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16th Annual Culpeper Cycling Century & Tour (2023)

We missed last year due to Hurricane Ian but we’ll be back better than ever this year!!  Come on out for the 16th Annual Culpeper Cycling Century (CCC) on Saturday, October 7!

REGISTER NOW!!

Early Bird Registration… Register by June 30 and SAVE $20 off the day of event registration fee AND get your event shirt!

STARTING LOCATION –

Starting at at the BRAND NEW Culpeper County Fieldhouse (located at the Culpeper Sports Complex) at 16388 Competition Drive, Culpeper – (next to Eastern View High School where we started in 2021).

This brand new facility (opened in Dec. of 2022) is a great venue to being a tour of Culpeper & the surrounding counties.

The CCC is a small intimate ride that boast great scenic beauty and paved road riding in Culpeper County during the most colorful season – Fall! The routes take cyclist through Culpeper, Madison, and Fauquier Counties, providing beautiful views of scenic back roads and rolling farms.

Cyclist will enjoy rest stops approximately every 25miles with friendly and knowledgeable volunteers, a selection of snacks and water/Gatorade.  There will be a couple of water only stops added as well.

Food trucks will be on-site at the finish for all cyclist to enjoy.  The  60 & 100 mile cyclist will have meals included in their registration fee.

Be sure to bring the family! While you’re out enjoying the countryside, there’s plenty for them to do in Culpeper including visiting the wonderful and unique shops on Davis Street in Downtown Culpeper or enjoy the amenities of the Culpeper Sports Complex or Lenn Park (5minutes away) for the day.

Road bikes, hybrids, recumbents, electric or mountain bikes are suitable for this event.  Elliptical bikes are suitable for the 30 or the 60 mile course.

All proceeds from this ride will be donated to the Culpeper Recreation Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit, as they strive to achieve their mission of promoting recreation in Culpeper County. Your registration fee will go towards the construction new recreation facilities for the community.

IT’S ALMOST TIME!!!

The 15th Annual Culpeper Cycling Century is almost here!!! This Saturday, October 1st, 2022.

Thank you to all those that have already pre-registered. If you haven’t we are planning on having day of registration open at 7:00am for the 60 & 100 mile course, at 9:00am for the 30mile course.

Weather…..

This is a rain or shine event. However, we are actively monitoring Hurricane Ian and the forecasted impacts it will have on our area. We will make a decision to go or cancel no later than Friday morning. Please be sure to monitor our facebook page for updates and check you email.  Email notifications will come from:  “ActiveNet@active.com; on behalf of; Culpeper Co. Parks & Recreation <CulpeperCountyParksandRecreationDepartment@active.com>”  Please be sure to white list this address or regularly check your spam / junk folder – especially if you have yahoo – yahoo hates us!

JERSEYS

Commemorative Jerseys are still available for purchase!  They will be shipped to you after the event.

 

Ride With GPS

Link to the cue sheets / gps tracks are available here.  Details to access the turn by turn navigation will be emailed out by Wednesday afternoon.