Organized Events: Road

Come out and join us for the first annual Pueblo Classic Steel City road race and Chilly criterium! We’re looking forward to a beautiful race venue in gorgeous Pueblo, Colorado in the heart of the front range. Both a road race and a criterium for a variety of categories, domestic and collegiate

Paying homage to the mother of all rough road races, there is a new road race in Northwest Colorado that will challenge all of your skills as a bike racer – speed, handling, power, tactics, team, and grit.  Steamboat Roubaix – Hell of the High Rockies brings a fun and challenging course to pro-am racers looking to test their racing skills in a good ol’ fashioned peloton. Not interested in the pressure of entering a race category? We’ve got you covered with ‘citizens ride’ option to cruise the course at fun speed while enjoying the on-course support.

This ain’t no Gran Fondo and hopefully it won’t be a Tough Mudder either.

Kick off the spring season this March at one of the fastest races in Colorado, featuring new asphalt placed in spring of 2018. Louisville offers fast flowing corners, a power incline, and wide open roads to really put the hammer down! Come shake off the rust and open up the throttle at the Louisville Criterium!

We’ll have great prizes from our sponsors, plus a lively expo to keep spectators well fed, caffeinated, and entertained! Let’s kick off the 2021 Colorado Cycling Season in style!

The RMCC will explore the terrain of Larkspur during the 2021 Rampart Epic Double Century. Mixed terrain ride, requiring gravel bike or at least 35mm tires; 40mm or so is optimal

Elephant Rock is a true Colorado cycling classic, dating back more than 30 years. This legend has endured for good reason — the excellent riding is matched by the festival atmosphere and the professional support out on course.

This year we have three road courses (44, 60 and 100 miles), one gravel/road route (28.5 miles) and one great family ride (8 miles). It all goes down June 6 in Castle Rock, Colorado, with all rides starting and finishing at Douglas County Fairgrounds.

And the rides are only half the party! The Colorado Bike Expo on June 6 will feature scores of cool exhibitors, demos, live music, food and more.

The course you will ride is a grueling but beautiful, scenic, 235 miles, over 5 mountain passes and 17,000 feet of elevation gain through the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern, Colorado.

Pedaling 4 Parkinson’s draws hundreds each year to join the fight against Parkinson’s Disease. We will be starting at Sweetwater Park in Lone Tree, CO. With multiple distances to choose from, there is a route for participants of all levels. All money raised from riders will be donated to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Whether you’re a rider, sponsor, or volunteer, every effort counts.

Over $558,000 RAISED
FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH

Unfortunately in June 2020 we were not able to celebrate the 35th Annual Ride The Rockies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   It was hard but definitely the right choice and we hope everyone remains safe and well.  We are looking forward to hosting more than 2000 riders from around the world to explore the Colorado Rocky Mountains by bicycle in 2021.  It is a wonderful route and we know how much everyone was looking forward to it.

Registration for the 2021 Ride The Rockies is open so sign up now.

In 1986, 1,500 cyclists pedaled off on a 300-plus mile citizen’s tour that crossed three mountain passes and became an annual tradition called Ride The Rockies. The tour that Outside Magazine called a “celebration of fitness” now celebrates its 35th year as a beloved Colorado institution sponsored by the Denver Post Community Foundation. Ride The Rockies embraces not only cyclists but the towns, sponsors, volunteers and Colorado residents who enjoy following the annual multi-day event.

While the Tour route changes each year, the benefits and responsibilities of each host community remain the same. Benefits include publicity, positive economic impact, fundraising opportunities and a grant provided to an eligible non-profit agency in each host town by The Denver Post Community Foundation. Cyclists in 2019 spent an average of $250,000 in a 24-hour period in each town and many planned to return at a later date as tourists. Host communities provide alternative lodging, inexpensive community meals and entertainment.

Riders on past Ride The Rockies have represented all 50 states and 18 foreign countries. Ride The Rockies is a non-competitive event open to cyclists of all ages and participants are encouraged to ride at their own pace.

Proceeds from Ride The Rockies benefit The Denver Post Community Foundation. All funds raised are returned directly to Colorado nonprofits.

