Featured photo: Cascade Cycling Classic, Day 2
Published 12:00 am Friday, May 31, 2019
- Pro men racers cross the John Day River on Thursday during the second stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic, the Painted Hills Road Race. (Dean Guernsey/Bulletin photo)
Pro stages of the 39th CCC
Friday, Cascade Lakes Road Race — 96 miles for pro men; 64 miles for pro women. Not the same race of years past, as there is no climb toward Mount Bachelor. Course skirts the east side of Crane Prairie Reservoir with a finishing climb of 7 miles to Kapka Butte Sno-park. Includes a 2-mile gravel sector.
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Saturday, Sul Fiume Twilight Criterium — 75 minutes for pro men; 60 minutes for pro women. A new venue overlooking the Deschutes River near McKay Park and The Pavilion in southwest Bend that will include a festival for spectators in tandem with the criterium. The course is 0.8 miles with 42 feet of climbing per lap and seven corners. Roads include SW Columbia Street and SW Shevlin Hixon Drive, among others.
Sunday, Awbrey Butte Circuit Race — 2 hours for pro men; 90 minutes for pro women. A twist on the traditional circuit race features a 5.8-mile technical circuit atop Awbrey Butte in northwest Bend with 540 feet of climbing per lap.