Minnesota State Championship Series

Maplelag Resort is excited for the upcoming Laddies Loppet mountain bike stage race weekend - a fun filled weekend with racing, mountain bike fellowship with a bbq and bonfire for overnight guests. Work has taken place over the summer, maintaining the trails including new singletrack sections built in recent years. These sections have been added to the course for the 2008 race. Latest trail and course information can be found on the Laddies Loppet event page.
http://www.maplelag.com/events.html#september

The cross country event, which is also the race that counts in the
series standings, is a National Calendar event. The race serves as a
qualifier for the US MTB Nationals, which will be held at Sol Vista,
Colorado, July 2009. Riders will be scored based on US Cycling
guidelines for qualification. See USA Cycling website for more
information. http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3348
Sunday's cross country race is also a Alison Dunlap Jr. Olympic qualifier race with top junior riders given the opportunity to attend development
camps in the future. See USA Cycling for more information.
http://www.usacycling.org/adjomtb/

The prize list for the top male and female Elite riders (Expert/Semi-Pro
and Pros combined) for the stage race is as follows:

1st $350
2nd $250
3rd $150
4th $100
5th $85

100% cash payback plus $500 awarded to the top five as a minimum in
Elite men and women time trial and short track with special awards to
the top overall finishers in Comp, Sport and Citizen.

Maplelag is also excited to announce that the University of North Dakota
will be hosting a collegiate race in conjunction with the Laddies Loppet
stage race weekend. Riders from Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota expected to attend. Come cheer on the top collegiate riders in the region.

With lodging at Maplelag Resort and the Detroit Lakes area filling up
fast, please make arrangements now and plan on attending this fun filled weekend.

For more information about the weekend, please visit the event page -
http://www.maplelag.com/events.html# September or contact Jay Richards at
jrichard@arvig.net or call 800-654-7711