Tour de Bloom

Tour de Bloom Omnium will welcome more than 270 cyclists from

around the Northwest for this weekend’s annual races in the Greater Wenatchee Area.

The event shifts into gear with the Hill Climb Race on Saturday morning from Squilchuck

State Park to Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort. Riders will then descend on downtown

Wenatchee for the Criterium Race on Saturday afternoon and into the evening. The

omnium concludes Sunday morning with the Road Race in the Waterville area.

The host organizing group, Wenatchee Valley Velo Club, is giving away a record

$15,000 in cash and prizes to top riders.

Update: 

If you haven’t signed up yet, online registration ends at midnight this Thursday. There also will be day-of registration available at the race sites on Saturday and Sunday. If you register by this Thursday, you will save 11 to 14 percent in registration fees for adult riders and 10 to 15 percent for junior riders. For online registration, please click here.

We will have a bucket for people to donate toward the medical expenses of Sheila Croft, who was seriously injured at the Tour of Walla Walla. Wenatchee Valley Velo will match dollars from racers up to $500. Senior Insurance of Wenatchee will donate an additional $500 to the cause.

– Tour de Beer, a series of beer gardens along the downtown criterium course, will be open from 3 to 9 p.m., Saturday, May 2.