Thank you for participating in the Gila Monster Gran Fondo p/b Southwest Bone and Joint Institute on October 7, 2023! Organizers look forward to seeing you again next year and hope you'll visit Silver City for the Tour of the Gila April 24-28, 2024. You can get the full experience racing [...]

Jennifer Buntz will roll up to the start line of the Gila Monster Gran Fondo Saturday. She has participated in races and rides organized by Tour of the Gila more times than she can count. So, while pinning on a number in Silver City isn’t new to her, she still treasures [...]

“The Tour of the Gila has soul,” says Burke Swindlehurst, who prevailed overall in 1996, 1998 and 2005 editions of the race. “As long as it's around, I will support it in any way that I'm able.” The sponsorship director for First Endurance Nutrition, which is providing fuel for the Gila [...]

As Jumbo-Visma domestique Sepp Kuss found himself leading the General Classification of La Vuelta a España this month, Tour of the Gila reflected on our race’s role in professional cyclists’ escalation to grand tour teams. And now, with Kuss leaving La Vuelta with the maillot rojo on his back, we recall [...]

Desert Springs Physical Therapy and Southwest Bone & Joint Institute have teamed up in the clinical setting and are also partnering to back the Gila Monster Gran Fondo as the co-title sponsors of this year’s ride. The local cyclists and medical professionals behind these merging practices are continuing the legacy of [...]

Sevilla rides up Gila Monster to victory, Hoehn wins overall Tour of the Gila Óscar Sevilla (Team Medellín – EPM) climbed to victory Sunday on the Gila Monster Stage 5 Tour of the Gila while his breakaway companion Alex Hoehn took the overall red leader’s jersey and solidified a win for [...]

Ehrlich scores hat trick for Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 at crit, cuts overall lead to 10 seconds heading into final day at Tour of the Gila   Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 picked up a hat trick Saturday at Tour of the Gila Stage 4 Silver City Downtown Criterium with [...]

Bickmore, Project Echelon repeat at crit, Røed keeps lead headed into final day at Tour of the Gila   Project Echelon Racing won the Tour of the Gila Stage 4 Silver City Downtown Criterium Saturday for the second consecutive year in a row, launching Cade Bickmore to victory and [...]

Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24’s sprint specialist Marlies Mejias Garcia lit up the finishing stretch into Fort Bayard Thursday at Stage 2 of Tour of the Gila after “surviving” each climb and turning on the afterburners. The overall race leader, Marcela Prieto Castañeda (PatoBike) retained her red leader’s jersey, with Austin Killips [...]

Prado Juárez takes the ‘W’ with a monster sprint on Stage 2 Tour of the Gila; new race leader Røed after López crashes out Ignacio “Nacho” de Jesús Prado Juárez (Canel’s – ZEROUNO) turned on the jets and sprinted to victory Thursday at Stage 2 of Tour of the Gila after [...]

Prieto Castañeda launches comeback in last 200 meters, wins Stage 1 Mogollon  Tour of the Gila Marce Prieto of PatoBike celebrates her Stage 1 victory on the Mogollon Photo Credit @veloimages Silver City, New Mexico Wednesday, April 26, 2023: Marcela Prieto Castañeda (PatoBike) dug deep for a come-from-behind victory [...]

‘Superman’ Miguel Ángel López rises to the top of Mogollon at Tour of the Gila Stage 1 Miguel Angel López (Team Medellín – EPM) wins Stage 1 of the 36th Tour of the Gila. Photo Credit @veloimages Silver City, New Mexico Wednesday, April 26, 2023: Miguel Angel López, [...]

Why It’s Called the Martyn and Alex Tour of the Gila Alex Olsen and Martyn Pearson BY SUSANNAH BARSOM PHOTOS BY JAY HEMPHILL [except where otherwise noted]   Welcome to the 36th Tour of the Gila.  This year, it is called the Martyn and Alex Tour of the Gila.  You may [...]