An easy hour drive from Denver, Fort Collins is made for lovers of the great outdoors and boasts the title of no. 1 city in America for cycling and Craft Beer Capital of Colorado. Nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Fort Collins offers hundreds of miles of world class road riding and a myriad of terrains. Open country roads and the more challenging climbs of the foothills are just a few of the highlights on Ride to End ALZ route.

The weekend kicks off Saturday night with a VIP Research Dinner at Ginger and Baker, just blocks from Old Town. Then, Sunday’s epic ride into the foothills starts and finishes at the beautiful Colorado State University campus.

4 exciting one-day routes AND a 2-day “Double Century”

June 19
62, 50, 25 Mile Routes
Early Bird (By March 15)
$90 per person
($100 per person after March 15)

June 19
15 Mile Family Route
Early Bird (By March 15)
$15 per person
($20 per person after March 15)

June 19-20
100 km & 100 mi
Early Bird (By March 15)
$140 per person
($150 per person after March 15)

Each person receives:
-Lunch
-SAG support
-Custom FREEDOM TOUR jersey

The RMCC will explore the terrain of Golden during the 2021 Peak to Peak Double Century.

Course Highlights:
Distance: 200 miles
Climbing:17,500 feet

Anyone following cycling the last few years knows that riding bikes on gravel roads is having its moment. The mix of scenery, safety and challenge have all conspired to make the road less traveled more desirable. Get off the paved path and you’ll encounter fewer cars and more solitude and serenity. That’s the inspiration behind the first annual RTR Getaway Gold Rush Gravel Tour, a three-day self to semi-supported ride that circumnavigates Colorado’s famed Gold Belt region, an area rich in old west mining history and replete with stunning scenery — and amazing gravel roads.

Starting in Woodland Park, this testing route traces a 222.3-mile or 155.10 mile counterclockwise loop that passes through Cripple Creek, Cañon City, Victor, and Colorado Springs. There are two route options: a more relaxed, easy going option or a more challenging option both in distance and elevation.  Pick what works for you. Notable highlights include Shelf Road, Red Rock Park, Temple Canyon, Phantom Canyon Road, Victor Pass, and Gold Camp Road. But most impressive of all is that the Gold Rush Gravel challenge route is 55% off-pavement (122.6 miles total) and features a leg-leg burning 21,747 feet of climbing.  Remember there are more relaxed options on Day 1 and 3, which significantly reduce total mileage and climbing. It is a getaway – do what is most enjoyable for you!

Route Options:

Relaxed Gravel Route: 155.10 Miles/14,810′ Approximate Elevation Gain
Challenge Gravel Route: 222.3 Miles/21,747′ Approximate Elevation Gain

Overnight Towns:

• Thursday, July 8, 2021 – Packet Pick-up: Woodland Park
• Friday, July 9, 2021 – Cañon City
• Saturday, July 10, 2021 – Colorado Springs
• Sunday, July 11, 2021 – Woodland Park

The Team Evergreen Tour de Victory Cycling Classic is a fundraising event for the Davis Phinney Foundation® for Parkinson’s.

The Team Evergreen® Tour de Victory™ is a charity fundraising event to raise awareness for Parkinson’s Disease while benefiting the Davis Phinney Foundation®.
A 100K Advanced Ride, 50K Challenge Ride, and special Parkinson’s Peloton™ — each a path toward a personal victory.
There are an estimated 17,000 people living with Parkinson’s disease in Colorado and more than 1 million nationwide. A chronic and progressively degenerative disease for which there is no cure, people with Parkinson’s endure an array of symptoms that impede movement, comfort and clarity. For many, it impacts half a lifetime.
The Davis Phinney Foundation provides essential information, practical tools and inspiration to people living with Parkinson’s. By funding early-phase, innovative research that focuses on exercise, speech, movement and other factors that affect daily life, we help make it possible to live well with Parkinson’s today.

For more than three decades, thousands of cyclists have come together to conquer mountains and raise more than $50 million for Children’s Hospital Colorado over the years in the annual Courage Classic Bicycle Tour.

This year’s event will be limited to 500 participants. For those who can’t make the in-person event, there is a virtual option.

This year’s theme is extra special: Courage Can’t Be Stopped

because in the face of adversity, medical challenges, and even a global pandemic…

The courage of the kids, families, and caregivers for whom we “ride” cannot be stopped.

