Ronde von SanRaflaanderras | Official Fake Race Announcement

Hardest Course in Years; Features New Bergs

After much anticipation, delay and many rumors both true and false, PHRO today released the route for the reborn Ronde von SanRaflaanderran. Long considered the centerpiece in the semi-precious stone encrusted crown that is the Marin World Cup, the Tour of SanRaflaanderrs (as it's colloquially known) has been the yardstick by which fake racers county-wide take the measure of their worth. Often compared to it's sister event, the Tour of Flanders, which shares it's menu of mixed terrain, narrow roads, winding parcors, and short, viciously hard climbs or hellingen, the RVSR is generally considered the harder but also more prestigious version of it's Belgian brethren. The victors who survive to make the last climb to the top of the podium, are only fractionally less defeated than those a step down but who stand for all time in the halls of greatness.

The course for the revived 2017 Tour of SanRaflandeers is both an homage to editions past and also a clear signal to a bright and demanding future. The route runs roughly 20 miles entirely constrained within the Ross Valley and eschews the out of district sorties that had become a more common feature of the most recent versions. Many of the climbs are familiar standards of the early years such as the Gerstleberg, Legendberg and the always fierce Havenberg while PHRO has added in new challenges such as the mixed surface Laurelberg, the lengthy Legendberg and a new climb, the fearsomely steep and long Cuestaberg that also features a hotspot sprint just before the summit.

With 13 hellingen in total, PHRO has arguably created the hardest SanRaflaanderrs ever which, given the fake-races two year absence, is a fitting reintroduction to the legion of fans who will undoubtedly line the course to cheer the combatants.

Event Schedule: 
Saturday, April 15th

3:00 pm – Ceremonial parade departure from the Hushvod Boosters Clubhouse new location: Log Cabin @ Memorial Park
3:30 pm – Group starts Cerrosberg
5:00 pm – 1st Rider starts Laurelberg
5:15 pm – Results and podium ceremony.

*******This event is run entirely for fun and not for profit. To borrow a phrase: "The less fun you have, the more you'll pay." Anyone over the age of 18 is welcome to attend. Registration is free but the promoter is accepting donations. Leffe, Duvel and Stella Artois are preferred but anything of Western European origin is acceptable currency. Anyone found taking this event seriously will be banished from all Marin World Cup events for a time period no less than 1 year. Also, you will suck. Safety first.********

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