Catskills Cycling Events Announced

Anthem Sports of Cambridge, NY - organizers of the Tour of the Battenkill - continues its partnership with Greene & Ulster Counties in the Great Northern Catskills and announces its 2013 Catskills road cycling event schedule.

May 11 - Hunter Mountain Spring Classic* | Hunter, NY
May 12-17 - Catskills Mountains Climbing Camp | Hunter, NY
June 1-2 - Gran Fondo Catskills with Floyd Landis | Hunter, NY
August 2-4 - 6th Annual Tour of the Catskills* | Windham & Hunter, NY
September 7 - Hunter Mountain Fall Classic* | Hunter, NY
October 26-27 - Hunter Cyclocross | Hunter, NY

* denotes event is part of the 2013 Stan's Notubes Great American Cycling Series.

Former professional cyclist Floyd Landis and Anthem Sports of Cambridge, NY are co-promoting the June 1-2 Gran Fondo Catskills Cycling Weekend. The event will be hosted at Hunter Mountain Resort where Landis first raced as a youth. Participants will compete individually over 2 days; the Devil's Kitchen Hill Climb is featured on Saturday, while the Gran Fondo Catskills will be held on Sunday. In addition to the individual hill climb competition, participants will be timed on various challenging segments of the course for the Sunday Gran Fondo event. Overall champions in various age-group categories will be crowned and awarded prizes at the end of the event at Hunter Mountain Resort. Registration opens Friday, February 22.

For registration, expo, volunteer, and sponsorship opportunities see the Anthem Sports website at www.greatamericancycling.com

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Jay Holick is a regular contributor to the Malta, NY Blog and The Bike Blog for the Times Union. His wife considers herself a "bike widow" because he spends long hours on or around his stable of bikes, and he loves to visit the area bike shops when he has down time.He is passionate about writing...

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