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Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge Continues Partnership with TWENTY24 Cycling

TWENTY24 Pro Cycling has announced the continuation of its partnership with Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge for 2025, joined by the Virginia Tourism Corporation under the brand Virginia is for Mountain Lovers. “TWENTY24 has helped Virginia’s Blue Ridge strengthen our reputation as a world-class cycling destination,” said Landon Howard, president of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge. “Visit […]

Posted On : December 9, 2024 By : Justin Shaw

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Roanoke to Host USA Cycling Endurance Mountain Bike National Championships

Roanoke in Virginia’s Blue Ridge has been announced as the host for the USA Cycling Endurance Mountain Bike National Championships for the next two years. The event combines cross-country and marathon mountain bike events and brings together cyclists of all categories to compete for national titles in 2025–2026, with the first event tentatively slated for […]

Posted On : June 25, 2024 By : Justin Shaw

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Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 Cycling Returns to UCI Status

Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 cycling team is announcing its transition to a Union Cycliste Internationale program in a step up in competition for the team that since its inception 18 years ago has seen its athletes earn 14 Olympic and Paralympic medals. The team is home to the only integrated junior mentorship program of its […]

Posted On : November 23, 2022 By : Matt Traub

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Virginia Blue Ridge to Host 2022 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships

Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge, with support from the city of Roanoke and Botetourt County, will host the 2022 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships. Several hundred athletes will compete for a chance to earn national titles in the road race, individual time trial and criterium. Action starts June 29 and will run through July 2. […]

Posted On : March 14, 2022 By : Matt Traub

Some members of Virginia's Blue Ridge Team Twenty24 Women's Olympic cycling team pose with local and state dignitaries during a press conference announcing the tourism office's sponsorship of the team.

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Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge Sponsors Professional Women’s Cycling Team

Team TWENTY24, a diverse team of female professional and junior cyclists, will relocate their base of operations from Idaho to Virginia’s Blue Ridge and rebrand as Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24, a move announced by leaders of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge and the Virginia Tourism Corporation. For more than 17 years, the women’s cycling team has […]

Posted On : January 24, 2022 By : Jason Gewirtz

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Triathlon

Virginia’s Blue Ridge Lands Ironman

In recent years, Ironman has been in acquisition mode. One of those purchases involved three former Rev3 races, including a 70.3 triathlon held in Williamsburg, Virginia. After fulfilling a commitment to hold the 2019 event in May, Ironman decided to shift the event to midsummer, something the colonial city’s already bustling summer tourism scene couldn’t […]

Posted On : December 13, 2019 By Jason Gewirtz

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Virginia’s Blue Ridge Lands Ironman 70.3 Event

Ironman has announced that Roanoke, Virginia, will become a multiyear host of the Carilion Clinic Ironman 70.3 Virginia’s Blue Ridge triathlon starting in 2020. The event was previously held in Williamsburg, Virginia. Carilion Clinic is a Roanoke-based health care organization and will serve as the title sponsor of the event, which will be staged June […]

Posted On : July 30, 2019 By : Jason Gewirtz