ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — The 37th annual Tucson Bicycle Classic (TBC) three day event concluded Sunday at Naranja Park in Oro Valley.
The TBC is a stage race that started Friday morning with the individual time trial in Marana then moved to downtown Tucson in the evening for a new criterium style bike race called Rio Nuevo Criterium presented by Visit Tucson.
Saturday’s event was the Sahuarita Road Race.
Marco Colbert, TBC Race Director says the riders raced around the mines, with each lap being 20 miles, making it 80 miles for the pro men and women.
The finale was on Sunday called the Oro Valley Circuit Race presented by Rutledge Dental.
A new and shorter course this year for the circuit race included going through Oro Valley’s Naranja Park, starting and ending on Musette Drive; a road that Colbert has been waiting three years for it to be completed.
"This is a beautiful way to finish a bike race. It’s an uphill finish. This is challenging for anybody. Five percent, four percent, six percent grade right down there, which for me at least, six percent is awfully painful," Colbert described.This climb tested riders on their strength and determination lap after lap, especially for the pro men and women who raced for 75 minutes."The riders are racing for what’s called the GC, the General Classification. The winner, it’s cumulative overall four stages. The pros, it’s cumulative by time and whoever has the least amount of time is the winner and certain laps, riders acquire […]
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