By Jordan Cheyne The winners of the 38th Tour of the Gila were crowned in the thin air of Pinos Altos on Sunday after a five-day battle through the plains and mountains surrounding Silver City. Here are some of the players. Lauren Stephens of the Aegis Cycling Foundation Mixed Team and [...]

By Jordan Cheyne The Tour of the Gila roars into Silver City this week for its 38th edition, bringing world-class bike racing to the Gila National Forest. The tour is the country's most storied stage race, and the only multi-day UCI event on the American circuit. The race’s grueling parcours also [...]

The following version has been edited from its original form, as Tour of the Gila learned that Team Medellín will not attend in 2025. Organizers of the 38th Tour of the Gila proudly announce that 20 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams will participate in the UCI-sanctioned races at this year’s [...]

For the 38th year, Tour of the Gila invites visitors to southwest New Mexico for the annual opportunity to watch top bicycling talent compete on the roads in and around Silver City. Set for Wednesday, April 23, through Sunday, April 27, 2025, Tour of the Gila provides both competitive pro bicyclists [...]

Amateur competitive cyclists now have another reason to enter Tour of the Gila 2025. The Silver City-based stage race partnered with Monē Bikes, a bicycle fabrication operation also based in southwest New Mexico, to give away a frameset to one lucky participant in this year’s USA Cycling-sanctioned races. Every person who [...]

As a UCI-sanctioned race, Tour of the Gila must provide housing for teams participating in the UCI men’s and women’s races. Amateur racers tend to book up the hotels and vacation rentals, and it's more cost-effective for the race to ask community members to house teams in the UCI race. Staying [...]

You spoke up. We heard you. The message received: Many strong female cyclists who compete in category 4 want to race Tour of the Gila in 2025. Tour of the Gila is opening up the amateur women's field to category 4 racers this spring. The field had been previously designated for [...]

Record-setting ultra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox recently amazed the world when she circumnavigated the globe in 108 days on two wheels. Next, she will inspire fellow participants in the Gila Monster Gran Fondo presented by Hidalgo Medical Services on Saturday, October 12, in Silver City, New Mexico. Wilcox became acquainted with the [...]

Elizabeth Dixon clenched victory on the final Gila Monster Road Race to wrap a tough, five days of racing in Silver City. The FOUNT Cycling Guild rider finished over a minute ahead of the Tour of the Gila 2024 overall leader, Lauren Stephens of Cynisca Cycling. Dixon’s teammate, Eleanor Wiseman finished [...]

By Rebecca Reza, RadioTour Team Medellín’s Wilmar Paredes conquered the Gila Monster Road Race presented by Gila Regional Medical Center, cresting the finish for victory over a minute ahead of second place Ian Lopez of Aevolo Cycling and Tyler Stites in third for Project Echelon. On the final stage of Tour [...]

By Rebecca Reza, RadioTour The U23 U.S. National Crit Champion Chloe Patrick out-sprinted the reduced peloton to win a third stage for Cynisca Cycling at the Downtown Criterium presented by the Town of Silver City. Marlies Mejias was second for Virginia’s Blue Ridge Twenty24, followed by the overall GC leader and [...]

By Rebecca Reza, RadioTour Cade Bickmore celebrated his team’s third stage victory in as many days at the Downtown Criterium presented by the Town of Silver City Saturday. Project Echelon continued the winning momentum the team displayed a couple weeks ago in California. At stage 3 of the Tour of the [...]

By Rebecca Reza, RadioTour Cynisca Cycling’s Lauren Stephens raced to victory in Tyrone for Stage 3 of the Tour of the Gila 2024. Having won on the same course in 2015, she improved her previous best time by 23 seconds. Her victory at the Tyrone Individual Time Trial also increased her [...]