TODAY

• Time trial: Men and women 35 to 70+, 8 a.m. (departures at 30-second intervals)

• Time trial: Tandems (men, women and mixed) follow the individual riders (departures at 1-minute intervals)

BREAKING DOWN THE DAY

The time trial course has moved this year from the west Bend course that kept riders predominantly on Skyliners Road to a route in Prineville. The start/finish area for all races is at Crooked River Park in Prineville. Men 65 and older and women 55 and older will cover 20 kilometers on the out-and-back course along the Crooked River Highway. Men ages 35 to 64 and women 35 to 54 will ride 30K, and all tandems will race 40K.

THURSDAY

• Road race: Men 35 to 59 and women 35 to 49, 8 a.m. (final race of day starts at 3:15 p.m.)

BREAKING DOWN THE DAY

This course will be familiar to fans of the Cascade Cycling Classic, as it covers most of the same terrain as the third stage of the pro men’s and women’s races in this year’s CCC. All of Thursday’s races will start and finish at Mt. Bachelor ski area, and all races are 84K in length except for the men’s 35-39 and 40-44 events — those riders will cover 110K. All riders will turn south on Forest Service Road 45 after leaving Mt. Bachelor and then east on FS 40. Those racing 84K will proceed directly from FS 40 onto the Cascade Lakes Highway, while the 110K riders will do one lap around Crane Prairie Reservoir before embarking on the long climb up the highway back to the finish.

FRIDAY

• Road race: Men 60+, women 50+ and tandems, 8 a.m. (final race of day starts at 3:10 p.m.)

BREAKING DOWN THE DAY

Women 50 to 59, men 60 to 64 and all tandems will cover the same 84K-course used in Thursday’s road races. Women 60 and older and men 65 and older will ride a 62K route that starts at the northeast corner of Crane Prairie Reservoir. Those riders will ride clockwise around the reservoir before turning north onto the Cascade Lakes Highway and racing back to the finish at Mt. Bachelor ski area.

SATURDAY

• Criterium: Men 35 to 59 and women 35 to 49, 8 a.m. (final race of day starts at 5:30 p.m.)

BREAKING DOWN THE DAY

This year’s downtown Bend criterium course is somewhat different from the popular rectangular circuit employed in the 2011 masters nationals and the CCC. The start and finish are still located on Northwest Wall Street between Oregon and Minnesota avenues. After 90-degree right-hand turns onto Oregon Avenue and Bond Street, riders will turn left on Minnesota, right on Lava Road and right on Franklin Avenue before a final turn back onto Wall to complete the 1K circuit. Most age groups will ride 40K. Women 45 to 49 will cover 30K, women 50 to 54 will ride 35K, and men 35 to 44 will race 50K.

SUNDAY

• Criterium: Men 60 and older, and women 50 and older, 9 a.m. (final race of day starts at 3:30 p.m.)

BREAKING DOWN THE DAY

The championships conclude with a day of racing in Bend’s NorthWest Crossing neighborhood. The 1K circuit is the only 2012 route that is exactly the same as in the 2011 masters nationals. Women in all age groups will race 30K, while all men will cover 35K. The start/finish area is located on Northwest Crossing Drive near the intersection of Fort Clatsop Street.