Classic season in the U.P. is short, sweet, and painful: 80 miles of bad road under the nastiest April weather mother nature can cook up. Director of the fourth annual Ronde van Skandia, Tom Maheny, is once again compiling a list of the roughest, dog-infested, head-wind-cursed roads the south side of Marquette has to offer in his quest to match the hallowed grounds of Northern Europe in a race contested in the tradition of a spring classic. The event is scheduled for April 17. Two-time winer Wes Pernsteiner (Chocolay-Ace) will be going for the hat trick this year. It won't be a walk in the park though: there has been some serious training going on in the Sisu Cyclces ranks, and the Red Jackets and Team Dorfblick just might suprise as well. Check out the kmk website for race details.