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 makes it one of [...]
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 five-day bicycling stage race. [...]
The 38th Tour of the Gila reveals its four leader jerseys, which were thoughtfully designed with the southwest region’s history and cultures in mind. The Tour of the Gila 2025 jerseys display the race’s appreciation of the Mimbres culture and compliment the bike race’s longstanding tradition of awarding trophy bowls fashioned in the style of [...]
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 and amateur athletes with [...]
Leaders of Enchantment, the podcast created to inspire New Mexicans on why the Land of Enchantment is the land of opportunity, will be the official media partner of the 38th Tour of the Gila April 23 – 27, 2025. Since its founding in 1987, Tour of the Gila has become renowned worldwide for its notoriously [...]
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 competes in a USA [...]
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 at a house with [...]
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 categories 1, 2, and [...]
Fount Cycling earned second overall in the team classification at Tour of the Gila 2024. It was the team's first time attending Tour of the Gila, and the team's only regret is not doing the race sooner. Following Found Cycling Guild's Elizabeth Dixon's victory on the Gila Monster Road Race, team founders and owners Jennifer [...]
Tour of the Gila is the stage race where ambitious athletes can show off their potential and work their way through the ranks. It's common for riders to set goals and plan their seasons around Tour of the Gila, where results attract the attention of top teams. An example of this lies in the 2024 [...]