The Fort Collins Cycling Festival and the Colorado Pro Challenge are just 21 days away.

August 19-22 is setting up to be a cycling mania for Coloradans as thousands decend on the state for the Fort Collins Cycling Festival followed by the Colorado Pro Challenge featuring this year's Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans.

                         The Fort Collins Cycling Festival

Friday, August 19^th    USAC/UCI Masters Men and Women Time Trial
                                             Racer Registration (for TT, Crit, and Road Races)

Saturday, August 20^th ACA Fort Collins Downtown Criterium
                                             Racer Registration (for TT, Crit, and Road Races)

Sunday, August 21^st  The Echelon Gran Fondo plus the USAC/UCI Rist Canyon Road Race
                                             The day's schedule/start times for all


                                             REGISTRATION for the Gran Fondo public ride


                                             REGISTRATION for Racers (for TT, Crit, and Road Races)

Monday, August 22^nd The Colorado Pro Challenge begins in Colorado Springs featuring this years Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans

Details on Fort Collins and why you should go
The Fort Collins Cycling Festival is gearing up for its epic weekend starting with a UCI, USAC sanctioned time trial on August 19^th.  This 17.4 mile TT course is open to all riders; Triathaletes, USAC, and ACA license holders. Everyone eligible and the top 25% get an invite to go to Belgium if they wan to compete at Masters Worlds.

The Festival continues Saturday, August 20 with an all day downtown Fort Collins ACA criterium that doubles as the Colorado State Championship.

On Sunday, let the climbing begin. The Rist Cayon Road Race. 17 Racer categories go off between 8:00 AM an 9:00 AM followed by the Echelon Gran Fondo, a mass start public ride with 30, 60, and 90 mile recreational ride options. The Gran Fondo is not a race but everyone gets a time. Compare your times to the pros and masters amateurs at the end of the day and join the family festival in the heart of Fort Collins at the end..

The Festival is on both Saturday and Sunday and includes indoor gold sprint races, huge pavilion with live video, Jumbo Tron to watch races while relaxing at the beer garden, music, a nostalgic cycling walk through, Pro racer pits, bike demos, trails demos, spectator expo, kids educational tiny town bike course, kids race, dunk tank and games. Both Mornings $5.00 all you can eat pancake feed! Three Days of Spectator Friendly Racing to watch on the Jumbo Tron and Live Video Feed!

Spectators watch the worlds finest racers battle it out in 3 incredible days of racing. All action starts and finishes from the heart of Old Town Fort Collins. The three day event includes the UCI Amateur Cycling World Championship Qualifier Time Trial and Road Race, the ACA State Masters Criterium Championships, USAC State Road Racing Championships and the USAC State Time Trial Championships. Series race points from the Tour of Colorado finals, Rocky Mountain Cup Points and ACA BAR/BAT points.