Now I’m not sure, but I believe that this weekend is the start of "real" racing, is it not? It’s so hard to remember when the real racing takes over from the imaginary, perhaps we’re all living in a dream of our own conjuring? Am I real? Are you real? Who can say?

Of course, if you are real, there’s a R&A Cycles Series race in Prospect Park on Saturday.

Over the weekend, there’s the very real Tour of the Dragons stage race in Vermont.

And on Sunday there’s the Orchard Beach Criterium p/b IWF in the Bronx, here they do know how to keep it real.