Exhibition Events

Gran Premio de Guatemala (August 28, 11am):
This event is a 24-kilometer uphill time trial, and will serve as a way for contestants to earn one of the 100 free spots to CMWC. This event is free to participate in and open to anybody, however only locals may win the free registration spots.
more info grand premio race flyer CMWC2010_28Agosto.pdf

La Ocho (September 3 - 5):
This will be a one-of-a-kind 200-meter long, figure-8 dirt track with an over/under crossing in the middle. Registration is limited to 238 riders, and is open only to racers registered for the CMWC. More race details will be announced at as they become available. more information on La Ocho

PAC BAGS CMWC Bike-Polo Challenge (September 6 - 8):
*Two teams of three players. Any type of bicycle is allowed. Handlebars must be plugged.
*Modified ski poles and plastic pipe are the most common materials to make mallets. The handle end of the mallet must be plugged.
*The ball will be a street hockey ball.
*Goals will be a pair of orange cones spaced one bike length apart.
*All games are timed.
*Start of a game: Each team will be stopped behind its own goal line and the ball will be positioned at center court. Play will begin with a “3 2 1 GO!” from the sideline.
*Players may not play the ball with their feet at any time.
*Scoring a goal must be made from what started as a hit. A hit is made from the end of a player’s mallet. A “shuffle” does not count as a goal; if the ball is shuffled through the goal, play continues uninterrupted.
*After a goal is scored, the team who scored returns to their half of the court. The team who was scored on takes possession of the ball.
*Call out the score after each goal.
*No passing “backward” through the goal.
*Players must not touch the ground or foot-down. Each time a player goes foot-down, that player is out of play and may not play the ball until they ride to the side line at center court and ring the bell. Then they may return to play. It is poor etiquette not to go immediately and directly to the tap-out bell once you go foot-down.
*Contact rules: “Like” contact is allowed. Player to player (body to body), except grabbing or pushing with hands. Mallet to mallet (generally, hitting another player’s mallet is poor etiquette if that player is not attempting to play the ball or in front of the goal, playing goalie). Bike to bike.
*Everything else is NOT allowed: Mallet to player, player to bike, mallet to bike, etc.
*Throwing of mallets is not allowed at any time, in any situation.
*Trash talking is allowed.

Foot Down (September 9th, 8pm - 9pm):
The idea of this game is to stay upright and within the playing area, on your bike with out allowing any part of your body to touch the ground. The last rider not to fall wins. Participants may bump and push one another so long as they do not remove their hands from their handlebars or their feet from the pedals. The playing area is surrounded by the spectators and eliminated riders, and as more riders are eliminated, the circular area around the riders becomes smaller and smaller.

Team Foot Down (September 9th):
The same rules apply as in regular Foot Down, however it is played in teams of 5 riders per team, and 3 teams per heat. Each team must designate 1 captain, and a team is eliminated only when their team captain falls. From each heat, the team who's captain stays up the longest advances to the next round.