Corporate Challenge

Corporate Challenge Team

The Rodale Corporate Challenge at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center has become one of the most popular events of the summer season since it’s inception ten years ago. This unique event offers your company a terrific team-building opportunity, the chance to put your corporate logo in front of at least 2,000 Friday night fans, an introduction to velodrome racing for new racers or a welcome return for our veterans and on top of all this, it’s just plain fun!

The Rodale Corporate Challenge pits up to 16 teams together in a round-robin elimination throughout the evening as teams compete in the Italian Pursuit and scratch races. Each six-person team includes at least two women and up to four men.

The Italian Pursuit format features two teams lined up on opposite sides of the velodrome and they “pursue” each other for six laps. The lead rider of each team drops off after each lap, leaving only the final, or anchor rider for each team, to finish the race against the clock. The best six teams advance to the finals. The remaining, non-qualifying teams may place their top male and female racers in a mass start race during the night for team and company bragging rights. A scratch race is simply a winner-take-all race to the finish.

No prior racing experience needed! The Valley Preferred Cycling Center provides the track bikes, coaching and training time for each team. Teams train one night per week for five weeks prior to the event.

2011 Rodale Corporate Challenge Schedule

Practice #	Day	Date	Session	Time*
Optional	Thursday	July 14th	—-	6 – 10 p.m.
Optional	Sunday	July 17th	—-	4 – 8 p.m.
1	Thursday	July 21st	One	6 – 8 p.m.
			Two	8 – 10 p.m.
2	Sunday	July 24th	—-	4 – 6 p.m. (Combined due to Masters Track Nationals)
3	Sunday	July 31st	One	4 – 6 p.m.
			Two	6 – 8 p.m.
4	Thursday	August 4th	One	6 – 8 p.m.
			Two	8 – 10 p.m.
5	Sunday	August 7th	One	4 – 6 p.m.
			Two	6 – 8 p.m.
6	Thursday	August 11th	One	6 – 8 p.m.
				8 – 10 p.m.
Race Night	Friday	August 12th	n/a	5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Check in. Racing Starts at 7:30 p.m.**

*Corporate Challenge teams may choose their a set practice time, either early, 6 – 8 p.m., or late, 8 – 10 p.m. Only eight (8) teams are able to practice at a time, thus the practice time choice is first come first serve.
**Details will be available after completeing registration.

Corporate Challenge finals will be featured on Friday Night, August 12th, in conjunction with the “World Series of Biycling” – The Rodale Corporate Challenge Finals.

Please Contact Ben Miller for more information.

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