is now expanding into a four-part championship series with races in select urban locations across the world. After the first round this Saturday, riders will again take to the BK streets for a new event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this June. The series then moves to mainland Europe for the next stop in Barcelona in August before crowning its first ever World Champion in Milan in October.
Saturday night’s race kicks off at 7:30 PM with men's and women's 5K runs before the main event at 9:00 PM. For all of our fans here in the NYC area, we hope to see you there. For everyone else, you can follow the action with real-time leaderboards and updates with the free official Red Hook Crit iOS app, available now on the App Store.
For a bit of background on the history of the race, check out the video below. Narrated by RHC organizer David Trimble, this clip sheds light on the history of the race and what's in store for this year's event - along with background on Brooklyn's historic Red Hook neighborhood and its efforts to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
For more details on the race, visit www.redhookcrit.com or follow them on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
UPDATE: Check out a bonus warm up video about the Red Hook Crit below...
Previously:
Tour de France & the Spring classics?
And love the poster!
As for the poster, you can actually purchase one or both of them on these pages:
http://www.gagedesoto.com/collections/red-hook-crit/products/rhc-2013-alt-poster
http://www.gagedesoto.com/collections/red-hook-crit/products/red-hook-crit-2013-official-poster
Milano - San Remo, Liège–Bastogne–Liège,
Paris–Roubaix, Amstel Gold Race...and the
3 big ones:
Tour de France, Giro d'italia and La vuelta a Espana.
And Gianni Bugno being my all time fave rider. Never seen
anyone so elegant when climbing mountains - sitting on his
saddle all the way up!
And thanks for the links, they look AWESOME! I'll get a couple of them.
All the best with your involvement in the race and GTA V of course!
Already missed the newswire.
And the same with football - kick EA's asses off their fake football throne, they can't program
a decent game that works.
You know stanley? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fA_5IcoGJU - haha classic stuff!
And while we're at sports games - R* make a decent boxing game!
Video 2013 Red Hook Criterium Warmup
Name background Music?
I mean, WOW, that is absolutely AMAZING seeing Rockstar taking interests in sports.
You just earned a lot of respect! This is what I wanna see on the newswire every day, not only R* games!
I wish I was there to watch and support you, Rockstar!
But I have always wondered why R* has sponsored this specific event, does the R* have a soft spot for cycling?
So, why does the R* team sponsor this event exclusively?
cheers R*
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