The North Star Grand Prix will return in 2015 with two new presenting sponsors that stepped up to save the National Racing Calendar staple event from cancellation.
The event, now known as the North Star Bicycle Festival presented by North Memorial Health Care and PreferredOne, will include the Life Time Fitness Hillfest on June 13 and the North Star Grand Prix pro stage race June 17-21. The race takes place in the Minnesota cities of Saint Paul, Cannon Falls, Minneapolis and Stillwater. There will also be the traditional road race stage in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
“We are so grateful to North Memorial Health Care and PreferredOne for stepping up to the plate and saving this important cycling event,” said Race Director David LaPorte. “The festival has been a crucial part of the Midwest cycling community and USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar for 17 years and it would be a real shame to lose it.”
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Other new sponsors include RBC Wealth Management, K’ul Chocolate, Luther Westside Volkswagen and Voler. In 2015 the festival will also benefit a new charity, Special Olympics of Minnesota.
Memorial Health Care Chief Executive Officer J. Kevin Croston said his company is committed to the health and wellness of its communities, and there is a natural synergy with the cycling event. Preferred One CEO Paul Geiwitz said the company hopes its members can attend one of the many free Festival bike events.
The North Star Grand Prix opens on June 17 in Saint Paul with a morning time trial along East River Parkway. The racing moves to downtown Saint Paul’s Lowertown area that evening with a criterium.
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