2012 Colorado Bike Events

Schedule of Bike Rides, Bike Events, Citizen Bike Races in Colorado

List of Cycling Events in Colorado - mark your calendars. If you live in Colorado, or plan to visit as a tourist, you might be looking for some events to use as training, or as your ultimate goal. There are plenty of bike events to fill your calendar in 2012.

List of cycling EVENTS and dates in Colorado for the 2012 season 
April 26-May 4, 2012 - Fruita Fat Tire Festival
May 19, 2012 - Buena Vista Bicycle Festival 
May 26-28, 2012 - Durango-Silverton Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Race
June 3, 2012 - Road to Victory, Davis Phinney Foundation 
June 3, 2012 -  Subaru Elephant Rock Cycling Festival
June 10-16, 2012 - The Denver Post Ride The Rockies 
June 23, 2012 - Boulder Sunrise Century Race
June 17-23, 2012 - Bicycle Tour of Colorado 
June 30 - July 1, 2012 - 26th Annual Great-West Life Bike MS 

July 8, 2012 - Red Rocks Century 
July 14-15, 2012 - Triple Bypass 
July 21, 2012 - Tour de Steamboat 
August 4, 2012 - Copper Triangle 
August 11, 2012 - BStrong Ride 
August 5-11, 2012 - Colorado Rocky Mountain Bike Tour 
August 18, 2012 - Colorado Tour de Cure
August 21, 2012 - Deer Creek Challenge 
August 26, 2012 - Venus de Miles 
August 20-21, 2012 - Echelon Gran Fondo 
August 2012 (?) - Assault on the Peak 
September 1, 2012 -SPAN the Rockies 
September 15, 2012 - Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life (event)

Sept. 21-23, 2012 - The Denver Post Pedal The Plains
September 29, 2012 - Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Tour
October 6, 2012 - Icon LASIK Tour of the Moon 

Some other cycling event rides near Colorado: (CA, UT, NM, OR, AZ, IA) 
March 10, 2012 - Solvang Century, California 
March 10-13, 2012 - Moab Skinny Tire Festival, Utah 
April 19-22, 2012 - Sea Otter Classic, CA
April 28, 2012 - L' Etape du California (Tour of California stage for citizens)
May 12, 2012 - GranFondo Moab, Utah 
May 20, 2012 - Santa Fe Century, New Mexico 
July 14, 2012 - Death Ride, California 
July 22-28, 2012 - Ragbrai, Iowa
August 2012 - Cascade Gran Fondo, Oregon 
September 16-18, 2012 - Moab Century Tour, Utah  
September 29, 2012 - Levi's GranFondo, CA
November, 2012 - El Tour de Tucson 
Various dates across the nation in 2012 - Soldier Rides, Nationwide

Other events in Canada: 
July 14, 2012 - RBC GranFondo Kelowna, BC,
July 21, 2012 - GranFondo Ottawa 
September 8, 2012 - RBC GranFondo Whistler

List of cycling RACES and dates in Colorado for the 2012 season 
March 31, 2012 - Louisville Criterium (race)
April 22, 2012 - Mead Roubaix (race)
April 28, 2012 - The Koppenberg (race)
May 6, 2012 - Deer Trail Road Race (race)
May 12, 2012 - Wheels of Thunder (race) BRAC 
May 18-20, 2012 - Superior Morgul Classic (race)
June 2-3, 2012: Colorado Mini Classic (junior stage race)
June 3, 2012 - City Park Criterium (race) BRAC  
June 9, 2012 - Hugo Road Race (race) BRAC 
June 10, 2012 - BetiBikeBash (wms mtn bike race)
June 17, 2012 - Guanella Pass Hill Climb (race) BRAC 
June 23, 2012 - Dead Dog Stage Race (race) BRAC 
June 30, 2012 - Prospect Criterium (race) BRAC 
July 1, 2012 - Mike Horgan Hillclimb (race)
July 8, 2012 - Cottonwood Pass Hill Climb (race) BRAC 
July 15, 2012 - Longmont Criterum (race) BRAC 
July 28-29, 2012 - Salida Classic (race) BRAC    
July 21, 2012 - Bob Cook Memorial/Mt Evans Hill Climb (race) 
August 4, 2012 - ColoBikeLaw.com Lookout Mountain Hillclimb race (race)
August 5, 2012 - Bannock Criterium (race) BRAC 
August 12, 2012 - North Boulder Park Crit (race) BRAC 
September 31-October 2, 2012 Steamboat Stage Race (race) BRAC  
September 2012 - Colorado Crooked Roubaix (race) (this event was cancelled in 2011, I hope it returns in 2012) 
October 15, 2012 - Deer Creek Canyon TT (race) BRAC

If you are interested in additional Colorado road race, criterium, hillclimb, and cyclocross race dates and schedules for 2012, more information on racing in Colorado may be found at American Cycling Association Colorado Bicycle Racing Association calendar of races under 'Events', on their website at http://www.coloradocycling.org/

Remember the USA Pro Cycling Challenge dates are August 20-26, 2012. You'll want to be a fan at the race for the entire week next year! 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge route announced

This is me at the 2009 Moab Century Ride in Utah climbing The Big Nasty

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