Bike race circles around KCK park

Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)
Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)

by William Crum

Saturday was the first day for the Criterium annual bicycle race in Kansas City, Kan.

The race started at 10 a.m. Saturday. The two-day benefit event for FreeWheels for Kids was at Big 11 Lake and Waterway Park, 11th and Grandview Boulevard, Kansas City, Kan.

On Sunday, registration started at 8:30 a.m.

For more information about FreeWheels for Kids, go to the website www.Freewheelsforkids.org or call Britton Kusiak at 913-617-8318.

Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)
Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)

Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)
Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)

Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)
Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)

Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)
Bicyclists participated in the Criterium bicycle race Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. (Photo by William Crum)

Damon Duehring and Craig Morris  won the master's competition of the Criterium bicycle race Saturday. (Photo by William Crum)
Damon Duehring and Craig Morris won the master’s competition of the Criterium bicycle race Saturday. (Photo by William Crum)