Talk:Super Week
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SuperWeek is a 17 day series of Pro / Am Cycling races aka- The International Cycling Classic. The races consist of several series; 1. The SuperWeek Pro Tour - this series caters to Pro / Elite 1&2 Riders. 2. The SuperWeek Womens Pro Tour - this series caters to Women Pro / Elite 1&2 Riders. 3. The superWeek Sprint Series - this caters to Pro / Elite 1&2 Riders. 4. The International Cycling Classic - this is the overall event name and also caters to Cat. 3, Cat. 4, Cat 5, Masters, and Junior riders.
The International Cycling Classic offered over $ 200,000.00 in prize money in 2008, and celebrated it's 40th anniversary. The event fielded over 7,000 cyclists making it the worlds largest longest running mult-cat. cycling event in the world. Each year the SuperWeek Pro Tour features riders from the best Pro teams from all over the world. Some of the international teams feature the tour as a major part of there international programs.
The races were started in 1969 by one of the founding fathers of cycling in the USA Otto Wenz, who in 1997 was inducted in the US Cycling Hall of fame.
The race ends every year on the last day of the Tour de France. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.199.172.55 (talk) 22:34, 26 January 2009 (UTC)