NOTE: The 5th annual Tour de Mississauga will take place on Sunday, September 16, 2012. See you then!
MCAC volunteers are busy debriefing and reviewing the considerable input coming in following the 4th annual Tour de Mississauga which took place on Sunday, September 18. We so appreciate hearing your comments to help us improve and grow the event responsibly. Final counts are still being determined, based on additional manual registrations and walk-ups on Tour Day, but over 1200 riders and 50 volunteer marshals meant this was our biggest event so far. This was a key transitional year: while we had significant sponsors for the first time, we are still catching up to the fact that this is now a big event. With yesterday`s demonstrated support from the cycling community, we can better attract sponsors in 2012 to fund the amenities that Tour riders expect and require for such a large ride. WE HEAR YOU! It was only 3 short years ago that we first had 30 riders meet in a parking lot, and last year we were basically all over the grass at Streetsville Memorial Park. Your patience and confidence is deeply appreciated as we get ready for next year, which will focus on the Southeast quadrant of the City. Thanks for taking the time to send your thoughts for an event that is truly being shaped by its participants.
Please e-mail contact@mississaugacycling.ca if you`d like to add your input to our consultative process.
P.S. The Tour jerseys (sold at cost) were a complete sell-out (in less than 24 hours!).
A reminder: All registrants will be reimbursed for the `tech`T-shirt orders which could not be fulfilled and we regret that we could not deliver on that project — next year, we will anticipate the issues further ahead (which means the cutoff date for online T-shirt orders will have to be sooner).
WHO WON THE FREE DRAWS at the BBQ? See the top of our Sponsors webpage for the names of the 14 winners and their prizes!
POST-TOUR BENEFITS: Please check out our Sponsors webpage to find out what additional benefits they are offering. Take your 2011 Tour de Mississauga bike plate into the sponsors’ locations to be entitled to the discounts/special offers they have indicated.
Left: 2011 Tour organizing team with the Tour banner we`ll present at Council on November 23, 2011 when we make our annual MCAC presentation. Click image for enlargement.
