Tour de Mad Dog News

Standings as of May 22nd.

point sheet May 22.pdf.xlsx

POSSIBLE TRAFFIC DELAYS  for Saturday, May 14th Mad Dog

The Old Tour d' Bridgeport Mad Dog route has been driven and all is ok.  HOWEVER - getting there might be slow.  There is some major road work on I-64 East.  You would normally get off at either the Waddy/Peytona exit or the Lawrenceburg exit.   Michael suggests taking the 2^nd Shelbyville exit to get on US 60 East to get to the church start location.  And for those in Indiana - there is the Sherman Minton Bridge closures to consider.

Please plan your commute to arrive for a 7:15 am sign-in with wheels rolling at 7:30 am.

Mad dog is not cancelled due to weather. 8 riders were already at the start. Rides need to be cancelled 2 hours in advance.

The Suburbane mad dog has been changed due to the possible closure of the East End bridge.  Please download the current GPS file listed as Suburbane century Revised 2-20-2022 in the LBC route library.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39147666

The Time Trial will be counted as a stage in the Series.  It will be held on Sunday, May 22nd.  It is an Out and Back course.  Check the Google Calendar for details.

There have been 3 centuries cancelled due to weather conditions and 3 centuries completed -  with 3 new Mad Dog Ride Captains that have done an excellent job.  We have had a total of 16 different riders and all 16 have completed the course.  Five riders have completed all 3 centuries.  Our next century is Thomas Nance's Haunted Hollow - this should be a beautiful course in Southern Indiana.

The Mad Dog series is back for 2022.  The schedule has been posted.  Would your company like to be on the jersey?  Sponsorship is needed to lower the cost of the finishers jersey.

2018 Mad Dog Series

Bob Grable, Director

A core group of regular riders on the Mad Dog Series (TMD) recently met and decided on a new format for TMD going forward. With this change I volunteered to be the 2018 Tour Director. Although we enjoyed the old format, the role of Tour Director had become quite a burden with complex rules & scoring system, coordination of materials for scorekeeping, associated communication updates, etc. Our aim was to keep the century ride format for those of us who enjoy riding long distances over great local courses in a safe setting with riders they enjoy being around. We decided to change TMD with the following new format –

· 21 century rides.

· If a rider completes 10 century rides they earn a Mad Dog jersey.

· No scorekeeping to determine winners by end of season.

· The sign-up sheets will determine who completed the ride.

· No requirement to ride the first 5 or last 5 centuries to qualify for the Mad Dog jersey.

· No prologue or time trials.

· Riders must be century fit and capable of riding a 14 mph pace under normal conditions.

· Riders who ride slower than 14 mph are welcome to ride. They must be self supported as the ride captain will not be responsible for sweeping riders who cannot maintain the minimum pace.

· We will not schedule back-up ride dates on the LBC schedule. It will be the ride captain’s call to cancel the ride.

· The OKHT and Horsey Hundred century rides will serve as bonus stages and count towards the ride requirement of 10 to earn a jersey.

The 2018 season begins in March and will run through October.

Final results have been updated for the 2017 TMD Challenge.

For the second consecutive year Larry Preble is the men's yellow jersey winner! Jonathan Lichtsteiner was a close second place , only 11 minutes behind Larry. Larry and Jonathon both completed all 21 TMD Stages.

Cathy Hill is the women's yellow jersey winner! with Amelia Dauer was exactly 26 minutes back in second place. Cathy completed 16 stages and Amelia 15 stages. The penalty for not completing a stage is 26 minutes - so there was the potential to have a very close women's finish.

(Both the Men's and Women's categories have equal prize money payout)

The white jersey leaders for both men's and women's classification will be awarded to the rider who have not reached their 25th birthday by tour's end OR who have not qualified as a previous TMD challenge finisher regardless of age.

Men's white jersey winner is John Peligrino!

Women's white jersey winner is Nancy Nance!

10 women completed the 2017 TMD Challenge and 24 men completed the 2017 Challenge! 

Congratulations to all of the finishers.

Thanks to all of the ride captains and the Louisville Bicycle Club for making this unique challenge possible.

Thomas Nance