And neither can our committed Courage Classic community.

This year’s distance-based virtual tour format will broaden the possibilities beyond what any of us ever dreamed. While we encourage you to continue to keep the incredible tradition of cycling alive – around the block, in your basement on your Peloton, or out on the trails or roads for the full tour mileage – we know that this will be challenging for some. Whatever challenging activity you choose, set a distance-based goal – and you can ride, spin, run, hike, swim, row, walk or go the distance for children’s health in whatever way you choose to support Children’s Colorado.

Routes

The event welcomes cyclists of all ages and abilities! We host three different road ride routes—26, 46, and 66 miles. We also host 2 gravel routes, a 100 mile, and a new 50 mile route. There’s something for riders of all ages and abilities. Names like Rabbit Ears Pass, Gore Pass, Yellow Jacket Pass, Stagecoach, Yampa and Oak Creek dot these incredible routes. We are a non-competitive event, and participants are encouraged to ride at their own pace and enjoy the majestic scenery in our part of the world! We offer superb aid stations, support, and end of the ride barbecue and beer garden with local microbrews. Click here to see all the routes.

Post-ride Party

Capping off the day is an expo and western BBQ with live music and 5 local microbreweries serving refreshing, hand-crafted beer (BBQ and beer included in registration fee).

Registration

Ride is limited to 1,200 participants. (No waiting in line at aid stations at this event!) Click here to learn more and register.

Mile for mile, the 719 Ride is one of the most challenging single-day cycling events in Colorado.

The 719 Ride is a 100% self-supported, grassroots, group cycling ride organized and held in Colorado Springs, CO.

It’s an unsponsored, word-of-mouth, Festival of Never-Ending Ascending held on a loop course of neighborhood roads. It’s where repetition happens and beauty is found in a merry-go-round of uphilly-ness.

Five laps (71.9 miles and 9,190′ of elevation gain) is the signature ride, but you can ride as many laps as your brain can handle and your legs and lungs allow.

Without any on-course support or aid stations and ridden when the thermometer is typically in the low-to-mid 90s, the 719 Ride is as challenging as any single-day ride in Colorado. The course is relentless, unwavering and never defeated.

But the 719 Ride is a challenge that can be tailored to any fitness level.

Ride as many laps as your brain can handle and your legs allow. Your 719 Ride adventure won’t end until you choose to end it.

Cycle Colorado’s majestic mountains to fight human trafficking.

TOUR OVERVIEW
COLORADO MOUNTAIN TOUR will cycle through scenic Colorado mountain communities and over iconic passes.
4 days, 260 miles, 16,20000 feet of climbing
(2500 to 4300 ft of climbing per day)
a glorious view of God’s creation

Sound like fun?
As a part of this unique, exciting experience you will:
-raise funds and awareness for a great cause
-build lasting relationships
-stretch your limits
-perhaps even discover something about yourself

The Bob Cook Memorial Mt. Evans Hill climb is an iconic bicycle race that takes place on the highest paved road in North America. The 56^thAnnual Bob Cook Memorial Mt. Evans Hill Climb, Colorado State Championship Hill Climb is a historical event that draws racers from all over the country to experience the challenge of racing on the highest paved road in the United States, at 14,130 feet above sea level.

Challenge yourself to check one of the coolest and most notable rides off the list.

Registration will open in Februrary, 2021.

100 Miles – 3  Cat 1 Climbs – 11,164′ Vertical Gain

The Colorado Park 2 Park Challenge is a single-day Gran Fondo from Denver’s City Park to Winter Park Resort, climbing three of Colorado’s toughest mountains. Former pro cyclist Amy Charity has set the course pace and riders will be awarded a Gold, Silver or Bronze custom wood trophy based on your finishing time compared to our pacesetters time.

REGISTRATION OPEN’s JANUARY 18TH, 2021

THE 2019 & 2020 EVENT SOLD OUT

Once you’ve done the rest, Take the Challenge.

Colorado Park 2 Park Challenge

We start high in the Rocky Mountains and only go up from there.

Based at Copper Mountain in the heart of the Rockies, the famous Copper Triangle is a Colorado classic.

