Tour of the Catskills
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 - 10:48 am
Above: Tour of the Catskills racers riding the grueling Devil's Kitchen climb in 2010.
Cyclists from around the world hit the roads in Greene County over the weekend for the Tour of the Catskills, three days of racing that feature some of the steepest... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 - 11:05 am
Above: Bikers roll out for a men's pro event in the Tour of the Catskills race over the weekend. Via YouTube.
This weekend, road bikers from across the country descended on Greene County for the fifth annual Tour of the Catskills. The three-day race pits... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 9:14 am
According to a news report by Cyclists International, 20-year-old Colby Samstag, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the university's cycling team, was severely injured in the Tour of the Catskills race on Sunday.
The website... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 9:24 am
Video: Tour of the Catskills pro cyclists ride past the Thompson House in Windham this weekend.
Biking is big in the Catskills and Hudson Valley -- and getting bigger, says Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record. Bosch has a story in today's paper on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 - 4:57 pm
Tomorrow, some 800 cyclists will descend on Greene and Ulster Counties for the fourth annual Tour of the Catskills, a three-day road race that spans nearly 200 miles and draws both amateur and professional cyclists from far and wide. The race will kick... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 8:02 pm
Last weekend's Tour of the Catskills cycling race, all 160 miles of it, was grueling. Especially the Horsegate section of the course:
The video above, taken during the first road stage of the race, was shot by a member of the Boston-based cycling team... Read more
