WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- If you haven’t dusted off your mountain or road bike yet, what are you waiting for? The snow is melting away and the streets are being swept clean, so there’s no better time than now to be on your bike, putting in some miles to get ready for the June 3-4 2017 Tour of Wilmington Whiteface Bike Races.

The weekend is expected to bring hundreds of cycling enthusiasts to the Wilmington region to race in the 7^th  annual Wilmington Whiteface 100K mountain bike race (WW100) and the 16^th annual Whiteface Mountain Uphill Bike Race.

“Every day brings more people signing up for one, or even both races,” said Whiteface Visitors Bureau operations manager Michelle Preston. “While we’re finding that most of the people registering are from the northeastern United States and Canada, we’re also seeing some from other parts of the country. People are beginning to recognize Wilmington as a cycling destination.”

The WW100 kicks the weekend off. The 69-mile mountain bike race, which begins and ends at Whiteface Mountain, pushes the more than 500 riders up, down, through and around twisting dirt, paved and gravel roads, back country trails and single track trails.  

As one of only eight Leadville qualifiers, the top finishers from the WW100 automatically qualify for the prestigious Leadville 100 MTB slated for Aug. 12, 2017.

More than 300 road cyclists and a handful of unicyclists are expected to race in Sunday’s Whiteface Mountain Uphill Bike Race. This 11-mile event also begins at the base of the Olympic mountain and proceeds to the Whiteface Veterans' Memorial Highway to climb 3,500-feet and finish 4,865 feet above sea-level.

Those courageous enough to compete in both events will be eligible for cash prizes.

To sign up for both the events at www.BikeWilmingtonNY.com

For more information about both events, log onto http://www.whitefaceregion.com, or Facebook, @ WhitefaceNY. Follow all of the conversation and the action using the #BikeWilmingtonWhiteface.

Photos from the 2016 Wilmington Whiteface 100K can be found HERE. Photos courtesy of ORDA/ Whiteface Lake Placid.

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