This road sportive is graced with breathtaking scenery, gorgeous roads and three climbs over 10,000 feet.The 79-mile loop crests three Colorado mountain passes – Fremont Pass (Elev. 11,318’), Tennessee Pass (Elev. 10,424’) and Vail Pass (Elev. 10,662’) – for a total elevation gain of 6,500 feet.

The Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cycling Hill Climb features a competitive race sanctioned by USA Cycling and a Gran Fondo non-competitive fun ride that give cyclists of all abilities a truly unique experience on Pikes Peak . Created in 2010, this event attracts the top competitive and recreational cyclists from across the nation and around the world.

Cyclists will ride in a fully supported event.

Competitive Race & Gran Fondo: 12.42 miles/20 km – 4,725 ft. elevation gain.

At an elevation of 14,115′, Pikes Peak – America’s Mountain is one of Colorado’s 54 fourteeners, mountains that rise more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level, and the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is located within the Pike National Forest. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike and is a designated National Historic Landmark.

The RMCC will explore some new terrain in northern Colorado during the 2021 Colorado Tour de Moose. This challenging double century climbs into the heart of northern Colorado Rockies via Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), Willow Creek Pass, and Cameron Pass.

The Stonewall Century is a challenging road bike ride along one of Colorado’s most beautiful scenic highways. We welcome you to come and enjoy some of the best road riding in Southern Colorado.

The Triple Bypass travels over gorgeous mountain passes (we limit vehicular access on many roads for your safety and comfort) and on bike paths. You will ride with thousands of your friends, snack yourself silly with 5 aid stations and finish it all off with a catered feast and expo.

THE TRIPLE BYPASS
SATURDAY – 110 MILES
EVERGREEN TO VAIL
The classic Triple is a bucket-list event across the nation, and for good reason. Leaving from Evergreen, CO, we travel over Juniper, Loveland and Vail pass. Pure gorgeous.

THE DOUBLE BYPASS
SATURDAY – 64 MILES
GEORGETOWN TO VAIL
Leaving from Georgetown, you’ll head over Loveland and Vail Passes for a challenging 65 mile ride into Vail. Not quite ready for the full Triple? This one is for you. It’s still not easy, but worth every mile.

SINGLE BYPASS
SATURDAY – 110 MILES
EVERGREEN TO VAIL
Take the Triple Bypass and add timing on uphill sections of each pass. This is not a race but a lil’ challenge for those that want to see how quick they are on the climbs. Awards will be given for KOM and QOM of each pass as well as the overall cumulative time.

8:00AM Start

Choose from a 30 mile or 50 mile out and back along County Road 77 towards Tarryall Reservoir, outside of Lake George, CO.

Full support ride! Aide stations at 15 miles and 25 miles, SAG wagon, and finish line lunch.

Start/Finish line is about 9.5 miles down County Road 77 from Highway 24 in Lake George, CO.

$60 per individual adult – road or ebike

FREE <13 y.o.

$10 OFF – EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT

use code TAKE10 at registration checkout if you register BEFORE July 24th.

Starting in historic Golden, CO, this event features long Rocky Mountain climbs and descents, elevations between 5,600 – 11,000 feet above sea level, and a great downtown park atmosphere for the finish line party.

Fundraising and/or donating is not mandatory.  To streamline the process for those who are interested, a pledgereg page will be created for you upon registration.  Our friends at Team Type 1 greatly appreciate any support!

 Event Open to All from Beginner to Elite

3 loops to choose from: 90 mile, 60 mile, 20 mile

Each year, Venus de Miles brings over a thousand women together for sisterhood, community, and a great time, all in support of Greenhouse Scholars. Venus de Miles will celebrate our 14th year on August 28, 2021!

In 2020, Venus de Miles Colorado moved locations to Bohn Park along the banks of the St. Vrain in beautiful Lyons, Colorado. This location offers access to some of Colorado’s most popular cycling routes with awe-inspiring views. The gorgeous and completely revamped Bohn Park runs along the beautiful riverbanks of the St. Vrain, offering riders access to a larger venue with amazing amenities. It also allows us to bring new perks and fun activities to our event that the whole family will enjoy. As always, Venus de Miles will offer a variety of course options to accommodate any active woman, and an iconic finish line festival that treats participants to great food, free drinks, and pampering spa treatments—philanthropy has surely never felt so good!

Ride with us in the name of sisterhood and change.