Baker City Cycling Classic returns June 26-28 with four-stage race
Historic downtown Baker City will anchor a six-corner criterium as the Cycling Classic returns June 26-28 for its 25th edition.
Historic downtown Baker City will absorb the weekend’s tightest pack racing when the Baker City Cycling Classic returns June 26-28 with a four-stage, three-day Oregon Bicycle Racing Association event. The 25th edition brings two road races, an individual time trial and a downtown criterium back to Baker County, with routes that stretch from Pocahontas Road to Dooley Mountain.
Stage 1 is the Catherine Creek Road Race on Friday, June 26, a 78-mile run of rolling terrain that starts near Pocahontas and crosses Baker and Union counties. Saturday’s doubleheader begins with the Baker City Time Trial, a rolling climb with a slight downhill finish, before the peloton turns to the Baker City Downtown Criterium, a six-corner course designed for spectators in the city center. Sunday, June 28, closes with the Dooley Mountain Road Race, a 101-mile summit-finish test near Forest Service Rd 11. Organizers say the full weekend will include more than 8,000 feet of climbing, and every category will ride the same courses.
The race overview marks 2026 as the 25th edition, tracing the event back to the original Elkhorn Classic and the 25 editions of racing that followed. Organizers say the weekend will pay men and women equally in the pro divisions. The race overview page lists a minimum $8,000 Pro Cat 1/2 cash payout and $20,000 total cash and prizes, while BikeReg lists a June 25, 2026, 5 p.m. PT registration deadline and a $10,000 total cash-and-prizes figure for pro categories.
The Classic has also served as a proving ground for elite riders. Cycling West has listed past overall winners including Sepp Kuss, Tayler Wiles, Brianna Walle and Cameron Jones, a reminder that Baker City’s hard courses can reward riders who can climb, time trial and recover over three straight days. Race director Brian Cimmiyotti has said the event’s appeal lies in difficult stages rather than spectacle, with Baker City’s community support helping carry it year after year.
That community presence will extend beyond the race course. Harvest Church will host a youth spaghetti feed on Friday, June 26, and The Baker Family YMCA will stage a Kids Bike Race on Saturday, June 27. The weekend also ties into the Bloom to Baker Series, which awards combined honors to riders who contest both Tour de Bloom and the Baker City Cycling Classic.
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