Somerville Bike Race of May 30, 2016

The Memorial Day Bike Race Somerville, New Jersey is an extremely exciting event of competitive cycling for professionals and amateurs over Memorial Day weekend.  Tour of Somerville cycling Series Workshop is known as “Kentucky Derby of Cycling”  The Tour is the oldest major bicycle race in the United States and a legend in the lore of bicycle racing. Somerville Cycling The professional competitors in the race feature race average speeds up to 40 mph in an exciting 50-mile race.

Is the world's most famous bicycle race, for many the road world championships are a more intriguing affair. Unlike the Tour, where just a handful of riders have a real chance at winning the overall and a few big-budget teams control the three-week race, road worlds are one-day events held at the end of a long, grueling season, and they are much more open and therefore more unpredictable.

It is not uncommon for Tour champions and stars of the sport to be beaten by so-called lesser riders. Winning the famous stripes, one of sports' greatest prizes, can land a rider a lucrative contract and make a career. To become champion you need world-class talent, endurance, racecraft, and motivation, but past winners and near winners alike will tell you that you need luck, too.

How about in sports? Ah, that’s a good question. It was year 1898 when cycling sports began. From road competition, mountain races, there were individual and group competitions too.