Sarah Sturm, Ruth Holcomb and winner Kira Payer lead the women’s peloton last year during the 50th annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s pro road race. This year’s Coca-Cola Road Race is scheduled for May 27. (Durango Herald file) Registration for the 51st annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic will begin next week.
Before registration opens to the general public on Friday, however, there will once again be a local registration party to allow locals to register a day early and make sure they get a spot in this year’s action. The local registration party will be held from 5-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies.
Last year, during the 50th anniversary of the event, the Coca-Cola Road Race and McDonald’s Citizen Tour events both sold out in April, so interested riders are encouraged to register early. There are 2,500 spots available for the road ride.
The cycling celebration will take place over Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-28, and will focus on the event’s traditional races and adding a new festival at Durango Mesa Park.
The backbone of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, the Durango-Silverton route where riders “race the train” over two mountain passes for 50 miles and 5,700 feet of elevation gain, will take place on May 27, along with the citizen tour to Purgatory Resort.
Return transportation from Silverton to the Durango Transit Center will be back after an insurance issue last year. “That will be huge for a lot of people,” IHBC Race Director Ian Burnett […]
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